When we built our present house, we built a guest room on the first floor for my mother to stay when she came to visit. Her health was declining and she lived alone in Florida. I wanted her to live with us so I could spoil her rotten. It wasn’t meant to be. As she […]
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Christmas Decorating ~ for Thanksgiving?
For the last few years we have had the honor of entertaining my husband’s family for Thanksgiving. Because they all live out of the state, we celebrate Christmas during their visit. We decorate our house and exchange Christmas gifts. The downside of our decorating early is….I KEEP decorating until Christmas!! Every day I change something […]
APPRECIATION ~ and focus
Have you ever seen something in the distance and you just weren’t sure what it was because it wasn’t in focus? You can see a blurry shape but can’t quite see the details. As you get closer to the object, it becomes clearer and more defined. Then you get close enough that you can see […]
MY DINING ROOM IS COMPLETE ~ finally!
Talk about a project that never ends! Well, that’s my dining room. To recap… we want to sell our house someday so we had a stager walk through our house and give us advice on how to fix it up so we can get the most for our house. One of her tips was to […]
THE KITCHEN ~ and pass the wallpaper scraper!!
We had never hung or tore down wallpaper before moving into our present house. I NEVER want to do either again … EVER!! I saw a beautiful wallpaper in a friend’s kitchen so when I moved into this house I wanted to copy! I LOVE COPYING PRETTY THINGS! I didn’t have a great picture of […]
RECAP ~ Many projects in the making!
I wanted to catch you up on what we’ve been doing the past few weeks. #1 Remember all the yardwork we did a few weeks ago? Look what’s happening outside: BEFORE AFTER You can see the whole awful day here. #2 Remember I hated painting over my blue dining room? Look what’s happening […]
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