This weekend we found a listing on Craigslist (have I mentioned I LOVE CRAIGSLIST?!) for all four kitchen appliances in stainless steel for $1500!!! I’ve wanted to replace my white ones forever. My dishwasher door is broken, one of my sons (using no names Son #3) put an aluminum can of peaches in the microwave […]
Author: Linda
FAMILY ROOM ~ Is it yellow or green?
Our family room is the hub of our house. EVERYTHING happens in the family room. When we were moving into our present house, I picked the paint color for the walls to match a couch we had bought on clearance. After the painters had finished painting the walls “green” I walked in and said “YIKES!” […]
THE BEAUTIFUL OUTDOORS ~ and a thunderstorm acomin’
We spent the whole weekend outside tilling our yard. The LOML and I have had a running disagreement about Fescue (cool weather grass) or Zoysia (warm weather grass). I don’t like brown grass. I JUST DON’T LIKE IT!!! But the LOML says you can either have brown grass in the winter or the summer because […]
ORGANIZED IN A DISORGANIZED WORLD
ORGANIZING A DISORGANIZED WORLD! People always ask me how I keep track of my life with six kids running around. I’m not sure if you care but I’ll share a few of my tips anyways. I go through stages of organization. When I’m feeling like I’m drowning in all the school work that comes home […]
DINING ROOM ~ I Love Me Some Molding!
Nothing makes a room look more classy and elegant as beautiful molding. I love me some molding!!! In our previous house, we installed picture frame molding in the dining room and a chair rail in the upstairs hallway. In our present house, we’ve installed beadboard paneling in the boys’ room and girls’ room. The reason […]
OUR FOYER ~ Where I Learned I’m Afraid of Heights!
Our twenty-one foot high foyer has always been a decorating nightmare for me. And I, handling problems as I do, would walk through it, say “YUCK!” and keep walking …. for TEN YEARS! Well, I couldn’t run from it anymore. I have to sell my house so, now what do I do? Ladder, scaffolding, that […]