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The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Reveal!

Living & Decor, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 16, 20173KViews 0Likes 104Comments

The past seven weeks went by in a flash. Moments of quiet and slow with my paintbrush merged with the fast lane of getting everything finished on time. As usual, I was tapping the walls with a touch-up brush and fussing with the decor until the last second. Now that it is finally reveal day,…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 6

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 9, 20171KViews 0Likes 29Comments

Well, you know what they say about week six of the One Room Challenge: It's usually over by now. Thankfully, there is a week seven. After an eventful long weekend in NYC, I arrived home Monday morning and went directly to work on the plywood floor in the breakfast nook. Andy took the day off work, so we…

NYC Marathon Scrapbook

Living & DecorNovember 8, 2017336Views 0Likes 14Comments

I am back from NYC and an exciting marathon weekend. Typically, I do not post about running on this blog, but I hope you'll allow me a brief departure from my norm and indulge me with this marathon scrapbook. Also, please excuse the sub-par photos. Using my phone, I snapped most of them hurriedly moving…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 5

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationNovember 2, 2017680Views 0Likes 15Comments

I have dreaded this week a little lot. When I was considering whether or not to participate in the One Room Challenge this round, week five loomed with complications. Ever optimistic, I thought, I've got this. I'll figure it out when I get there. Along with a patronizing head pat, Week 5 answered, You keep telling yourself that.…

The Breakfast Nook – Weatherizing

Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 31, 2017422Views 0Likes 7Comments

Happy Halloween to all you trick-or-treaters out there. Around these parts, it looks like it is going to be a tough night for candy-seeking. Currently, it is a cold, rainy day, and a few snowflakes are falling. Brrrrr. Yesterday, I spent all day sealing cracks and gaps in the Breakfast Nook. I always think these little…

The Breakfast Nook: One Room Challenge Week 4

Living & Decor, Maintenance, One Room Challenge, Respectful RenovationOctober 26, 2017437Views 0Likes 20Comments

I promise not to make this entire post about paint colors, but ugh! The breakfast nook is only 10'X4.5'. Why is it taking so long to paint? How is it that I have worked every spare moment of the past three weeks, and I have so little to show for it? These are questions for…