Remember back in May when I painted our home office this lovely shade of blue? And I was so excited to do projects in my newly-organized space and have room to take photos for my Etsy store and all that? Now don’t have a heart attack! I know everyone loves the office as much asRead more
My very favorite bloggers at Young House Love have a saying: “The middle makes no sense.” This perfectly describes the situation we’re in now with our kitchen update. Limited workspace means that I can only paint one bank of cabinet doors at a time so it will take several more rounds before they’re all painted.Read more
On Monday, I mentioned that I had found an old bentwood chair at the Goodwill in Annandale for just $10 and I was considering painting it. And rather than doe a solid color, I decided to spruce up the wood a bit and then dip my toe in the dip dyed trend that has beenRead more
When we last left our heroes, they were slathered with wood filler and drying in the office. And by “our heroes” I mean the kitchen cabinet doors, of course. I got a lot done last week, despite baking and cooking up a storm for various social events. The most important task was getting the cabinetRead more
Late last August, I was musing about what we might do to our kitchen eventually. I painted one of the walls, got the right paint for the kitchen cabinets and started painting them. However, it still looks exactly like the picture below since the only work I did was on the other side. Guess we needRead more
Folks who were raised during the Great Depression sometimes have habits that infuriate their Baby Boomer children. Habits like saving gobs of plastic bags in a drawer or plastic sour cream containers. Or keeping random old mucky screws in jars. The fact is, I understand these habits. We save plastic grocery store bags and reuseRead 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
No, I don’t know how that joke would end either, but that’s where this story starts. Sort of. Last week I was the victim of my own success. Obviously, success is a good thing, but almost literally every time I looked at my phone, I had a new Etsy order. That was NINE orders. AndRead more
Prep work sucks. Once you’ve picked a color and gone to the paint store and brought home a bright, shiny new color, you want to see it on something! You don’t want to spend the next three days cleaning, sanding, wood filling, taping off and priming. Unfortunately, you have to. I guess you’ve probably gatheredRead more
Die volleyball die! We found this volleyball down by our community pool. It was in the bushes and half-inflated so we figured no one wanted it, which is why when Chester took a liking to it, we let him carry it home. I tell you, there is very little that is as entertaining as watchingRead more