A Look into Bathroom #1

Hello Readers! Today I’m starting a series about our new-to-us house.  First, let me begin by saying that since we’ve just moved in a few months ago (and not entirely so…yet!) this is going to be a series that could easily be labeled “To be Continued…” or “Work in Progress”.…Both probably good titles for movies! [...]

Flooring Choices for Your Kitchen

Hello Friends! Is a kitchen  makeover in your plans? If so, there are so many elements to decide on. One of them is your floor. Here’s a beautiful kitchen.  I love the all-white look. I love the dark wood floors. The natural light is terrific! EDITED FROM ORIGINAL POST:  Both beautiful kitchens shown below are NOT [...]

Laundry Room Reveal Part 2 – How We Did It!

Hello There! Here’s the long-awaited (Did you really wait? Ah shucks….) “How We Did It!” Laundry Room Follow Up. Some things were easy(ex: sewing the sink curtain) others were extremely hard to do(ex: mounting our free cabinet/shelf unit over the sink! Let’s just say, lucky we didn’t have to pay for installation labor.) First, a [...]

Our Laundry Room Reveal!! Part 1

IT’S  FINALLY  HERE! The Laundry Room Reveal! Some of you have read the previous post with photos of our incredible (as in “cannot believe its incredible ugliness!) laundry room.  This post is going to have lots of photos! But hey, aren’t we all excited to see those “befores and afters” right there in front of [...]

Almost “finished” Laundry room!

Hello There Blogland Friends! Today was going to be the “BIG REVEAL” blog day for the Laundry Room. So I got up and took a bunch of photos then  proceeded to do something quite necessary: Washing the dirty laundry Usually I sit at the computer in our office next door doing some work while the first [...]

Before and After…After????

If you’ve ever heard this country western song where they make reference to playing cards, you’ll have a good idea of what I’m about to say.  The words go…”You gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em….”   Or as my husband says,  ”Sometimes you gotta know when NOT to do something.” [...]

Additional Info for the “New” Kitchen

Some people out there, those who consider themselves “readers, not just picture-lookers”, might be interested in more info about our “new” kitchen.  The sort of  ”what’s that?” stuff kind of explanations.  This post is for you!  (You’re not required to read this ya know.  This isn’t school. You will not be tested on the material. [...]

And here it is…the “NEW” Kitchen!

Some of you have been waiting for these photos so here they are!  Some typical before, during and after shots that I hope will give you something fun to take a peek at I didn’t get a true “before” shot because we’d actually started and then I said, “Oh shoot!  I forgot!” Which is fairly [...]

Our Kitchen is Done….Almost!

Our kitchen is done….almost!  For all practical purposes (including cooking….LOL!) it IS done.  All that’s left is to paint the floor.   You might say I’m stalling but I just can’t do the “process” I have with this crazy weather we’ve been having! When I paint the floor (yup, it’s been done several times before) [...]

Our Kitchen Re-do!

I’ve taken some time off from blogging to work wholeheartedly on our kitchen re-do.  It’s only a cosmetic re-do but it sure seems to be taking longer than we expected….  (How do people manage all those big-time re-dos where they move plumbing, electrical, etc.  and still come out with their sanity? Yikes!) More about our [...]