NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

On the mind…

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I’ve got wainscoting on the mind. Does this ever happen to you? You decide you want to do something and you just cannot think of anything else? No? Okay… it’s just me then.  Anyhow…. I’ve wanted to add some sort of decorative woodwork to the dining room and living room for a while. I think adding some […]

Rental reno – living and dining rooms

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  Now it’s time to move into the living and dining rooms at the little house. (Wanna see more? Check out the kitchen and outside updates.) It’s really quite charming. Original woodwork, lovely hardwood floors. Although at the beginning, it looked like this:   Because I’m a mind-reader, I know what you are thinking – […]

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 […]

Dining room revamp

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Thanks for all your kind comments about our bathroom and living room. You know how to make a girl (and her hardworking hubs) feel good. Now, it’s time for room number three in our little Home-A-Palooza. Hopefully you aren’t too terribly tired of La Casa de Woodward yet. The dining room is the only room that […]

Hand-me-down kids

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We often joke that everything in our house was a hand-me-down. You may think we’re kidding, but we’re really not. And, we’re not embarrassed. Just really thankful. So, I thought it would be humorous to take an inventory of things that were hand-me-downs. The Dining Room: Table and chairs and the lovely grandfather clock were my […]

The china cabinet update

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Well, it’s time to show you our latest project – the china cabinet. I painted and Ryan attached the hardware that needed re-fit. Here’s a little closer view of the hardware (and a showcase of my photography skills). To remind you, it looked like this before. So, I like it a lot more. Although, I’m […]