Reupholstering Dining Chairs Cody has been embarrassed by our old dining chairs for a long time now. Since we have a new-to-us dining table, I wanted to use the old one downstairs as an area for the girls to do art projects and games. Since nearly everything in the basement is new, adding these stained […]

Decorate on a Budget The most important to things to grasp as you Decorate on a Budget is patience and sweat equity.

Source. So I thought I knew plenty about basement flooring options until I needed to buy it. Here are a few things that I learned: There are two types of flooring to avoid because basements can be damp and humid. Hardwood floors and 2. laminate floors are made with fiberboard core (small pieces of wood […]

Today,Feels Like F-O-R-E-V-E-R Home Project I realized that I have been feeling like our basement renovation is almost done for over a month now. This is good and bad. The good thing is that I have been able to balance my desire to get things done with the reality of our busy life. The bad […]

After painting most of our 2300 square foot home, I have gathered some helpful interior painting tools and tips that will make your painting jobs easier. Cody helped me paint the basement this last weekend. As we were painting I thought about the amount of painting we have done since we moved into our home. […]

Pink peonies from my yard. A dream of mine is to have a large cut flower garden, but I am grateful for the beautiful flowers I have. Jane beat a bird to a strawberry. We really need to cover the strawberry patch. Maurie is concerned about Brooklyn, who is ready to dig with the shovel […]