A good while back Cassity over at Remodelaholic *squeals with delight* asked little ol’ moi to write a guest post about our basement renovation. And it’s been featured TODAY!!! So hop on over to Remodelaholic to see the full, unabridged grand reveal of the entire project that was a year (plus some) in the making!… Read More
Get a load of our bad bad bath. Remember that show on HGTV? Had I owned this bath then, I definitely would have been putting my name in for a much needed makeover. Truth be told, I never stepped foot in this nasty bath before it’s update. But from my vantage point at the door,… Read More
Do you ever mentally decorate a place that you don’t own and likely never will? Maybe I’m just “mental”, but I find myself doing it way too often. It’s like a favorite past-time for me. So, go with me here…as I’m savoring the pages of Garnet Hill last night, I decide that if I had a… Read More
I have been anxiously awaiting the day I would say buh-bye to the last of the basement’s heinous blue carpeting complete with forty years of wear, tear and stains. Ewww, the stains. So, in a budget conscious and little friendly manner, we (ie. Honey) stripped out the nastiness and painted the stairs and hand rail. … Read More
Back when I shared my foyer dress-up, I promised a tutorial on making your own chandelier sleeves. Here is the before… And here’s how to dress it up: 1. I really wanted to tie in the quatrefoil pattern from my favorite, drool-inducing Dash and Albert Plain Tin Slate rug. So I used the image on… Read More
UPDATE: See here for updated pictures I’ve been collecting and crafting items for a foyer re-do since late last year and finally pulled it all out from the bowels of my closet to spend an afternoon dressing it up. FINALLY! I must first show you the before before… …and the before… …so that you can… Read More
When the littles begged and pleaded for a playset in the backyard Honey jumped right on that project. You see, this great neighborhood has one pretty major flaw – no playground! There are a couple nearby, but nothing in walking distance. So, we watched the sale flyers in the Sunday paper until we found an… Read More