My friend Jen at Home in the Country recently posted her banker’s chair makeover. And, I about had a heart attack and died. At age 26. A-flippin’-mazing. Right? I’ve been wanting a new chair for our desk in the office, and this was exactly what I had been looking at. Only, I’d been lusting over […]
Renovation progress report – week 1
If you’ve been through a home renovation, you know that things have to get worse before they get better. This is why I’m happy to say that it’s getting worse in our neck of the woods. Which means better is just around the bend. I mentioned a few things yesterday. Namely, the kitchen is cleared […]
The first week of renovation – good, bad and ugly
First of all, I just want to thank you all for your kind words and encouragement on our announcement about the new (to us) house. Wow! We were blown away and are so thankful. A few housekeeping items:– I plan to put together at least one weekly renovation progress report with the ups and downs […]
What to choose?
The folks at CSN Stores recently asked me to do a review for a product of my choice on their site. (Okay, actually they contacted me weeks ago, but I forgot to respond until recently.) And, with a new house, who am I to look a gift horse in the mouth? (What does that even […]
Extra! Extra! We have a new (to us) house!
Let me introduce you to our new (to us) home! Yeah… it doesn’t look too welcoming now. But, have faith in us. With a little fairy dust, some hard cash and a heckuva lot of sweat equity, it’ll be a lovely little thing. (Don’t forget that we’ve done it before.) I’ve been holding out on […]
The dark side of IKEA
I mentioned that I’ve been to IKEA three times over the past few months in the hunt for the sofa. The photo below is documentation of why it’s a good thing that we don’t have an IKEA closer than 2 1/2 hours from our house. We have to turn the Prius into a pickup truck […]
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