We made a trip to our friendly neighborhood Lowe’s Home Improvement store recently. We bought four 12 ft long 1-5/8″ x 9/16″ pieces of crown molding. For the board and batten we bought four sheets of 4 x 8 1/4″ thick plywood and four dowels to finish the topper. I also bought four nickel coated […]
Home Decor
THE LAUNDRY ROOM RENOVATION CONTINUES!
We finally got to work on the laundry room again. Slowly but surely things are looking better. Let’s recap! We took down the wire shelving. I filled in all the holes left from the shelving. We hung new cabinetry after painting them white. I added pretty cabinet pulls that I bought from www.cabinetknobsandmore.com. I made […]
MY TRIP TO IKEA ~ and not enough time in the day
About a week ago, I was having breakfast with a dear friend of mine. Breakfast was wrapping up way too quickly, as usual, and we were heading out to our cars. As we were hugging and saying goodbye, my dear friend (I’ll call her Miss M) asked if I would ever want to go to […]
THE KITCHEN PANTRY ~ the final lap!
The LOML and the fam worked diligently on the kitchen pantry yesterday! We’ve been working on the pantry for a couple of weeks now. You can read about each stage below: 1) Inspiration 2) Removing wire shelves and filling holes 3) Painting and stenciling 4) Hanging the wood shelves 5) Still hanging the shelves This weekend the LOML and Son […]
THE KITCHEN IS COMPLETE ~but is it really ever done?
BEFORE I REVEAL THE FINISHED KITCHEN… A little history. When I started this blog, my plan was to tell our story of how we staged the house to put it on the market to sell. We had a very nice stager walk through our house and tell us what to put away, what colors to […]
I HEART VALENTINE’S DAY~ and happy birthday LOML
I have finally gotten around to decorating for Valentine’s Day….or the LOML’s birthday. What a GREAT birthday! Can you imagine everyone celebrating your birthday by giving candy. And I decorate the house for him! Heck of a wife I am! Here are a few of my pretties Easy Sneezy!! I cut out four hearts from […]