DIY Projects

Kitchen

A GREAT FOUR LETTER WORD ~ DEAL!!! Let’s redo the kitchen!

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 […]

Family Room

FAMILY ROOM ~ Is it yellow or green?

threesome QOS Lucy Spades FREE 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 […]

Dining Room, DIY Projects

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 […]

DIY Projects

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 […]

DIY Projects

MY FIRST ENTRY EVER ON MY NEW BLOG!!!!!

While enjoying a little free time reading some facebook, I found a blog that has gotten me excited about what I love ……. making my home warm and welcoming!!! The blog is “Thrifty Decor Chick” and I can’t stop reading it. It’s full of projects that the author, Sarah, does around her house. She’s a […]