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Remember that twine-covered chandelier pole we ordered through our (interior designer) neighbor, Cindy, last year? The one we added to the chandelier in our sunroom? Well, that one normally costs $49.50 through Aidan Gray, and even though we were able to order ours for $20 from Cindy, we were determined to come up with an even less expensive DIY […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The recipe for a sweet little Sunday afternoon? Come home, kick off shoes, sing some more Songs, and do something fun with the old chandelier pieces your friend Kathy left on your front porch! The table and (Lourdes) chandelier are the first things you see when you come through the front door at our house so […]
We went with a color called November Rain on the walls in the dining room. We used it in one of our previous homes, and thought it would be a nice, fresh choice for the dining room here at TLC, too. It’s a pale green/gray, and it’s really neat because depending upon what time of […]
The bottom half of the dining room currently looks like a bomb went off in it because of what’s going on it the kitchen, but we finally finished working on the top half of the room last week- so I thought I’d document that big ol’ project, start to finish-style, here on our blog today. It’s been […]
Well, things are still lookin’ pretty crazy around these parts- but that’s okay. Crazy = Progress when it comes to home improvement, right? A few folks asked about the metal dining chairs that showed up in the bottom corner of one of the kitchen photos I posted the other day… They’re called Marais A side chairs, and […]
We spent a little time looking this-a-way last Thursday… We spent a little time looking that-a-way too… Mr. P always gets a little worried when we get to these kinds of things… …but I cheered him on from below… …as he as he drew a close enough-style line… Woo hoo! It worked! Only four more […]
I haven’t added our dining room tour to the Our House tab in our menu bar yet because it’s still a bit of a work in progress. That being said, the room has changed a lot since we bought the pumpkin-colored place in 2007… And boy have we had a lot of fun working on […]
When Kev and I bought this place back in October of 2007, we had to tackle a couple of projects just to get the place livable before we could actually move in. First project- the floors. The carpet in the living room, hallway, reading room, office and guest bedroom was buckling up in several places […]
Sleeping on the dining room floor has (surprisingly) been pretty relaxing experience, but after last night, I discovered that sleeping on the dining room floor alone is the total pits! At least I had Max and Bean to suffocate snuggle me. Not to worry though, Kevin’s on his way back from Atlanta as I type. […]
Well, I finally got my closet cleaned out, and man was there a lot of stuff in there! Here’s a SMALL sampling of some of the things I discovered… May have to open that etsy shop back up! And imagine my surprise when I uncovered this full-size keyboard, hidden behind one of my old robes… […]
Greetings! We had a quite a few questions on our “Wonder Wall” post, so I thought I’d tackle them here today. Nope!Removing the drywall from interior walls doesn’t change a thing.As you could probably tell in the wonder wall video, there wasn’t any insulation in the walls to begin with, and the wood was nicely […]
Remember that hidden doorway I told you we recently discovered in our dining room… Well, today I thought I’d post the video we shot the night we uncovered it. (Warning: The following video contains un-styled hair, an un-made up face and creepy lighting conditions. Those with weak stomachs may wanna skip it.) Ta Da! Whaddya […]
While I finalize the design plan for our master bedroom, Kevin is putting the finishing touches on our latest dining room reno project. We didn’t really mean for it to turn into such a big project. It just sorta….happened. The original plan was to simply remove the drywall from the ceiling, expose and paint the […]
Greetings!Hope you’re having an awesome weekend! And if you’re a Mom-Happy Mother’s Day! We took our Mom’s out for lunch today, and we had so much fun hanging out with them.Love those ladies! We also continued putting the finishing touches on the dining room- we can finally see the finish line now!Yessssss! Here’s a short […]
Now that Kevin’s done writing lyrics, he’s really been jammin’ on our latest renovation project! Yesterday, not only did he paint the newly-uncovered wood ceiling the prettiest pale shade of gray/blue, he also added some wood in the door opening we discovered the other night… And today, he primed the whole wall with Kilz… Tomorrow, […]
