I finally finished my bathroom and realized I did not post photos. Hopefully you will find it as interesting as the people who come over and peek in my medicine cabinet. Yes I have had peekers and remember because the kids kept going in my stuff I put an alarm on the door. Welllllllll I … Continue reading
I am still not finished yet but I accomplished a few things while on vacation: I fixed the leak under the sink. It kicked my ass but I fixed it Painted my kitchen white. Remember one of the colors of the year 2016 was named as simply white. I used bright while base with mo … Continue reading
I have forever been complaining that my house is too dark and I have no space for anything and it looks too cluttered. In searching for ideas on my enclosed porch I found a photo that I think can change the whole feel of my house. See, what happened was, I asked my decorating adviser (aka Google) … Continue reading
So remember how I mentioned that 3 years ago I was going to close in a window and move my stove and that spurred on a full fledged renovation? Well I feel a de ja vu coming on! I have to get some paint for the additions when it gets to that time AND I … Continue reading
Okay so the guys showed up today to work on the house… And this is how it is looking now… well kindda sortta. It looks way lighter in the photos for some reason. Maybe because it was getting to be dusk…not sure The front of my house looks so funny with everything cut down … Continue reading
I am not sure what in the heck I was thinking trying to paint this house because I know good and darn well I am afraid of heights…but I went out there with my big girl panties on and pulled out my loooong extension ladder and got busy. But before I get into that I … Continue reading
If you just want to see photos you can go directly to my photobucket album. I saved some photos off the Internet but I also took a lot of photos myself while I am working out in the field in Durham, NC historic districts. The houses are being painted all sorts of colors and when … Continue reading
Well I just could not wait. I get a hair up my butt and I have to act on it. Impulsive…always been like that and probably too old to change that now. Its engrained in my blood. So just to remind you here is my house and how it looked this morning. Here is my … Continue reading
Today was a beautiful day and all I could think of was getting a few things done. I had two of my grandsons with me since last night and today we went to get the third one that lives over an hour away. One of them made a movie last week with his Nabi…I thought … Continue reading
When I first got here I made a post in Gardenweb asking for advice on house colors. Someone photo shopped my house with different colors. I picked the Red but ultimately settled on the safer green when I went to buy the paint. Remember this was before I changed the windows and did other things … Continue reading
Yeah so what? I haven’t even finished with the inside of the house yet and here I am thinking about painting the outside of the house. WELLLLLLL It is getting warm and now is the time before it gets sweltering hot!! When I painted the house a few years ago I waited until full Spring … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
I am feeling these light walls to make my small rooms seem larger but at the same time it is killing me not having color. I know, I know I can’t have both right? But I looooove color. Then I have this piece of artwork….it is actually carved wood with mirrors on it. I thought … Continue reading
NOON: I want to be finished with this work so bad. I am on my last leg and I just can’t get motivated to push through it. Last night I taped up the doorways to the living room and put the dog to bed. I started sanding and in 10 seconds I was hungry so … Continue reading
Whenever anyone comes to the house they go to the back door. I call the room you enter the house in the laundry/mudroom, but I think I will start calling it my foyer. Sounds so much better. After work yesterday I went to the Goodwill store to see if anyone purchased the textured paintable wallpaper … Continue reading
The paint in the bathroom is dry and I am not too sure I like it. It looks like smeared mustard. On the other hand it is a lot brighter in there. I was thinking about taking the paint back to Lowes and tell them I want the same color in a different line because I … Continue reading
OMG I decided to go cheap on the paint in the bathroom and I am not sure why I did that… maybe because its so small? Anyway I purchased Olympic 15 year paint in Mecca Gold. All the other paint Lowe’s sells has primer in it and I assumed since it was only about $4 … Continue reading
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