This is only six years in the making – no big deal, right?? We have a garage that will accommodate two cars when not filled with assorted stuff (I’m not calling it junk – just stuff we don’t use super often …). We’ve never parked a car in this garage since we moved into this house. Shameful, I know. But […]
It’s the day after Christmas and I’m still in bed in my pjs at almost 10am. It’s so nice to just be lazy after the last minute rush to get to Christmas. Though this has been my best December personally in about five or six years. Somehow I managed to side step the usual unbearable pressure to “get everything done”. […]
I’ve waited a long time to post this because I was waiting to be done with Spencer’s room and it didn’t get finished until right before he came home from BYU. We decided to move Haley to the basement when Spencer went away to college. She was totally excited – Spencer was totally not happy. I tried to mollify him […]
I’m an organizing nerd. There is nothing I like better than to sort and purge and then put back together so that it is all pretty. I once went and bought 20-30 spice bottles and then made labels so that my spice cupboard would look pretty and could be easily alphabetized (and yes, we have at least that many spices […]
So, I promised pictures of a few things, like the garage and the driveway. Here they are … Next step – build a workbench. We (meaning Tom and I) are having a difference of opinion about what kind of workbench we should have. It may be awhile before we get it done … I tried to get a picture at […]
I keep thinking, “that would make a great blog post!” and then never writing ANYTHING! Posts to come: Our vacation to San Diego – I even have pictures! Just need to sit down and write Taking Spencer to BYU – it does involve tears and I don’t think there is much in the way of pictures The start of school […]
Our garage is the black hole of our home. Periodically I try to re-organize it, but it refuses to be organized. It just reverts to the heap of tools and camping gear and random tennis balls and tools (did I mention tools??? – we have TWO table saws for heavens sake!!). This past fall we replaced our kitchen cabinets and […]
So, here are the most recent photos of the kitchen. Backsplash is grouted, under cabinet lighting is installed, even the quarter-round trim has been installed along the toe-kick. It looks pretty darn good – just a few places to touch up with paint and we’re still waiting on the cabinet repairs. Hope we get that done before CHRISTMAS!! Without further […]
The kitchen is the first room I’ve ever tried to “decorate” without a clear picture in mind. It has all been decided as we go. I first wanted antiqued cabinets because I thought they would look nice with our counter tops. As soon as I saw the samples, I knew I didn’t like the cream colored doors, but I really […]
First – don’t ever believe the time line you are given when someone is going to do major work on a part of your house that requires you to take apart a portion of your house. Increase the time about 3-5 times and then you will be close!! So, the night before our cabinet installers were due to arrive, we […]