We are laying plywood floors in our family room because we had to rip up the awful stained carpet in that room and ANYTHING would have been an improvement. I didn’t want carpet again. All of our first floor is wood except the family room and guest bedroom. We couldn’t afford real wood floors plus […]
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REMAKING ROMAN SHADES
When we first moved into our present house, I was in a hunter green mode. My kitchen a hundred years ago Our master bedroom I call this stage of our bedroom the JC Penney room. Almost everything you see I bought at JC Penney. When I got tired of all the flowers, I changed to […]
ADD A LITTLE LIGHT AND BRIGHT ~ a cool vase
A few days ago, I visited my nearest Hobby Lobby for the first time EVER! Among MANY other things I bought, I was lucky enough to find this great sign that I want to hang here over my kitchen pantry door I thought the black lettering was a little harsh in my very white kitchen […]
WOOD ART WALL HANGING ~ and a great saying
When we were staging our house to sell, before we decided NOT to sell, I took everything off the walls. We now have the minimalistic look and I HATE IT!! I want to hang things on the walls that represent us well. Pictures of the family, sayings that describe the people who live here. A […]
HEAVEN…I MEAN HOBBY LOBBY!
I just made my first trip to Hobby Lobby. I’ve heard about the store but because there isn’t one near me, I had never been. WHAT WAS I THINKING??!! A dear friend of mine suggested we go to Burlington to visit the Hobby Lobby. It’s about an hour drive (45 minutes if I’m driving…Just call […]
WHAT I WANT MY KIDS TO KNOW
Warning: Heavy Mom Content! Time is what we want most, but… what we use worst. ~William Penn A very tragic thing happened in our neighborhood this week. A mother went to work the night shift. She’s a nurse at a nearby hospital. The dad was home thinking his three boys were all in bed asleep. […]