Hope your Halloween was a howling success! We were warned to expect 200-300 or more Trick or Treaters — and that the previous owner of the house was known for handing out full-sized candy bars! Oh my! Fortunately one of the local stores had a huge overstock of chocolate bars at a low, LOW price. […]
Solar tubes
Our new solar tubes were installed this week! Not an exciting picture — but exciting results! We had a solar tube in our previous house in a windowless bathroom and absolutely loved the natural light it brought into the very dark space. So when our roof was being replaced after the big hailstorm, we added […]
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We’re taking time this weekend to finish up some ongoing projects, organize a bit and catch up with ourselves in general. We finally have enough done so we don’t quite feel like we are still camping in the new house. We found the brackets for the handrail on the stairs – no place logical at […]
House update – week 7
We’ve been concentrating on covering the walls with paint. And being able to find the things we need daily. Like clothes, food and important papers. This bit of wall décor managed to escape from its box. As soon as I saw it lying on the basement floor, I knew where it belonged. Above the dining […]
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Y’all have been busy — weddings, halloween preparations, making and arranging beautiful fall decor, furniture redos,developing great recipes, sharing your thoughts on everything from the environment, charity, relationships and family budgets. I’m so glad you take the time to stop by and share your great links each week! Featured from last week: Cookie Dough and […]
Painting progress
We managed to put quite a few gallons of paint on the past several days! The dining room went from deep gold to soft Tradewind (Sherwin Williams). Every wall is so deeply colored that it takes three coats to cover — primer and two coats of color. Every. wall. That is why it is taking […]
Welcome! I’m Charlene. I love to share quick and easy recipes, whatever I’ve learned in our last DIY project – anything that helps make life easier, better and more fun!! I hope you will find inspiration and add a pinch of joy to your day!