I like to design and decorate our home so that it is completely in sync with our life changes, no matter how challenging they may be. The changes continue as our lives progress, and so, I would like to share my dream Living Room with you, reader! … Read More Delightful Dreams for the Living Room
Our DIY Coffee Station has brightened up a corner of our Kitchen… Read More A Joy Each Morning… with the Java!
Everyone is involved in our lunchtime preparation on a normal “school day” at the cottage. We challenge ourselves by trying to re=create menu items of favorites from Restaurants we visit. … Read More Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas
Even our son can make laundry detergent with a bit of assistance. It is easy, Fun, and it saves SO much money!… Read More Tip Time ~ Saving Money by Making Your Own Laundry Detergent
At the looks of my raised garden today, I will have bright red, juicy tomatoes all the way up to Thanksgiving.… Read More “Special Pasta Sauce” (for those Surplus Tomatoes, and Project # 38 of the 40)
For nearly 3 years now, I have jokingly been calling the paint style in the Living Room “Ancient Chateau” because we never quite had time to wash all of the old paste off the walls after we soaked the 1960’s wallpaper off. Fast forward to this weekend. We shut everything down, put our phones on… Read More Classic Hues – Painting the Cottage (Project 24)
I always say, when fatigue sets in, call the Men in the Fatigues! … Read More The Windows: A Major Mess (Day 20)
When paired with Martha Stewart’s Blue Rooster Contact Paper, my heart was thrilled by the perfect transformation the two Hat Boxes
… Read More Never Judge a Hat By Its Cover ~Day 16 of The 40 Day Projects
Who ordered all this Rain? Our little town must have its limit in Flash Flood History this month. So we had a small creek in the basement, no big deal, they say. One Extra Sump Pump later, and STILL the creek flows across the concrete floor Count It All JOY, My sisters. I am Trying… Read More I feel your pain, Noah! The Effects of the Flood, or Project # 15
This weekend we fixed up a little corner in the basement for movie watching, gaming, and listening to CDs.… Read More Ugly to Wonderful: Project #14
