October 31st, 2009
The rain finally stopped late yesterday afternoon and the sun peeked through the clouds to let us know that it was still around.
The view from our front yard:
The neighbor’s trees have already dropped all their leaves, but ours are still trying to hold on:
I imagine we’ll be raking them up over the next couple of [...]
August 26th, 2009
If our Master Bedroom is Tranquility Lodge, then our other room upstairs is a Weimaraner Dinner Party according to its paint color names (Benjamin Moore AF-155 and AF-300, respectively).
I can just picture a bunch of Weimaraners lounging about, listening to jazz and sipping cognac. They’re much more sophisticated-looking than the Dogs Playing Poker, wouldn’t [...]
June 20th, 2008
If you pass by our house, it appears that we live in a red brick bungalow, and that’s the way I think of it as well. In reality, though, the face brick is made up of many different colors: reds, yellows, greens and browns.
I would love to add color to the window trim — I [...]
June 12th, 2008
Now that it’s getting way too hot outside for my tastes, I’m thinking about my next project — one that’s been on the agenda for a while: the bathroom tile.
Because the PO had the entire bathroom tiled, including the ceiling, we’re not going to be tearing it out anytime soon. (Yes, the ceiling too!!)
But I [...]
November 23rd, 2007
Thanksgiving is over and we had a great time with family and friends. The turkey was perfect and the other dishes were also pretty tasty (and with the help of a new tablecloth, completely free of cat hair!).
To get ready for Thanksgiving, Pete and I wanted to have the basement fixed up as much [...]
September 17th, 2007
Remember our eyesore of a kitchen? Half-painted screaming yellow walls? Wagon-wheel cabinet trim/plate rail that served no purpose, decorative or otherwise? Blue-and-yellow bathroom tile for the backsplash? Exposed wiring in the ceiling? Ah yes, it was quite the site to behold!
Not knowing when we will renovate the kitchen, I had to make the kitchen [...]
June 16th, 2007
Continuing with the staging of our current house, I knew I had to at least paint the ceiling in the living room. Why? Well, I had painted it red. Not cherry or fire engine red. It was a warm red, kind of brick-ish. The walls were red too. Yes, all FOUR walls plus the ceiling. [...]