How was your weekend? I hope you enjoyed time with family and friends like I was blessed to be able to do. Friday night our family went to a Durham Bulls baseball game. It was an exciting game and the park does a fantastic job of entertaining the crowd during slow periods of the […]
Tag: built-in bookcases
PLANNING FOR BUILT-IN BOOKCASES ~ a glimpse into the future
I told you last week that we bought a whole set of cabinets from the Habitat for Humanity ReStore. We're planning to use the bottom cabinets to make a wall of built-in bookcases in our family room. Here is the before picture of the family room wall where the bookcases will go. You can […]
A FAMILY ROOM MAKEOVER ~ let’s put a little light on the situation
We have been very busy planning our next project!! OUR FAMILY ROOM MAKEOVER We've already laid the plywood floors. We're in the process of a fireplace mantle makeover An electrician is coming tomorrow to give us an estimate on some work we need done: 1) Sconces on each side of the new mantle. […]
THE FAMILY ROOM ~ our next room redo
Our family room looked like this for years before we decided to move (before we decided NOT to move!). When we staged our house to put it on the market, we got rid of the flower couches and bought a Craigslist eggplant colored couch and loveseat ~ VERY COMFY! I bought a leather ottoman to […]
ORGANIZING THE PANTRY ~ vacation is over
We just got home from a wonderful trip to see family in South Florida. We left NC where it was 106 degrees to go to the Florida beaches where it was in the low 90’s. GO FIGURE!! We went to the beach, swam in the pool, played pool, played a little basketball and ultimate frisbee […]