Work is underway on the front portico face lift! The structure and foundation of the original portico checked out a-ok so the project is going just as we’d hoped. The existing roof and columns have been replaced and a new diagonal cross balustrade is already in place! Here’s the plan… Here’s the before before… And… Read More
Whew! For a room that was 95% complete four years ago, those last 5% took quite a long time :-) That always seems to be the way about it though – the last few things take the longest to figure out but really seem to make the space. Here’s what the room looked like on… Read More
Would you believe that even after an entire day worth of rain, there is STILL pollen stuck to parts of the house?! I have come to the conclusion that this is probably what happens every year, I just never noticed since I spent my time trying NOT to look at the paint peeling off the… Read More
As y’all well know, we’ve spent the last four years working room by room to update and decorate our house. And while we love the space we’ve created for our little family on the inside, it was admittedly to the detriment of the outside (specifically the front yard). I mean, we tried to keep the… Read More
UPDATE April 2017: See a newer look of this space HERE! It’s pretty much taken me the entire first quarter of 2013, but the closet has been cleaned out and organized from the rooter to the tooter and the little entry vestibule has undergone a drastic transformation into a sweet little dressing table. Here’s the… Read More
We’re back in Atlanta and the first stop we made was to pick up the new slip covers for my dining room chairs. Yee haw!!!!!! I’m pretty much in love… We bought the dining set as a, well, SET for our first anniversary. It’s the only “set” of anything that we own and, while I… Read More
Almost exactly three months ago I mentioned that we were due for an exterior paint job – and that time has finally come! I spent the last few weeks mulling over color choices for the shutters and doors… … and would you believe I settled on the almost exactly same colors I originally shared?!?! … Read More