It takes hands to build a house, but only hearts can build a home
We got so lucky finding this great fireplace mantel at the Restore near us. We are building a faux fireplace in our master bedroom and the beautiful mantel will be the cherry on top! THE HEARTH We built the hearth with 2x4s and a piece of plywood for the top. I wanted the hearth to […]
Our master bedroom is huge!! Now, I know most of you wouldn’t complain about this problem. Let me explain why I’m whining a little bit about it. We’ve lived in our house for 16 years and as an amateur decorator/DIYer/design blogger, this room has always stumped me. It has the usual bed, nightstands, entertainment center, […]
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a great 2012 and I hope you’re looking forward to everything wonderful that will happen in 2013! I was reading my goals for 2012 in my New Years post last year to see if I accomplished anything I wanted to this past year. I’ve always known my […]
KITCHEN CHECKLIST I wanted to share our checklist and cost for all the improvements we did to our kitchen. Thank you for all the kind comments! Y’all are amazing!If you want to see pictures, just click on the link and it will bring you to the post.Thanks again for making this journey so much fun!! […]
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 […]
When I clicked on the button “New Post” to write this new post, I giggled because this post is about two newel posts we added to our kitchen island today. We bought two newel posts from Lowe’s (they are the ones used for the bottom of staircase railings) Sons #3 & #4 primed and painted each post […]