NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

Garage revamp

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I don’t know if I can call this a revamp, in all honestly. We ripped the garage down and rebuilt it. Oh well, I guess I can call it whatever I want. =) But, in honor of our GARAGE SALE this weekend, I’m spotlighting the revamp of the home of our cars, tools, bikes, gardening […]

It’s raining, it’s pouring

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It’s been raining like CRAZY lately, which is annoying when Franco and Lola refuse to go outside (little divas), but it’s great for the plants – and particularly our rain garden.  I planted a few more things in the rain garden, because a few of the plants didn’t take and it wasn’t filling out enough […]

Sante Fe Meatless Tacos

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We try to eat a meatless meal once a week. It doesn’t always happen, but we try. It saves cash and expands my cooking repertoire, by forcing me to find something that is filling and yummy, but doesn’t include meat. We do chili, soups, salads. But, these Santa Fe Meatless Tacos have got to be our […]

Trying to pull it together (office edition)

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I was never 100% happy with our office. It felt like a modge-podge because, well, it was a modge podge. I like all the individual pieces, the desk, bookshelf, sofa sleeper… but I just cannot seem to get it to work. I’m still working to get to 100%, but we made good progress this weekend […]

A budget kitchen remodel in a foreclosure

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Ahhhh…. the kitchen. The place to scramble eggs, gather with friends and enjoy homemade dinners. If you looked at the kitchen of our home when we took possession of our home, none of this would seem possible. Instead, it was dirty (really dirty), greasy (really greasy),  and incredibly stinky (I’m not exaggerating). So, the kitchen […]

Adjusted tablescape

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I think that Freckles Chick and I may have been separated at birth. Sure, she is much more stylish, chic and funny than I. But, we did both have houseplants on our mind recently. And I’ll take any similarities I can get, folks. While she was stylishly introducing the fabulous zen of succulents in her […]