I’ve been thinking about renaming my blog. Instead of Pies & Puggles, I’ve been thinking about calling it “The Unrepentant Young House Love Fangirl Blog” or TUYHLFB for short. That’s a joke. Kind of. In any case, y’all know how much I love me some YHL. And so when they made their product design debutRead more
We are skulking in shadows no more! When I visited the Decorating Outlet earlier in the month, I had been hoping to find lighting for both the office makeover and the dining room. And while I ended up having to order the pendant for the dining room, I was able to obtain the office lightingRead more
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
I needed to make something to take to a BBQ this weekend. Since I’d made a whole passel of cookies last weekend, I didn’t want to make cookies again so I pulled out an old standby recipe from Smitten Kitchen. Deb’s recipes are always well-tested and well-written and this one for Chocolate Stout Cake isRead more
I had a great post planned for today about how to get rid of vintage treasures when your tastes change, but we had a little incident with the air conditioning. As in, the little bugger broke, which rather complicated the day. They’re coming on Saturday to fix it. That said, we should be back toRead more
Well, hot off the thrift stores shelves, anyway. I got to thinking, I pretty much only share the really awesome, fantastic and famous stuff that I find while out thrifting. The stuff with big style and big names and big values. But that’s not the majority of what I find. The majority is stuff withRead 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
Remember how back in March, I fell in love with spray paint? Yeah, nothing has changed. I’m still spray painting something just about every week. This is a very cool iron tea cart that I picked up at a recent estate sale. I found it in a sunroom, but I have the impression at hadRead 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