This post is long overdue, like LOOOOOOOOOOOONG overdue. As in I started this little project on January 1st and am just getting around to finishing it up and posting about it. Anyway, this post is about one-liners, and not the kind that quirky, overconfident bar fly guys use on poor unsuspecting chicas out for a … Read more
So some of you super observant, sneaky sneaky folk (but surprisingly not my mom), may have noticed the new addition to our living room back when we posted about our little fall art project. Yes, there’s a rug in town! And by in town, I really mean in the living room. Our living room was … Read more
A long, long time ago there was this couple who decided they were going to renovate their underutilized kitchen coat closet to make it more useful for them. They demoed it, installed bead board along the walls, and painted the closet walls and trim, before they got sidetracked with their wedding craziness. The poor closet … Read more
Just to be clear…we’re talking about fall art…f’art…not farts. But if you did, I’ve got a ton of Goose related fart stories I could share…like about his jarting (jump farting) and snarting (sneeze farting), but this is a DIY blog, not a flatulence blog. So I believe the word you are looking for is….anyway….Let’s talk … Read more
And another “It’s Fall Y’all” project is under our belts. This time around it’s an outdoor project. And I knew exactly what I wanted to do yet I had no idea what I wanted to do. Does that make sense? Let me explain. My aunt texted me (see mom…people your age text!) a picture she … Read more
And the “It’s Fall Y’all” festivities continue, this time with a fall-themed mantle. Now, since I don’t have a fireplace and thus don’t have a mantle, I had to get a little creative and decided to decorate the top of the shelf in the kitchen. And like yesterday with the fall themed tablescape, I had … Read more
First up on the docket on the “It’s Fall Y’all” fall decorating festival, the fall themed tablescape. Thar she blows: When it came to putting together the fall tablescape, I had two mandates upon myself. One…I wanted to have a harvest theme. Afterall, this is the start of harvest vacation up in the county and … Read more
Now that I’ve let your eyes rest for a few days from the neon-ness of my good ol’ nightstand (read more about it back here) that’s been with me since high school, you’re ready for the big reveal. Now you can REALLY appreciate the nightstand’s new “outfit”. Ta-da: Shiver me timbers…thar she blows! And it’s … Read more
The neon nighstand’s gots to go! But it’s not going down without a few tears…actually…no not really. It’s just that this nightstand has been with me, and that color, for a LONG time. We’re talking circa 1998 here. The nightstand was one of the crowning achievements of my high school bedroom, which I decorated myself … Read more
We ended last week by ripping bark off clay pots, bark that I had painstakingly hot glued to the pots and carved the pots with Colby’s and my own initials for our wedding reception centerpieces. But I managed to salvage one piece of bark and had planned to frame it and add it to the … Read more
It’s memory test time. Ready?! Do you remember how way back when we decided to use ferns as centerpieces for our wedding? And made birch bark covered pots with our initials carved into the sides of them? Here’s a refresher: Well, post wedding we had to figure out what to do with all the ferns. … Read more
Shortly after the arrival of our new couch (shortly as in we had to have a nap on the couch first…obviously) we put our curtains back up. And since we’re working on upgrading the living room overall, it was time to update the curtain rods from those basic, costs a buck curtain rods to something … Read more
Another 30 Before 30 task is officially crossed off the list…the new “big girl” couch is in the house and the too small love seat is officially outta here! Booyah! Well…technically the too small love seat has been relocated to Colby’s shop aka man cave in the basement. Without further ado, I introduce you to … Read more
And another 30 Before 30 item bites the dust. The task…hold a yard sale. We’ve been planning on having a yard sale pretty much since the day we moved into the house and we FINALLY pulled the trigger on it this weekend. After months of pulling “merchandise” we were ready and had a little free … Read more
Confession…sometimes I add things to my to-do list just so I can cross them off two seconds later. Like I did this evening when I wrote down “paint living room trim” on my to-do list and promptly crossed it off. Ding dong the trim is done! And the furniture was moved back into its rightful … Read more
I have been planning this blog post…well more like the blog title…for nearly two years now. I always wanted to do a blog post about throw pillows and call it “Pillow Panache” ever since I was running to some rap tunes (weird…I know) and this song came on and rapped about “that girl’s got panache” … Read more