It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
We are laying plywood floors in our family room because we had to rip up the awful stained carpet in that room and ANYTHING would have been an improvement. I didn’t want carpet again. All of our first floor is wood except the family room and guest bedroom. We couldn’t afford real wood floors plus […]
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 […]
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 […]
The LOML and the fam worked diligently on the kitchen pantry yesterday! We’ve been working on the pantry for a couple of weeks now. You can read about each stage below: 1) Inspiration 2) Removing wire shelves and filling holes 3) Painting and stenciling 4) Hanging the wood shelves 5) Still hanging the shelves This weekend the LOML and Son […]
BEFORE I REVEAL THE FINISHED KITCHEN… A little history. When I started this blog, my plan was to tell our story of how we staged the house to put it on the market to sell. We had a very nice stager walk through our house and tell us what to put away, what colors to […]
Since it’s Valentine’s Day, I’ve enjoyed seeing a lot of pink today. Pink flowers, pink pants, pink walls, pink butterflies, pink dresses, pink boxes and on and on. Let’s enjoy some pink together! My daughters’ room My flowers out on the deck My daughter’s Valentine card box that she brought to school to collect all […]