June 29th, 2007
The weekend is upon us and we’re in the unfamiliar territory called “the home stretch” in which we actually get to start “cleaning up” and “finishing things” in preparation for (gasp!) actually MOVING IN! Whoohooo! Ok, as usual I’m getting a bit ahead of myself because we can’t move in until we have the floors […]
read more...June 26th, 2007
However you spell it, we thought we wanted it. Or I always did up until my friend Elliot who owns a renovation company said it wasn’t period appropriate. I’m so indecisive anyway that a little comment like that made me second guess my desire for trim! I had always been under the impression that ALL […]
read more...June 25th, 2007
Saturday was one of those days when after weeks of preparation and/or waiting, things finally came together in the kitchen. Wait a minute, I’m getting ahead of myself because Friday night is when Jeff actually laid the floor. Yep, it only took him one evening…the first time anyway. I say the “first time” because at […]
read more...June 22nd, 2007
Grace over at design*sponge recently did a guest interview with Jonathan Adler where he called color a “mood altering substance”. That got me thinking about how the fact that the women’s bathroom at the University where I work makes me totally happy every time I walk in: Somehow the pink combined combined with the black […]
read more...June 22nd, 2007
Lynn from LKS Design tagged me last night. Funny because I was just thinking how I felt a little left out of the tagging going around the home & design blogosphere lately! So thanks Lynn :) Rules of the game: Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to […]
read more...June 21st, 2007
 Yes, I know I just bought an outdoor set for our patio, but now our pergola is feeling totally neglected.. and who am I to pick favorites? Wouldn’t this 3 piece chat set look adorable there with some comfy cushions and the roses as a backdrop? Was $499, now$249. And not that I need […]
read more...June 21st, 2007
I don’t have much to report today, yesterday was more of the same – painting cabinets. So I thought I’d take the time to post a picture of our pretty new stairs and landing! As usual, I don’t have a great before picture, but you can see what this corner looked like before we touched […]
read more...June 20th, 2007
Its time for me to move on to the next (and last!) kitchen decorating decision, the subway tile backsplash! Here are a few images I’ve collected off the net: A colored tile with no liner/trim tile (I would probably do a greenish color though) Cute and very vintage looking colored tile with black liner. (Those […]
read more...June 19th, 2007
Ok, so here’s our deck with part of the aforementioned Delahey Walmart patio furniture that is too big for the deck: (don’t worry, that reddish wood will weather to a nice silvery gray eventually!) But here’s the real question. Jeff wants to sand down and paint over the deck but I am totally in love […]
read more...June 18th, 2007
I have always prided myself on being able to find a decent deal when it comes to home furnishings and decorations… When I see something I love that is way out of my price range I enjoy the challenge of recreating it on the cheap. But apparently I could learn a thing or two about […]
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