The Tale Of Two Tables: And An Initial Craft Room Tour
February 17, 2016
Craft room table frame built from recycled barn wood from our farmhouse property and table top built from old shelves.
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Dining Room Painting And Planning
February 10, 2016
I feel like kind of a jerk talking about our dining room makeover and the plans for that makeover (which...
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Wrapping Paper Storage Rack DIY From Scrap Wood
January 31, 2016
DIY wrapping paper storage rack from scrap wood and creating a wrapping station in a craft room.
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Appliance Installations
January 6, 2016
Back in November, just before Thanksgiving rolled around, I told a tale of how we accumulated all of our appliances...
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The 32 Year Old Rub ‘n Buff Virgin
December 17, 2015
This is awful. I had to stop and think for a second how old I was. I originally had written,...
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Our Appliance Story: Saving A Ton & Dramatically Retrieving a Clearance Stove
November 22, 2015
When I was in college I loved watching TLC’s “A Baby Story” and “A Wedding Story”. It wasn’t so much...
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Throwing In The Towel (or Paintbrush)
November 15, 2015
Considering that the mums on our back porch have died off after a series of frosts and we’ve had our...
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Roll With It: Vintage Rolltop Desk Find & Repair
October 28, 2015
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. ...
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Trim Painting For Days: A Painted Entry and Landing
October 25, 2015
My arms hurt, I can’t lift anything above my head, or even just lift my arms above my head, and...
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I Wanna Stoop Baby
October 12, 2015
I called my dad last week to wish him a happy birthday. He turned older than dirt so a call...
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The Bathroom Game Plan
October 5, 2015
It’s football season so a bathroom “game plan” post is oh so appropriate. On second thought, let’s not talk about...
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Nine Towel Bars, Five Doors, and a Whole Lotta Ugly: Our Bathroom Reno Begins
September 20, 2015
Well, folks…we got a tractor-cart full of construction debris sitting in our yard. That can only mean one thing…our first...
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The Exterior House Painting Diaries: Part 1
August 25, 2015
House painting. Exterior house painting to be exact. That’s the topic of tonight’s blog post. When we moved to our...
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Exterior Paint Picks and a Painting Fashion Show
July 20, 2015
A couple of weeks ago I buzzed down the interstate about 30 minutes south to go to a Benjamin Moore...
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Kitchen Renovation: Demo and Details
June 1, 2015
I started writing a post to recap our kitchen renovation before and after at our first house, but after adding...
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