We’ve wanted to replace our heavy, old front door for the looooongest time. The front side of it was pretty outdated-looking and the inside of it reminded Kevin of one you’d see in a cabin in the woods in a … Continue reading
Photo Credit: MosbyBuildingArts.com I’ve always loved the look of a transom window above a doorway. Their ability to create the illusion of taller ceilings makes them so appealing. I also love the way they instantly create an easier, breezier vibe … Continue reading
Kevin and I moved into this house on October 31, 2007. And like a lot of folks, we do things as we can afford to and as time allows. A family member once asked me if I wished that I … Continue reading
When you’ve got wiring in half of your house that looks like this… …it’s probably a good idea to hire a guy like this… This is Kevin’s drummers brother, Mark. He is our electrician. He rocks for being brave enough … Continue reading
It all started when my friend Rhoda gave me this great big, old sailboat for me ( she got for $2.00!) about a week ago. I brought it in the house, when I got back from our Endless Yard Sale … Continue reading
Hi gang! I‘ve been a busy little bee this week…lots of exciting news to share in the next few days and again next week. I’ll be back later today with some updated photos of the entertainment unit in our Living … Continue reading
What do you get when you find two dark smoky bluish-gray shutters, for $12 a piece? Jewelry for your oversized mirror, of course! Kevin (“Mr.LC”) has been begging me to “accessorize” the walls on either side of the big mirror … Continue reading
The first time I saw this coffee table in a Pottery Barn magazine, it was love at first sight. But priced at $599, I knew I had better start looking for something comparable (but priced waaay lower) at the local … Continue reading
What do you do with an outdated-looking fireplace, that has crazy proportions, for around eighty bucks? Here’s what we did! First, we bulked up our mantel by attaching wider wood to it. We used a 1”x 8” piece of plain pine … Continue reading
You can look at the experience of living in a “fixer-upper” from two different perspectives:1.) An ever changing adventure that cultivates creativity through an array of home improvement projects.OR2.) An exhausting and expensive undertaking , that causes stress because of … Continue reading
Remember my $35 flea market chair?It’s FINALLY re-upholstered it.WOO HOO! I don’t have a true “Before” picture of it, but let’s just say it was previously suffocating under a thick skin of burnt orange velvet that had seen better days. … Continue reading
I’ve been thinking a lot about this area lately… Here is what is looks like currently: The problem is, I could never really get the floating shelves to sit right on the wall because the wood paneling is kind of … Continue reading
Finally got around to adding the trim to the doorway we decided to take a reciprocating saw to a few months ago… Isn’t it funny what a little trim will do? What a tedious, “un-fun” way to totally finish off … Continue reading
Thanks for all the sweet things you all had to say about my Living Room!This was one of my favorite ideas: “…I think that the mantel could use some great salvaged brackets corbels what ever you like to call them … Continue reading
Today I know two things for sure.One- I need a wide angle lens so that I can properly photograph my rooms.And two- My living room is in desperate need of the stuff I call “spice”.I am stuck in that yucky … Continue reading
The Living Room is slowly, but surely, coming together. Here are some things I’ve got going on so far: My blinds: My chocolatey drapes, from Lowes: And a chair I got at Eastbrook Flea Market for $35. I’m going to … Continue reading
When we moved in last October, our fireplace mantle was orange and laquery. (And, yes, “lacquery” is now officially a word in my vocabulary) Not to mention, waaaay to puny. Take a look: So I went out and bought a … Continue reading
Okay….here are a couple of “During” photos of the Living Room.Still no wood front door with windows in it, no travertine tile on the fireplace.But you see where I’m going. Notice, the opening between the Living and Dining room is … Continue reading
This is the first room we walked into the first time we walked through the house. Lovely, isn’t it? It came complete with heavily-laquered pine paneling, tacky little lanterns above the fireplace mantel, super bumpy brick on the fireplace facade, … Continue reading
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