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“I have always loved a house that has a puzzle going.” -Suzanne Pope Kevin and I started a puzzle a few weeks ago. 1000 pieces- whew! (I didn’t know they’d be so small- LOL!) I love the picture so much I might never take it apart when we’ve finally got it all together. My mom, […]
Hi! Remember those mismatched nesting tables I blogged about last week? In that post, I shared that I had decided to separate our black metal nesting tables because I wanted to use a taller, wood table with the one of them, and find another smaller table to go with the other one. Well, I found the […]
“I felt like I was an arrow, pulled back and ready to be launched into something big.” ―A.B. Shepherd Kevin and I had to update our medical exams yesterday. It’s been 18 months since we first had them done as a part of our (adoption) home study, and our first set is to expire in […]
“Create with the heart; build with the mind.” ― Criss Jami I’m meeting with the fireplace man this week, and I am crossing my fingers my plan to build out our fireplace will work! See how it’s flat against the wall in the (before) photo below? In order to create a fireplace/built-in cabinet set up […]
“I dance with hopes and sing along with possibilities.” ― Debasish Mridha My friend, Tenesha, texted me about a pair of old, shutter-style doors at Southern Homes & Gardens on Friday afternoon, so Kevin and I went to check them out on Saturday morning. It was love at first sight (especially at 20% off), and although […]
See that dirt under your fingernails? My friend, that is beautiful. That is remarkable. That is significant. You could have let go. But you didn’t. You could have given up. But you didn’t. You hung on. And hung on. And here’s what I believe: I believe 2014 was not your worst year, but possibly your […]
“Your life, right now, today, is exploding with energy and power and detail and dimension, better than the best movie you have ever seen. You and your family and your friends and your house and your dinner table and your garage have all the makings of a life of epic proportions, a story for the […]
“Laura felt a warmth inside her. It was very small, but it was strong. It was steady, like a tiny light in the dark, and it burned very low but no winds could make it flicker because it would not give up.” ―Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter Well, I’m not *quite* finished decorating […]
“You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea. -Pablo Picasso Our Sweet P is THREE!! His birthday was today (Sunday), and you know what’s really wild? I dreamed about him last night! Like, a lot. Like, I woke up two times in the […]
Rugs. *sigh* I sure do love looking at them, but oh how Max loves to lunch on them! If it’s got fibers that stand up, you can bet your bottom dollar he’s going to pull out a little patch of them whenever he’s feeling naughty. For some reason, he doesn’t mess with the little rugs […]
Okay! Here is the final tally on the poll I posted the other day… …and here’s the inspiration photo I put together in Photoshop again: I’m happy to report Kevin’s fully on board with the two sofa layout now, too! A few commenters mentioned that they thought we should pull the sofas in and away […]
I looked back at the poll I posted last week… …and the results inspired me to play around with a photo of our living room so that Kevin could get a better picture of what I am seeing in my mind. First though, here’s how the room looked when we moved here in October of […]
I stumbled on to a really fun group on Pinterest and their work got me thinking about our fireplace. Kevin and I talk about where we’re going to (eventually) put our TV a lot when we’re sitting in our (still far from finished) living room. He would like for the screen to be out in the […]
Back in August, I told you we wanted to add some wood planks to the biggest, windowless wall in our living room. I asked you if you thought we should attach them horizontally or vertically, and according to the poll I posted on my blog post that day, most of you thought we should attach […]
I haven’t spent too much time decorating our living room yet because we hope to be doing some construction projects in there later this year. That said, the house was extra quiet this morning (Kevin had a date with his Dad), and I was in the mood to do a little jooshing. Or zhushing. Or […]
