When I was in college I loved watching TLC’s “A Baby Story” and “A Wedding Story”. It wasn’t so much that I wanted to get married or have kids (au contraire mon frere). I just loved hearing everyone’s stories. I also love telling stories. Not that I’m good at it. I’m more like the kind … Read more
Considering that the mums on our back porch have died off after a series of frosts and we’ve had our first few snow storms, we’ve officially thrown in the towel paintbrush on exterior house painting. We called it quits in late September when the temps dipped too low for painting. We’re a little disappointed in … Read more
Well hello, extra hour of weekend project time. So glad you’ve joined us. If it wasn’t for you daylight savings, I’m pretty sure our One Room Challenge would still be stuck in limbo instead of sporting some progress in terms of new IKEA Vittsjo shelves. I used that extra hour on furniture assembly this weekend. … Read more
After the last couple of weeks of oh-my-goodness-all-I-have-done-for-my-one-room-challenge-project-is-paint woes, I finally feel like I’m making a little bit of progress. Last week we finished painting…two coats on two windows, seven doors, entry walls, staircase walls, landing walls, hallway walls, and all the trim and ceilings in those spaces. If I don’t lift a paintbrush over … Read more
My arms hurt, I can’t lift anything above my head, or even just lift my arms above my head, and I’m oh so grateful for my office job. No, I haven’t been working on my CrossFit skills (ha!). I’ve been trim (and wall and ceiling and window and door) painting for days now. But having … Read more
We’re back this evening with a little One Room Challenge update on our landing makeover. I sat down earlier this week to plan out the space. I love doing mood boards for a room before I start working on them because every time I do one it reveals something I didn’t think about and usually … Read more
I called my dad last week to wish him a happy birthday. He turned older than dirt so a call was the least I could do (you’re welcome Dad!). My dad is one of seven of my fans and never misses a blog post so our phone call quickly turned into a “What house project … Read more
A long, long time ago (okay…more like a year and a half ago) I attempted to participate in the One Room Challenge. The challenge is simple, pick a room and make it over in six weeks, blogging and sharing your progress along the way. So during the spring of 2014, I came out with hammers … Read more
It’s football season so a bathroom “game plan” post is oh so appropriate. On second thought, let’s not talk about football. Unless there’s a Monday Night Football miracle I’m about to have my butt handed to me in fantasy football Campbell v. Campbell III. At least it (my butt) still looks okay in jeans. It’s … Read more
Well, folks…we got a tractor-cart full of construction debris sitting in our yard. That can only mean one thing…our first major renovation is well underway in our new house. Granted we have a gazillion other projects underway (note our exterior siding oh so slowly turning white) but sometimes you hate your bathroom that much. We’ve … Read more
Alas, football has returned to my life. And with football comes two things…one Fantasy Football. I’m hooked and especially fond of beating my husband in Campbell vs. Campbell the third installment in just a few weeks. Second…also comes the return of blogging and writing more. There is nothing I enjoy more than parking my butt … Read more
House painting. Exterior house painting to be exact. That’s the topic of tonight’s blog post. When we moved to our Vermont country home (aka #campbellcompound #circa 1781 ) we knew one of the projects we needed to tackle this summer was scraping and painting the exterior of this bad boy. No big deal, right? A … Read more
The last three weeks/weekends have been a whirlwind for us. First, there was Chicago for a work conference, then there was a weekend in Connecticut/New York for a baptism, and this past weekend we hosted our first overnight guests, in town for the annual family reunion. I like to think it was successful…maybe…okay…maybe we’re a … Read more
It’s been a house project zoo in these parts lately. From tree chopping to weeding to house painting to light fixture replacing to rodent remediation to making over an entire room in one week (more on that another day). And the junking…oh the fabulous junking and picking in Vermont! I haven’t met a flea market … Read more
Before we can really get into this post I need to come clean. Set the record straight of sorts. Truth time. Here we go. I have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to propagating grapevines. I’ve never even grown a grapevine nor have I ever propagated anything. I am not a master gardener. … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I buzzed down the interstate about 30 minutes south to go to a Benjamin Moore store. Like a REAL Benjamin Moore store not just an Aubuchon Hardware with a paint counter. I had never been to a stand-alone store before which got this paint nerd all kinds of geeked up … Read more