Our family room looked like this for years before we decided to move (before we decided NOT to move!). When we staged our house to put it on the market, we got rid of the flower couches and bought a Craigslist eggplant colored couch and loveseat ~ VERY COMFY! I bought a leather ottoman to […]
Author: Linda
LABOR ON LABOR DAY WEEKEND ~ is it punishment?
Guess what my family is doing this weekend?? YUP!! The dreaded job of YARD WORK!! Growing up in the crazy family that I grew up in, whenever we did something dumb or disobedient we were sent outside to weed. And I understand exactly why it would be a disciplinary strategy. IT WORKS! I absolutely […]
MORE LITTLE PROJECTS ~ and nice little touches
Just because they’re called “Little Projects”, you’d think you don’t get as much satisfaction from doing them as, say, finishing a complete kitchen redo. BUT…I love finishing the little details. It’s not as overwhelming, AND it sure feels good!!Well, that’s what has been happening around here. PROJECT #1 I told you in my last post, that […]
MY TRIP TO IKEA ~ and not enough time in the day
About a week ago, I was having breakfast with a dear friend of mine. Breakfast was wrapping up way too quickly, as usual, and we were heading out to our cars. As we were hugging and saying goodbye, my dear friend (I’ll call her Miss M) asked if I would ever want to go to […]
MORE CROCK POT RECIPES
I’ve been very bad about keeping y’all updated on our crock pot experiment. We’ve been adding some organizational tools in the kitchen and it’s NOT going well!! Update on our crock pot experiment You can click on the recipe name for the complete recipe. A couple of nights ago we had Bacon Ranch ChickenMy family gave […]
NEW KITCHEN ORGANIZER ~ and a broken drawer
In my kitchen reveal I titled the post “The Kitchen is Complete ~ but is it really ever done? I knew we would continue to organize, simplify, and pretty up little spaces FOREVER!! This morning, the LOML opened one of our large drawers that holds all of our large utensils and pot tops and it fought back. […]