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Happy 2017! Before I share some more home renovation/decoration-related news, (which reminds me to ask- is that mainly what you’d like to read about here this year?), I *have* to tell you about our “wake up call” on New Years Day morning. Would you believe Steevenson woke BOTH Kevin and I up with kisses on our cheeks […]
Yahoo! The loft ladder is in! 😀 You’ll notice I used the word ladder (not stairs), because that’s what it ended up being. We only had five or so feet to work with, and we had to go up twelve feet high, so there ya have it. The builder is coming back tomorrow to add […]
Hello! Did you have a nice Christmas? We sure did! 😀 I’m excited to meet with the builder today about creating the ladder-style staircase so we can access the loft in the Bungalow Barn. Nothing new has happened in there since I last blogged (ugh!) but there has been a change of plans with the flooring […]
…and then there was flooring! It’s Swiftlock laminate flooring from Lowes in the color “Antique Hickory”. (Sort of bugs me that the installer used two identical planks so close to each other in the middle of the den floor, but there will be a rug there, so I guess that was the best spot for that […]
Happy Monday! The flooring for the Bungalow Barn was finally delivered a few days ago, and Steevenson wanted to show y’all what it looked like. 😉 Is he a cutie pie, or what? 🙂 Full disclosure: I told him we were going to take a picture of him with it so that we could show […]
I stumbled onto a post at Calling It Home today that features nearly 200 pretty room reveals. It’s a part of their “One Room Challenge” series, and Vanessa Francis‘ before & after kitchen is one of my favs. Before… …after! Gorgeous, huh? 😀 Kris’ makeover (from Driven by Decor) was so fun to see too. Before… …after! Here’s […]
“Friday night football is king. Sweet tea goes good with anything. The fireflies come out when the sun goes down. Nobody eats ’til you say amen. and everybody knows your mom and them. You can see who loves who for miles around… …in a water tower town.” – Scotty McCreery 3pm. That’s what time the sky shows […]
Well, what recently looked like this… …now looks like this: That’s Benjamin Moore’s “Simply White” on the back side of our “farmhouse”, and man do I wish we had photographed it at a different time of day- LOL! 😀 Kevin snapped that one just before the sunset went down last night. I’ll take another one earlier […]
Now that the painters are almost finished painting, it’s time to start thinking about the stairs that will lead to and from the loft in Jim and Katie’s Bungalow Barn. I spent some time searching Pinterest and Google last night for inspiration (to give to our builder), but unfortunately, the pickins were pretty slim. I […]
Well, the crew prepped and sprayed one coat of primer on the walls in the den/kitchen and breakfast room in Jim and Katie’s Bungalow Barn on Saturday… Some of you asked if J & K were still planning to add beds in the loft area, and the answer to that question is yes…eventually. For now, […]
Remember when the builders mistakenly put board and batten on the (decorative) doors at the end of Jim and Katie’s Bungalow Barn? Well, they finally fixed them yesterday, so I thought I’d post a photo of the newly-added Xs! (Don’t worry, the crepe myrtle will grow back!) Seeing them made me curious about why people started […]
“No one knows what you have been through or what your pretty little eyes have seen, but I can reassure you ~ whatever you have conquered, it shines through your mind.” -Nikki Rowe Hello! I had planned to vlog about Kevin’s parents Bungalow Barn today, and of course, when given the choice of manning the […]
“Our children need to know they are precious in the sunshine and the rain.” -Dr. Karyn Purvis We’ve finally got a ramp for “Grandpè Jim” to drive his scooter up, so we’re looking forward to having him over for a visit this week. This will be the first time he’s seen their barn in person, and […]
Happy Friday! I thought I’d share some new photos of my in-laws barn today. It’s slowly but surely coming together, and we’re hoping Jim and Katie can move in sometime later this Fall. Steevenson is shy around just about everyone he meets, but he loves his granmè (grandma) and asks if the workers are finished working on their kay (house) […]
“It’s always difficult to keep Fridays confined within themselves…they tend to spill over.” ―Parag Tipnis It’s FriYAY!!!!! 😀 Kevin and I are in full-on cleaning/packing/running errand mode, but I wanted to share a fun update about the Bungalow Barn today. It’s got a new coat, y’all…Benjamin Moore’s Caliente! Excuse the temporary overhead power line, the still-not-fixed […]
