For those of you that create for a living or work from home, do you do everything in the same space or spread it out? I am, by nature, a very organized person and like to have a place for all my work stuff. When I left my corporate event planning career I thought it [...]
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In elementary school we put the bean in a plastic baggie with a wet paper towel and watched it grow. It was awesome. Growing up my mom had tons of beautiful gardens. We would plant little starter plants or throw down seeds and they would grow. This was also awesome. When my husband and I [...]
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The bathroom floor has been painted and is curing and while I have lots of other painting projects I could start, I have been banned from the paint for awhile. I have incredibly sensitive skin and all these high-fumes paints and finishes are making me very itchy and uncomfortable (and yes, it’s just the fumes, [...]
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I’m finally getting closer to being finished!! I’m hoping by the end of this week everything will be put together and I can do a grand reveal, but in the meantime here’s a sneak peek at my “new” tile floor! We considered a couple of options before we decided on painting. First we thought we [...]
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When you dream about decorating (or renovating… or buying) your house, do you ever have a problem picking one style? I do! There are so many different looks that make me gasp and think “Maybe that was the direction I should have gone in…” Case in point. I was scanning through my Google Reader today [...]
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I decided to start working on the powder room late in a weekend when I was finishing up another house project. In my head it seemed simple: rip off the wainscoting, paint the walls, put up trim, paint the floor. Easy peeasy. I was pretty sure I’d be done in a week…. and of course… [...]
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This past weekend I went home to visit my Dad (and stepmother and 2 littlest brothers) for the weekend. It was wonderfully relaxing and consisted mostly of sitting in front of the fire and chatting. However, no weekend to my dad’s is complete without a little snooping around his barn and attic. My dad is [...]
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As always, I’m stuck in the middle of two projects (which I’m very much enjoying) but my head is about 3 projects ahead of itself. When I’m not obsessing over what colors to paint my kitchen cabinets, I’m fixated on the shelving in our “study”. The study is a small room off our living room [...]
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Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! I was so busy with general Monday stuff and Valentine’s day preparations (I made A. a romantic dinner at home!) that I wasn’t able to post my weekend going-ons. The powder room is coming along slowly. I have never stenciled like this before and didn’t realize how time consuming it was! [...]
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Valentine’s Day is almost here so it was time to update the chalkboard! Have you ever read “I Like You” by Sandol Stoddard? A. and I found it when we were looking for readings at our wedding and it was just perfect. It’s not lovey-dovey, it’s not overly romantic, but I think it sets the [...]
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