It’s Pinterest Challenge reveal day, it’s Pinterest Challenge reveal day, it’s Pinterest Challenge reveal day! Woo to the hoo bring on all the amazing project-ness! I love Pinterest Challenge reveal day. Mostly because I tackle one project and add precisely 32 new inspiration pins. As mentioned last week, the Pinterest Challenge winter edition is in … Read more
As announced last Thursday it’s Pinterest Challenge time! Who’s excited? I’m excited! And as I announced last week, I was planning on conquering our staircase with a little old baluster painting/installation project (details will be revealed tomorrow so stay tuned). But before we could get to work on the balusters, there was ALOT of prep … Read more
I adore surprises. I should clarify, good surprises. So last week, after I returned home after a long and grueling day, I really needed a pick me up. And much to my surprise, said pick me up arrived via a care package from Vermont. One of our friends, Marcus, sent us a box full of … Read more
Next up for good ol’ Art Week is a silhouette piece. I love me a good silhouette. And Colby…well…he loves him some deer. The great white hunter is smitten over deer. Hunting season is officially his favorite season but summer takes a close second. And since I needed something a little rustic/manly to balance out … Read more
As some of you may know, Colby is from a very small town in Vermont called Rochester. We’re talking a graduating class of 24 kind of small. And boy is Colby proud of his town! He always gets cheesed up when we talk about Rochester and even MORE cheesed up when we’re gearing up for … Read more
During the whole parlor/office space renovations, I’ve mentioned several times that we were planning a little art gallery for the open wall space beside my desk chair at the his/hers desk. In fact, I even added the art gallery to the little ol’ to-do list. And if it’s on a list, it’s official right?! So … Read more
It’s official Toto, we’re not in college anymore. I’m nearly 7 years out of college and I’m pretty sure Colby would divorce me even before we get hitched if I bring up how many years out of college he is, but yet we still have college-ie furniture in our home. Like this CD shelf/tower thingy … Read more
As I’m not so patiently awaiting the arrival of the pink flamingo artwork that I ordered on Etsy (I’m seriously on pins and needles awaiting its arrival…I assault the mailman just about everyday looking for my order), I decided to forge ahead and start working on some of the other art projects for the gallery … Read more
Remember when we posted about the new rug that we got for the parlor? And how it was a major fail? You know…because it was too small? Well, we’ve FINALLY come to a decision about a new rug…well…a decision in the sense that we’ve picked out what rug we’ll be getting but we’ve still yet … Read more
I love DIY blogs, let’s just put that out there. So after stalking a few of my favorites this evening I came across a link party hosted by Nesting Place (one of my favorite blogs). The subject…imperfections! So I’ve put my regularly scheduled blog post on hold (it was about a rug for the parlor … Read more
I love a good photograph. Especially a well framed photograph. I’ve become a master of framing my photographs during the craziness that has been our home remodel over the last couple of years. Typically, just outside the photograph is a giant stack of papers, trash bag full of construction debris, pile of paint cans, and … Read more
Normally I’m not a big Valentine’s Day kind of girl. Colby and I exchanged gifts and did a big night out in our first year of dating but ever since then Valentine’s Day has been pretty lack luster. For the most part, it’s just another day. But for some reason I got the bug in … Read more
The highly anticipated, finally finished save the dates have officially gone in the mail and most recipients have received them. There are still a few that we haven’t sent out since we’re still in the process of tracking down addresses….well…Colby is…all my addresses are in the database. And a couple didn’t get sent out because … Read more
This weekend we checked another item off the good ol’ parlor/office to-do list. We installed some floating shelves. And because I LOVE making you wait for the big reveal until the end, you’re going to have to sift through about a dozen photos and some relentless blabber about how we DIYed some floating shelves for … Read more
Originally I had planned to do a blog post tonight about our newly organized office space. However, said office space looks like a tornado, tsunami, and hurricane walloped it simultaneously leaving one serious wake of destruction. Needless to say, I’ve been doing alot of organizing and getting rid of things. In fact, I have challenged … Read more
Remember the other day when I mentioned that there were two newly completed projects that I just can’t stop staring at? The gaping mouth, drool slowly dripping from my mouth, in total awe staring in amazement kind. One of those projects was the new shelf above the his/hers desk from back here. The other project, … Read more