Sunday, September 30, 2012

Off With Their Heads!

Call me crazy.  But I need a head.  I have my own, but I want one on the wall.  (And I don't mean a weird shrunken head, I'm not tha...

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Cowboy Style

[caption id="attachment_546" align="aligncenter" width="225"] Wellington Garden Boots[/caption] For those of ...

Furniture Arrangement

Since we're having our new fireplace/stove installed in a couple of weeks (YAY), I've had to re-think the way my living room is arra...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

We have Gas!

When we built our home, either a wood burning stove or a gas stove were on our list of "want to have", but not on "need to ha...

Monday, September 24, 2012

Decorate for Fall

Sunday was a beautiful sunny cool day, so my Mom and I went to Dickman Farms  to have a look around.  We bought some Mums, and plotted how w...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Build an Addition!

I recently read an article written in the Washington Post about modular home additions.  I just built a modular home (you should see the bli...

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Add Value to your Home

I guess I'm on an "updating" kick at the moment.  It got me thinking about the value of a home.  Whether you're building o...

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Easiest curtains ever

Just a couple of pictures of the easiest way to make curtains for a small window. We have a small window over our kitchen sink, which was on...

Thursday, September 13, 2012

UPDATE! (on the CHEAP)

To update the look of my home on the cheap, here are a few things I do every 6 months or so, sometimes more if I really want to annoy my fam...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Fall friendly advice

Hello!  Just FYI - in general, I don't like being practical, and some would argue that I am NOT very practical, but, nevertheless, it&#...

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Minty Fresh!

Well, this is just a quick post, cuz we've been doing nothing but weeding.  And quite frankly, I've pretty much exhausted that subje...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Out with the old...

Since the kids are back in school, and the autumn insists on approaching, I've been grudgingly enthusiastically embracing the need clea...

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Face it! It's Fall.

Yesterday I happened to be in Wally World, trying to focus on my task at hand, when I noticed a display promoting flu shots.   What?!  And ...