We’re up to our eyeballs in primer today, but since we had a few questions about why we decided to lighten our Gray Owl paint by 50%, and what it meant to lighten paint, I wanted to publish a quick … Continue reading
Hi and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I went to randomly select another an email from my Pick My Presto inbox the other day and discovered that AOL had deleted all the messages that were previously in … Continue reading
The staircase that leads upstairs is on the other side of the wall that has the stove and microwave on it… Here’s a view from the first landing, down to the first floor… Kit-Cat loves being upstairs… …and I’ve gotta say, I’m … Continue reading
My favorite space in our new house is the sunroom. It’s straight ahead when you walk through the front door, and our back door leads outside on the left side of it. On the right side of the room, there’s a … Continue reading
Hello, and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I randomly selected an email from a gal by the name of Kelli the other day. It read: Hi Layla, I am in desperate need of help. We have been … Continue reading
A couple of home magazines featured some of our photographs this summer, so I thought I’d blog a little bit about them here today…before it’s time to break out the pumpkins- ha! We shot Ashley and Jamin’s veranda for the … Continue reading
Remember when I blogged about Kristen Alber‘s house? Well, I e-bumped into a friend of hers online not long ago, and I just had to blog about her house, too! Her name is Dorie, and she and her husband did … Continue reading
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I got an email from a fella by the name of Ryan Parent asking for some design help with his newly purchased summer cottage in Canada. His email read: … Continue reading
3 things I love about Kit-Cat: 1. His sense of adventure. Unfortunately I’m forced to interrupt the adventure from time to time, but I usually can’t resist snapping a photo of him first. 2. His paws. I could rub them … Continue reading
Our kitchen is still one big work-in-progress, but we have had fun personalizing it, little by little, over the past few years. It started out pretty builder basic… …but with a little bit of shoestring-style dough, and whole lotta elbow … Continue reading
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I randomly selected another email from my Pick My Presto inbox this weekend, and had some fun photoshoppin’ a picture of a bathroom sent in by a reader named Nicki. … Continue reading
Kev and I are coming up on wedding anniversary #8 this June, and I’d love to take a breather and sneak off somewhere (inexpensive and close to home) with him for a couple of days. Back in ’04, we honeymooned … Continue reading
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! I randomly selected another email from my PMP inbox this weekend, and had some fun photoshoppin’ a picture of a kitchen sent in by a sweet reader named Cindy. Here’s … Continue reading
We’re working on the newly-installed hardwood floor in our hallway today….sanding, staining, sealing….story of our lives- ha! I look forward to posting the before, during and after pics soon, but in the meantime, here are links to some of the … Continue reading
Because I always love an inspiring room redo post, I wanted to share some before and after photos of my e-friend, Jennifer Rizzo‘s recent kitchen remodel here today. Jennifer and her family had actually planned to wait a while before … Continue reading
We hosted a birthday party the other night. I had planned to bake — ok, fine- heat up a frozen – blackberry cobbler, but we kicked our nasty, old, malfunctioning stove to the curb when we had the new flooring installed … Continue reading
I had a chance to hang out with my friend (and fellow Auburn Tiger fan!), Amanda, a couple months back… I had so much fun talking a mile a minute about a million different things with her! We went to … Continue reading
Hey there- and welcome to another installment of Pick My Presto! In addition to making some fun changes in our kitchen this past weekend (updated pics coming soon!), I also had a ball photoshoppin’ a picture of a living room/home … Continue reading
The whole kitchen/laundry room floor redo ordeal started with Kev and his friend Jason busting up the old (unevenly laid) tile and (badly stained) grout that held it all in place… It was a super dirty job… …but they did … Continue reading
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