The Beauty of Shopping Around

Yesterday I saw some 12×36 mirrors on Walmart.com and because I have the matching tray to it (that I purchased out of the Goodwill by the way), my desire for the mirrors grew.  I REALLY love that tray and I REALLY wanted the mirrors. The problem I had with it is that it was $125 and quite frankly … Continue reading →

My Homemade Closet

Well now that most of the major work is done it is now time to put things away.  This house is so small it has to operate like a well oiled machine.  I keep taking things from one place and somehow I have managed to take away most of my good storage space.  During this … Continue reading →

Thought for the day

Too often we complain about what we do NOT have. That is the glass half empty syndrome, the pessimist’s theme song. Everything around us supports pessimism and is focused more on the negative than the positive. We thrive on that for some reason. A daily example of that is instead of reporting the  weather as a … Continue reading →

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Draped Ceiling Instructions. Part 1

I just had a new ceiling put in but I had my heart set on having a draped ceiling…I just feel it is so romantic in the bedroom.  I mentioned it a while ago in my bedroom ceiling Intro conversation and since then I have had the most hits on that page…why?  Because there are … Continue reading →

Day 6, 2013

Well this has been an interesting weekend.  I went furniture shopping yesterday and found the exact sectional sofa that I wanted with the headrests and on top of that had reclining chairs in it and an Ipod docking station with speakers, USB Port, cup holders (that I was not too crazy about) and a storage … Continue reading →

Day 4 of 2013

Well I decided I CAN NOT live with that pink paint so I have another shade called Valspar  Cherry Mocha.  I like it.  Problem is that now I am so unmotivated!  And I am tired and had a hard week and all I can think about it is going to sleep BUT I am tired … Continue reading →

Day Two 2013

I got up bright and early this morning to paint my ceiling. I was going to use BEHR ULTRA DELUXE ceiling paint. When stirring the paint I noticed some lumps in it. I never seen this before so I wasn’t sure if it was a terrible thing or not.  Turns out it was. There were … Continue reading →

First Day of the Year-Working on the Budoir

I couldn’t sleep last night so I worked on the wording for my good morning wall quote on my Cricut till about 4 this morning.  I got up at 6 AM ready to work in my bedroom.   I had to caulk all the window edges, prime the walls, trim and ceiling and put down … Continue reading →