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Girl’s Bedroom – The Big Reveal

Living & DecorApril 4, 2016224Views 0Likes 8Comments

It feels so good to say that M's room is finished. I am a little embarrassed that we started this room renovation in January, and now it is already April. However, we actually have four inches of snow on the ground today, and it feels like January. The weather creates the illusion that no time…

Girl’s Bedroom: Week 9 – The Closet

Living & Decor, MaintenanceMarch 24, 2016146Views 0Likes 10Comments

For all of the area school kids, this week is Spring Break. My kids are not in traditional school, but it does lighten up our schedule. Many of their normal activities observe Spring Break and they go on hiatus. That means I have a lot less driving to do, and I have more time to…

Making a Quilt – From Concept to Completion

Living & DecorMarch 17, 2016133Views 0Likes 2Comments

I once went to a quilt show with my mom, who is a very good quilter. There were rooms upon rooms of colorful, intricately pieced quilts. There were modern batik quilts, vintage quilt replicas, and even some quilts appliqued with entire outdoor scenes. It was a sea of color reflective of the skill, love and…

Girl’s Bedroom – Week 8 – All the Little Details

Living & DecorMarch 11, 201692Views 0Likes 4Comments

With a project like this one, the devil is in the details, and there sure are a lot of details. There has been a little setback. The budget has dried up, but the project is not finished. We have put the idea for a tall storage closet on hold for now. Having a tall storage…

Girl’s Bedroom – Painting Stripes with Frog Tape

Living & DecorMarch 3, 2016374Views 0Likes 12Comments

This week on the blog, we are heading back upstairs to M's bedroom to talk about painting stripes with Frog Tape. It finally feels like this room project is really happening. We may wrap this renovation up, after all. I know that many people complete their DIY projects much faster than we do. Our limited…

The Kitchen – Layout Planning

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationFebruary 26, 2016209Views 0Likes 11Comments

For our first meeting with the Lowe's kitchen design team, Andy and I had to bring measurements of our kitchen and our wishlist for the project. We met with our project manager, Janet, and Karen, the team member who would translate our wishlist into their computer program in order to create the layout of our…