We bought our kitchen table about ten years ago from a nearby naked furniture store. It was my first attempt at staining and varnishing furniture. I had so much fun, I’m still doing it today! It’s a perfect square shape for the eating space in the room and it fits all eight of us very […]
Author: Linda
CORBELS ~ an awesome addition to any kitchen!
After we finished the desk portion of the kitchen (you can read about that here), it dawned on us rocket scientists that we forgot to install the corbels before we finished the top trim. In a perfect world, we would have installed the corbels to butt up against the beadboard backsplash, then cut the trim to […]
MEN ARE FROM MARS….~women are shafted!
In my last post , I told you about my Nutrisystem diet plan. I’ve been following it pretty well (except for eating out a couple of times and I ate small portions) ~ eating the menu plan, drinking lots of water, exercising regulary. This is my fifth day of torture dieting, and I haven’t lost a single […]
THE FOOD HAS ARRIVED ~if that’s what you call it
In my last post, I told y’all I’m trying the Nutrisystem diet plan because I’m disgusted by the fact that I have to put on a bathing suit soon. It’s not going to be a pretty picture unless I do something drastic! Can anyone say “Shamu”? Source: whale-images.com Well, the Nutrisystem food box came in […]
NUTRISYSTEM ~ and the beadboard is up!!
Have I mentioned that the beadboard backsplash that we are hanging in our kitchen is….. KICKING OUR BUTTS!!!??? WELL…we’re finally done!!! Now we’re in the process of hanging the corbels and the trim that I’ve primed with two coats of Zinnser 1-2-3 Primer and painted with two coats of Sherwin Williams ProClassic Interior Acrylic Latex Gloss […]
PAINTING THE PANTRY DOOR ~ so many choices
Cornelius Celsus once said “Live in rooms full of light.” Well, I guess I can live in my pantry now. I told you in this post that we bought a new 10 window pantry door. We went to Home Depot, gave the nice man in the door section the measurements (which we had to call Son #3 […]