How was your 4th of July? The LOML had a four day weekend and all but one of the kids was home for the summer so we had lots of family time planned. Barbecuing baby back ribs, shrimp and pineapple kabobs, corn on the cob, pasta salad, fruit salad. Along with all the fun, we got a […]
Category: home projects
MAKING THE OUTSIDE BEAUTIFUL AGAIN
We did some gardening outside recently. Remember the pallet fence we built around our air conditioning unit last year? We tried to replant some bushes from the front of our house to around the fence. They didn’t like that very much so they died. This spring I wanted to find a flowering bush that would add […]
2015 PROJECT RECAP
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I hope your 2015 was a year full of wonderful memories, completed home projects, and no regrets! Looking through my 2015 To-Do List that I wrote about this time last year, I’m amazed at the projects we completed. And I’m also amazed at how many projects I didn’t even get a chance […]
COLLEGE DRESSER REDO ~ and I didn’t do it!
Son #3 is moving out of his college dormitory and into an apartment off campus. You know what that means don’t you? FURNITURE SHOPPING!!!!! And where does a cheap DIYer find great furniture for cheap? HABITAT FOR HUMANITY RESTORE!! We found a great but a little beat up dresser for $55 that my son liked. […]
ELEGANT INTERIOR DOORS ~ with a little bling!
It takes visitors to my house for me to get off my butt and complete projects that have been running around in my head and I have been ignoring! Source When I feel the pressure of company coming to visit, all of a sudden I'm energized to do the thousand projects I've been procrastinating for […]
INSPIRING WORDS ~ Where shall we hang them?
As my children grow up and move away, I treasure each and every moment we have as a family more and more. I never thought I could but I look even more forward to family time. I guess I took for granted weekends and holidays and even teacher workdays. Now that I'm getting ready for […]
2013 Project Recap
HAPPY (ALMOST) NEW YEAR!!!!! I hope your 2013 was full of blessings! I can't believe another year is almost gone. Time really does fly when you're getting old having fun!! We've been busy in our family room this year. I just couldn't seem to get out of that room. […]
A NEW FIREPLACE MANTEL ~ it was worth the wait!
There's nothing more homey during Christmas than stockings hanging on a beautifully decorated mantel while the fireplace crackles with a glowing fire. Like this…….. Source We've lived in our house for 12 years and I've never been able to decorate a mantel. We had a tv niche above the fireplace so there was no […]
PICTURES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL ~ of the family!
I LOVE using old and discarded things as creative decorations. I also LOVE pictures. I love creating photo albums, cool photo gallery walls, unique pictures inside cool frames. So when I see an AWESOME picture frame like this Source I copy, copy, copy!!!! On one of my many trips to the ReStore […]
TV NICHE ~ how to get rid of it?
I apologize for my absence from blogland recently. My computer was on the fritz so we brought it into the shop so I was computer-less for a few days. I'm also trying to learn WordPress and have I ever told you how computer illiterate I am? What would take all you smart people a few minutes […]