Home Improvement Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Get ready to feel sympathy…Yesterday, I sustained a caulking injury—actually, two. The hurt finger. I will spare you the thigh picture. My index finger has an abrasion from caulk smoothing. (OK. A...
View ArticleSay Goodbye to 1985 Window Treatments
Ever walk into a house that is stuck in the eighties? Lots of mauve, seafoam greens, and peach. Some definite Art Deco influence and highly structured window treatments. I don’t exactly know what the...
View ArticleMy Decorating Resolutions
This post is about a month late, but at least it is here–with few pictures. (I am trying to learn a quick way to post pictures so the process doesn’t feel quite so cumbersome.) I don’t want to give...
View ArticleDining Room Accountability
In an effort to actually finish a project, I have decided that posting pictures along the way might actually keep me moving forward. Sometimes it’s money or time that stalls my projects, but more often...
View ArticleNew Favorite: Swiffer Vac
Short, but to-the-point post: If you have wood floors or tile bathroom floors, try this: It’s the Swiffer Vac. Yep. It will pick up Cheerios. And dog hair. And people hair. And dust. Now, I’m no clean...
View ArticleAdding-on to your Pantry
If your pantry is like mine, it is a jungle of cans, boxes, and bags–some stacked two or three deep and constantly falling or getting lost. What every pantry needs is more space. No words are...
View ArticleMexican Beef for the Crock Pot
Don’t you just love a crock pot? There’s not much better than walking in the house at the end of the day and smelling dinner, cooked and waiting. I’ve been on the lookout for crock pot recipes and...
View ArticlePamper Me!
Need a great, inexpensive, easy-to-make gift? Thanks to my sister, Meredith (who will be sharing a make-over project here later this month), I have a great idea to share: Homemade Sugar Scrub. What you...
View ArticleMusic Cabinet Revival: Resurrecting an Old Piece
Trying something new today! A guest blogger–who just happens to be my little sister…She really has outgrown the bratty stage and is a wonderful photographer and better sister. (She should have a photo...
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