It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
When Son #1 moved into his own place, we were grateful that he took some of our extra furniture that we have stored in our garage. We are proud to say we can almost park a car in there….NOT! One piece of furniture that he took was an old coffee table that we bought on […]
We bought our beautiful Broyhill bedroom set from Furnitureland South in Jamestown, NC, when we first moved up to NC twenty four years ago!! Wow, time sure does fly!! We loved the four poster bed and the rich color of the wood. I loved that I had to have a small foot stool to climb […]
Hey Everybody! How’s everyone’s week going? The LOML is in China this week and I’m not used to it. He travels about once every decade. While he’s gone, I’m getting some stuff done. I’m trying to take advantage of the warm weather (minus the pollen…it’s killing me!) so I got outside and did some […]
I’m so excited to be working on our cozy reading nook in our master bedroom. So far, we’ve built the bench. You can read all about it here. I found the black cubicle at IKEA in the damaged section in the front of the store. Fifteen dollars is quite a deal!! Next we built two […]
Our master bedroom is huge!! Now, I know most of you wouldn’t complain about this problem. Let me explain why I’m whining a little bit about it. We’ve lived in our house for 16 years and as an amateur decorator/DIYer/design blogger, this room has always stumped me. It has the usual bed, nightstands, entertainment center, […]
Do you know the feeling you get when you’ve worked really hard for really long on something and you just completed it and you look back and say, AAAHHHHH!!!! (insert sigh noise) That’s what I’m doing right now. The hallway renovation is finally and completely complete. Let’s look back on all that we’ve done before I […]