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The Downstairs Hallway

Living & DecorJanuary 27, 2015212Views 0Likes 4Comments

The downstairs hallway is getting ready for its makeover. Over the weekend, I scrubbed the baseboards and identified the trouble spots. The entire space is in pretty good shape. The typical issue of latex paint over oil-based without a proper primer was apparent on the doors and baseboards. I found plenty of bubbled paint on both. The…

Lots of Unfinished Projects

Living & DecorJanuary 23, 201579Views 0Likes 2Comments

These last few weeks have been filled with unfinished projects. For the record, I feel much more satisfied with work that has a definite end date. I am not the kind of person who enjoys reading four books at a time or having what some might call a "creative mess." Even so, sitting with the…

Easy DIY Furniture Makeovers – Legs

Living & Decor, MaintenanceJanuary 19, 2015216Views 0Likes 4Comments

A couple of months ago, I repaired the legs on our foyer dresser. In addition to posting the tutorial here on the blog, I also shared it on Hometalk. Hometalk is an online community where members can share their home improvement ideas or projects, and they are able to ask and answer all of their DIY…

Closet Organization

Living & DecorJanuary 13, 201593Views 0Likes 4Comments

We enjoyed another snowstorm over the weekend. Our family is getting so used to snow that anything under a foot elicits only a slight nod of interest. Andy and I shoveled for two hours Saturday morning. We passed the time by pretending we were prison inmates on work release or prison inmates tunneling our way…

The 2015 Master To Do List

Exterior Projects, MaintenanceJanuary 9, 2015176Views 0Likes 4Comments

This post is a little late because two of the kids and I had an impromptu hotel sleepover due to dangerous whiteout conditions while we were driving the ten miles home from their fencing class. Ten miles! Have I mentioned that winter is difficult here? It is crazy to think that we were so close to home,…

Heat & Electricity

MaintenanceJanuary 6, 2015128Views 0Likes 2Comments

I intended to include our 2015 goals and resolutions in this post, but my quick electrical and heating update became lengthy. Therefore, I will be writing two posts. Our goals and resolutions will be posted tomorrow. * * * During our ORC update in December I mentioned that I was waiting on a call from the electrician that…