whew it has been a long time since I been on here. Some of you followed me on my old blog and journeyed with me through my renovation and it still isn’t over. Okay so here is the background: My house is a log cabin which was later added on to. It is inefficient and … Continue reading
I want to make accessorize my bedroom around my new comforter. I purchased fabric for curtains….but that will be another post. So I had this idea to do another lampshade project. This time I wanted to use my Cricut Expression to cut out a Middle Eastern style design and put it on the inside of … Continue reading
I used to always buy King size bedding because I liked it to drap over the bed a little more than normal. I finally found the perfect bedroom set when I was in the middle of renovating. That was before I got the new bed. I love love loved this set. It was beige with … Continue reading
1-I am taking finals this week and I am busting my chops trying to get caught up. Lesson learned: having the kids every weekend is not a good idea in my last year of college. Anywho…remember I told you about my sink? Well I am not finished with it yet. I got most of the … Continue reading
So if you have been following my blog for a while then you know that I have a Cricut Expression die cut machine and I am not very happy with it. What happened is….I watched the infomercial one late night and I was SOLD. I have to stop watching these late night infomercials. It does … Continue reading
Not sure if I should be feeling hurt or ticked off right now… See What Happened wassss: I decided to fix my sink tonight because I am tired of having to use the tub for hot water. I am not sure why the hot water faucet in the bathroom sink is stuck in the off position, but … Continue reading
I been having challenges with this side of my barn since I moved here. I had to cut down all the overgrown shrubbery only to find severely rotted wood.. I had a saw mill custom cut the new boards that I sat out in the barn to weather for a year then me and some … Continue reading
School is getting in the way of my life. People comment on how hard it must be for me to go to school and work full time. Well it’s like this. I have a choice between life and school. I have found that to make it easier on myself I can’t get involved with too … Continue reading
This was going to be a Moroccan kitchen but it is the beginning of my eclectic Moroccan, Indian and country kitchen…in various stages of progress… I still have to put the Moroccan lanterns up and the flip up table…and some curtains in the bay window…and something to cover the doorway between the living room and … 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 have a problem and it is about time I correct it. I have no choice now. It has to do with my windows. My 50 year old windows. I have these handmade screens covering two of my windows. No doubt Mr Walker made them when he converted the house from a log cabin because this … 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
I went to the store today to look at some pink paint and I got totally over whelmed not to mention I started doubting my decision then started looking at other colors and then I could not even make up my mind for a sample so I wound up not getting anything. Then I started … 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
My living room has this light fixture. When I first moved here I thought it was soooo cute but now that I have changed my whole angle on the house the light is not looking too good to me. At All. Period And now I am even wondering…what was I thinking? Oh yeah, I remember … Continue reading
I am almost done with classes for the semester and if I can have a sane minded evening I will work on my school projects and then when I am finished I will get busy on my house projects before classes start again. I have a week window and the following projects to finish in … Continue reading
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
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
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
So the finisher said he would be back today at 6:00 maybe earlier and I assumed he meant in the morning. I got up at 5:30 this morning and by 6:50 was wondering what the hell. So I texted the drywall guy to ask him if his finisher was Continue reading
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