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The Guest Room – A Slight Change of Plans

Living & DecorMarch 28, 2017526Views 0Likes 17Comments

Last week, after all that talk about pink paint, I had a change of heart. Although I love the color, when I laid all of the bedding together and compared it to the paint chip, the colors were off. I intended for the pink walls to draw out the reds and pinks from the throw…

The Guest Room – All The Details

Living & DecorMarch 22, 2017593Views 0Likes 29Comments

There are only two weekends left before the One Room Challenge™ begins. The challenge lasts for six weeks, and exactly one week after it is over, our first visitors arrive. We feel the pressure to get this guest room done now since we will not have even one minute for extra projects once the challenge…

The Guest Bedroom – Ready for an Update

Living & DecorMarch 14, 2017338Views 0Likes 15Comments

We are in that sweet spot between projects where we should just sit back with our feet up and enjoy it, but that really isn't our method of operation. In three weeks, we will join in the One Room Challenge™ with a doozy of a project that I cannot wait to share with you. I…

Power, Paint, Podcast, (The Oxford Comma) & Links

Living & DecorMarch 11, 201786Views 0Likes 0Comments

There was a crazy windstorm this week which knocked out power to over 200,000 people. The winds were hurricane-force, but the actual day was sunny and clear. I have never experienced weather quite like that before. The power at BHH was off for over 24 hours. On our street, the culprit was this giant branch. However,…

The Finished Kitchen – Come on In

Living & Decor, Respectful RenovationAugust 25, 20161KViews 0Likes 32Comments

The kitchen is done. In April the cabinets were delivered. In June the work started. Now, here we are, two and half months later, on reveal day. Let me repeat: The kitchen is done. Those words are still sinking in. Let's take a moment to discuss where we started. In the 1960s, Dorothy and her husband moved into BHH.…

Progress Looks Like Polka Dots

Living & DecorFebruary 4, 2016181Views 0Likes 6Comments

The room is coming right along, and progress does indeed look like a bunch of polka dots. There are so many tiny imperfections on the walls from the wallpaper scorer, the scrapers and places where sections of paint flaked off. All of these need just a little bit of patch and an overall sanding with…