Furniture Make-Overs
I’ve decided this will be known as the Year of Furniture Make Overs. With the aid of pinterest and of course a new house to decorate, I’ve started seeing ideas for furniture make-overs all over the place. The first one being our Entertainment Center. We got this from friends before they moved to Alaska last […]
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The Best of 2012
Yesterday I shared with you a review of our life in 2012. Today I’d like to share some of the favorite blog posts. I’ll start with the reader favorites. These are the posts that were visited most frequently in 2012 (minus any giveaway posts). After (sort of) Kitchen We started our year with a kitchen remodel. […]
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DIY Drum Light
We felt our dining room needed different lighting. The dome light just didn’t give adequate light. In fact, I kept it off more often than on, because it made so little difference, and I saved the money. Since we were remodeling already, I figure a new light was in order as well. While browsing […]
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What am I up to?
I bet you’re wondering what exactly I’m up to. I’ve spent a good portion of the last few days getting our kitchen and dining room reorganized. I’ve got a whole cupboard and one shelf in another cupboard that are empty. I don’t know what to do with them. I’m sure I’ll find something and things will […]
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Dining Room Overhaul
Today felt like we were on one of those HGTV shows with how many people were in our dining room working. Many things got accomplished at once, and I’m seeing more of an end (while wishing the end was already here). Here’s a look at what got accomplished this week. Continuation of the wallpaper stripping […]
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Dining Room Remodel day 2
I took the Princesses to the mall to search for a last minute gift and to get some play time in, while Mark stayed home and got some work done undistracted. After yesterday, today was much more calm, as we had more of a plan of what needed to be done. First on the list – […]
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Day 1 – Basement Remodel
I’ve mentioned our basement remodeling ideas before, shown some pictures of tearing out the cold storage that was there. We have finally commenced on the actual remodeling part! Mark decided to take a day off from school prep, and work on the basement instead. This is what it used to look like: Here is what […]
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Upcycled Card Table
Due to my design impasse yesterday, I found another outlet for creativity. My card table. It was ugly, but I wanted to be able to use it wthout having to throw on a table cloth. The mind sparked, and I grabbed the rolls of contact paper my sister in law gave me last summer (I […]
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