We’ve really been cooking on the office makover. We finished up painting the ceiling and the trim and then we put together the big bookshelf that took over for three smaller pieces. How far we’ve come! Yesterday I gave a little hint about what I’d be showing today. Drapes! Rhymes with tapes! Or curtains! RhymesRead more
It’s been a busy couple of days. Seriously, stuff just kept breaking. We had intended to have a fun and relaxing weekend, with a trip to a friend’s house for pipe smoking and good conversation for Doug and a trip to a few thrift stores and an estate sale or two for me. Instead weRead more
Heads up: there is an image contained in this post (after the jump) that may not be appropriate for certain workplaces or age groups. You’ve been warned. The paint is up! And can I just say that we LOVE it! All that testing sure paid off, don’t you think? For the record, the color weRead more
People, finding the right navy blue paint is HARD. When we painted our bathroom Richmond Green, I think I tried one other color just so we could be extra special sure, but once Richmond Green was up on the wall, even in a tiny 12 by 12 area, it was perfectly obvious that was goingRead more
In which Pies & Puggles drives to Richmond to buy donuts. Ahem. As pretty much everyone I know can attest, my favorite blog is Young House Love. John and Sherry Petersik have such a warm and approachable writing style and their DIY instructions are always easy to follow. They also happen to live in Richmond,Read more
The office in our house is a perpetual problem. First, we call it an “office”, but it’s basically a glorified storage room. We don’t need a desk. We work in the living room. We had a desk in the office for two years and we never used it so we opted for a large dresserRead more
I read about the Show Us a Retro/Vintage Corner of Your Home link party via Dana over at Mid2Mod. It’s being hosted by Donna at Hung Up On Retro and Kylie at Lucy Violet Vintage, two Australian vintage bloggers. And though regular readers will have seen this corner recently (it was one of the subjects ofRead more
It’s been a busy week! I finally finished turning my antique radio into a bar. I also got caught up on some cleaning, which I had been ignoring in favor of projects for several weeks. I went to Twins Ace Hardware four times. For the record, they have started to laugh at me since IRead more
On Christmas Day, I tried to set a festive table. Yes, this was four and a half months ago. Yes, I had just gotten off an airplane two hours before from two weeks away in Florida and the Caribbean. So I needed an easy way to introduce some glamour to the Christmas dinner proceedings. AndRead more
Doug and I both read a lot. I make a weekly trip to the library, but we also have a lot of books. The living room shelves The office shelves Bedroom shelves More bedroom shelves Yet more bedroom shelves Are you getting the sense that there are a lot of books in the bedroom yet?Read more