After we planted the evergreen clematis and hung the trellis last week, there were still a few tasks on my latest curb appeal project.  I still needed to stain the little spacer pieces to blend in a little more and … Continue reading →

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Last fall when we added the pergola over our garage doors, we knew we would need to circle back and plant something to grow over it.  But it took us a while to decide what to plant, and then the weather … Continue reading →

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As in, it took me two attempts to get the silhouettes I made for the YHL/BP Pinterest Challenge worthy of hanging in our hallway and not the dumpster.  If you remember from Wednesday, the first attempt left us all with … Continue reading →

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As part of the Pinterest Challenge Young House Love and Bower Power do every season, I decided to make some modern silhouettes to hang at the end of our newly repainted hallway. I had been planning to create some more personal art for … Continue reading →

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Especially when its honoree is still in diapers… We celebrated J’s second birthday last weekend, and I’m still a little in shock that he’s already two. My baby, excuse me, my big boy is growing up so fast. He will … Continue reading →

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That is what started playing in my head as I was finishing up the second coat of paint in the hall.  (Any one else a Live fan back in the 90′s?)  Anyway, two coats did the job.  Woohoo.  Yay.  Heck yeah.  I … Continue reading →

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At least that’s how it feels, anyway.  Every room we repaint ends up having an adjacent room that then needs to be repainted…  After we painted the entry hall gray (SW Silverplate, to be exact), we needed to address the rooms … Continue reading →

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I was hoping to get the hallway painted this weekend, but well, I didn’t quite make it that far…  Here is what the hallway looked like when we left off with it a month ago up until a few days ago. Then, … Continue reading →

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I have finally finished my Jasper Johns inspired paintings for our family room.  Woohoo.  Yeehaw.  Getty up. When I left off in my progress post last Friday, here is what we had. But it was too dark, so I needed … Continue reading →

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Well, not exactly.  Especially considering I’ve been working on this little family room art project for a week now and it’s still not done…  It all started when I was trying to figure out what to hang on the wall … Continue reading →

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