Just before we hit the road I snapped a few quick pics of last week’s progress. By the time I’d left, the porch was ready for paint!!! *squeals with delight* The posts and door frame have been framed out and the crawl space cover is all in place. Inside, the bead board ceiling is… Read More
This sweet little junk store table and chair set (all decked out to ring in 2007) was pretty much on it’s last leg by the time we left our old house. With a wobbly table and two chairs beyond repair, the last two chairs have been sadly tucked away in the attic for the last… Read More
Things really started to pick up the end of last week! We got the gas line tied in from the house to the fireplace, passed that inspection and passed our framing inspection. Wahoo! The masons showed up Thursday and completed the brick front on the fireplace!! Contractor S went above and beyond by procuring… Read More
I have finally procured a piece of art for the one big wall in the powder room and am beyond thrilled to cross another room off the impressively extensive list we started with three years ago. (Though, serial decorators never really cross anything off the list for too long.) Here’s the before. Unlike in the… Read More
*womp womp* No progress to report on the porch. Zip. Zilch. Nada. I know, I know, good things come to those who wait, and I have no doubt that it’ll blow my skirt up when done. Trouble is, waiting comes hard for this admitted instant gratification gal. So… for this week’s edition of Porch Progress,… Read More
Almost exactly a year ago I attempted to show y’all how I spruced up a couple of nineteen dollar Ikea chairs with a custom, monogrammed, DIY slip cover. And coincidentally, I’m back three hundred and sixty-something days later with a second custom, monogrammed, DIY Ikea chair makeover! Now, since I needed only two of these… Read More
Even with Monday’s holiday, we still saw some good progress on the porch last week! For starters, the fireplace insert is in! We went with a 42” box that’s wood burning with a gas starter. It will be bricked up on the inside…fingers crossed that’ll happen this week. Honey picked up the screen door we… Read More