May 20th, 2008
Sadly, there are not many. I was so busy putting food out etc I barely got to sit down, let alone snap any pictures, but here are a few: (As predicted, no one ventured down to the pergola except when the meal was served preferring instead to crowd around our tiny new ikea outdoor set!) […]
read more...May 12th, 2008
I am exhausted!! There’s nothing like carrying around an extra 30lbs to make previously only mildly tiring tasks completely backbreaking, like cleaning the house for example. After cleaning the inside of the house from top to bottom I felt like I had been run over by a bus! The advent of the third trimester this […]
read more...May 6th, 2008
My new outdoor cushions from LL Bean arrived last night.. and guess what? I love them – not even a little bit of buyer’s remorse, which is highly unusual for me. And.. they even fit the right way on, I don’t have to turn them sideways! I love the combination of mango and aqua. Now […]
read more...April 29th, 2008
So those of you that have been reading for a while know that I have a hard time making decisions. And that may just be the understatement of the century! But I must say, I’m quite proud of myself because I just ordered cushions for our outdoor seating set. Yes, already!! I suppose it has […]
read more...September 11th, 2007
After all of the stress, money, last minute renovations and repairs our housewarming party was sort of a bust. I KNEW things weren’t going to go well when friday night (the night before the party) we discovered that the faucet we bough for the downstairs party room didn’t have the bolts on it. We had […]
read more...August 13th, 2007
The weekend started with a Friday night whirlwind shopping expedition with stops at Ikea, West Elm and Crate & Barrel. At Ikea I got both the white AND natural color curtain for the dining room (what, you actually expected me to be decisive?) and red ones for the office. The red ones are going back […]
read more...August 2nd, 2007
Our poor porch. First it was used as a construction debris receptacle, then as a furniture painting studio. Finally, this weekend with the completion of the vanity and dresser makeover, the enclosed front porch was free of painting projects and ready to become a Porch for the first time since we bought the house! Right […]
read more...July 9th, 2007
This weekend included a mini-milestone, some shopping and a whole lot of frustration! The shopping was a happy accident. I’ve had my eye on these white Hampton Bay wicker chairs at Home Depot for a few months now, but when they finally went on sale I could resist them no longer.. And the cute indoor/outdoor […]
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 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 […]
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