Top o’ the mornin’ to y’all! I know I’m a little late with the St. Patty’s Day quote. But coming from the O’Briens on my dad’s side and the McColgans on my mom’s side, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day all year long! The countertops are in and I’m doing the happy dance! We […]
Author: Linda
INCENTIVE ~ and a lot of pressure!
Does anyone else out there put too much pressure on themselves?! Or is it just me? For example, whenever we have company coming to stay over, I ALWAYS have to do something to the house…be it painting, hanging new pictures, fixing broken tiles in a bathroom, or redoing the landscaping outside. PLEASE tell me I’m […]
DINING ROOM CURTAINS ~ adding a little personality
It makes me so happy to transform a room from blah to wow! When I finished painting all the furniture in my dining room (and there was a lot of furniture!), I was so relieved. And it looked great. You can read all about it here. I LOVE BLUE!! So when the dining room went from […]
KITCHEN UPDATE ~ three sections down, two to go
I love watching my kitchen transform into a fresh and bright room! We have finished the third section of the kitchen around the dishwasher. The LOML hung beadboard paneling on four sides of the cupboard. Notice the gap in the floor trim ~ the LOML is going to trim out the whole area to give […]
THE INVISIBLE TRASH!
Yesterday I wrote about this cool kit from Rev-a-Shelf. It came in the mail today. Have I mentioned I LOVE my UPS man! I get excited every time I see that big brown truck in my neighborhood! Back on subject….our garbage cans will be IN the cabinet instead of OUTSIDE at the end of the […]
RECAP ON THE KITCHEN ~ and all that fun stuff!
Okay everyone….RECAP on the kitchen reno. We got the estimate on the granite and marble countertops. $2300 for the granite *YEAH* $2700 for the marble $175 for the ogee edge comes with free sink We’re going to the granite store tomorrow to see the River White slab to see if it is close to the […]