Rob and I spent last Sunday organizing our new kitchen cabinets. I had fun arranging my Fiestaware into bright, shiny stacks and asking Rob questions like, “So, what’s your favorite color of Fiestaware?” (I always like to chat and bug Rob while we’re working on …
Well, we finally got our kitchen remodeled. It was a bit of an ordeal. For about a month we had to wash our dishes in the bathroom. Oh, and, of course, we didn’t have a stove. I lived mostly on birthday-cake-flavored Oreos. In July and …
Recently we had to have all our porch and step railings replaced because they’d rotted. It took months to get them rebuilt and painted. Now that all the work’s done, I wanted to show you some “after” pictures and tell you a little about how …
Last weekend Rob and I bought three rugs—one for the back bedroom, one for the dining room, and one for the back hall. I was really excited. We’ve wanted rugs for a long time, but we’ve put off buying them because we have a lot …
Lately I’ve made a little project of adding some finishing touches to the back bedroom. I’ve been scouring eBay for vintage solid-brass switch plates, curlicue picture frames, and Roseville and McCoy pottery in blues and greens. Boxes have been arriving on our doorstep, and I’ve …
Finally! We got some nice fresh clean awnings hung on the breezeway the other day. The old ones had gotten sooooo dirty. We need to take better care of our awnings this time around. Terry, of Terry’s Awnings & Canvas in Havana, the man who …
On Sunday Rob and I put up our Christmas tree. It was so much fun. We listened to Christmas songs and heated up some cider in a pot on the stove. The house smelled wonderfully cinnamon-y and was a big, festive mess of boxes and …
