There has been some above-average stress around our house for the past few months. It’s job-related for Scott and yucky for both of us, and it means that we may or may not be moving in the next several months. That wasn’t part of our plan when we moved here almost exactly a year ago,…
Category: The House
Pulling Things Together
I was supposed to start painting the living room on my day off yesterday. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I just couldn’t. We’ve been ripping out walls and refinishing cabinets and painting walls and adding trim, and I just needed a day where I did nothing but clean up the mess. Sure,…
Walls: Thinking Beyond the First Layer
Okay, so even if they aren’t picture-worthy yet, our dining room walls have definitely and irrevocably been transformed from dark red to off-white. There has been some sadness expressed by other people on that topic, but what can I say? I was feeling light and bright when I picked paint. I was also sick of…
Frank Friday
Sometimes I post a bunch of things about delicious food and pretty flowers and tasty cocktails, and I think, “This is not my life.” Sure, I ate those foods and have beautiful flowers in the yard/house, but is it really a representative sample? So to honor the “representative sample” concept, it’s Frank Friday. For starters,…
Guest Bedroom Paintover
This wasn’t quite a makeover, because only a few things changed in the room between the before and the after. But it is definitely a change. This was the guest bedroom a month or so ago: Sure, the messy bed in the middle of the room wasn’t a great decorative start. Those peachy yellow walls…
Kitchen Redo: Lighting
With the help of some visiting friends (Yay, free labor!), we made an exciting change in our kitchen last weekend. You see, there was this enormous ceiling fan in the kitchen. It was nice to have a breeze in the kitchen, sure, but not as nice when you needed to get something out of the…
A Buck for All Seasons
It’s still deer hunting season, but even when it isn’t, we have a buck year-round. And because we’re so incredibly creative, his name is Buck. (I actually didn’t name him, and I actually do like his name. A little bit of obvious naming never hurt anyone.) He was Scott’s first buck, and I happen to…
Small, but valuable. 