We had the best intentions. We were going to pick out a Christmas tree together this past weekend, but time got away from us, and it was dark before we even got close to a Christmas tree farm. Thus, Scott was solely responsible for picking out our Christmas tree this year. Did that make me…
Category: The House
Painting Some More: Stairs
I had an ambitious post-work plan for yesterday. First I would hit up the grocery store, followed by some time painting a second coat on our stair treads. And last but not least, I would iron in front of the tv and watch a new movie I’m pretty excited about. Nope. The groceries happened, then…
Painting on a Whim
So our main guest bathroom has been sitting untouched for a while. Meaning that there were tons of extra nail holes in the wall, not to mention various stains and smudges and general yuck. I decided I needed to change that this weekend, and I wanted to change it immediately (and for free). Enter the…
Procrastination and Celebration, Rinse and Repeat
I’m extremely grateful that we’re hosting a Christmas party at our house in a few weeks. Why? Well, in addition to the fact that I like having friends over, it’s the best project motivation I’ve had for a while. What better reason to finally paint the stairs or the bathroom than a whole bunch of…
Pre-Thanksgiving Pretties
It’s Confess Your Mess Friday (something that I made up), and here’s the truth. I kept the kitchen cleaned up every day for the first three days of the week. It was lovely. And then I completely stopped doing dishes for the last two days. As a result, our kitchen is covered in a thin…
Living Area Before and After (Finally!!!)
Okay, it’s been a while since we did any actual work on our living area (aside from the stairs, which are kind of a part of the project, kind of not). But it took a while for me to get motivated to clean and get tools off the floor and all of those fun details…
Spare Drawer Solution
No, not the under-drawers type of drawer. The furniture type of drawer. We found ourselves with a brand new kitchen cabinet drawer and no place to put said drawer (there’s a microwave on a nifty shelf where the drawer was designed to go), so we tried to find an alternative drawer use. This was the…
Small, but valuable. 