Did your kids grow up all of a sudden, leaving behind a large collection of tracks, trains, trees, buildings, mountains and more? That is what happened here. Long gone are the days of building train tracks spanning from one room ...

We are in the process of making over our home office. We have made several DIYs that I am excited to share with you soon as well as of course some room reveal "after" photos. Today I am sharing how we untangled and cleaned up our ...

This is our laundry room. 'Room' is actually an overstatement. It's more like a nook. In the garage. We made over this nook in the spring, then I snapped a few pictures on our way out the door to a weekend trip at El Capitan. Whi ...

The entry hall came out all backwards with the reveal first because I hit a time crunch due to the contest, but that won't stop me from going back and fill you in on its humble beginnings. I have never shown you how the entry ha ...

Welcome to our LochMess monster that was our garage until last Saturday! Feast your eyes one these beautiful pictures. And a slightly different angles, because just one picture of LochMess is not enough. You might remember that ...

Last Friday I showed you how we tricked out our ironing closet. Today, I want to share how I made the new cover for our ironing board. As you can see, the old cover had seen better days. It has quite a few water stains. The c ...

I have never before shown you what the upstairs hallway looked like when we moved in. On the left is the upstairs hall as you were looking up from the original living room. As there was a new addition with a living and dining r ...

Is it too late for an Easter round up? Ok good. Here we go. B is not the biggest fan of candy. As in: he very rarely eats candy. I can have candy sitting out in a bowl and he won't notice, or eat it. Even if it's one of the kin ...

(from the home tour page) In addition to short cuts for artwork and recipes, you can now take a partial tour of our home. I have also corralled mood boards onto one page. (From the mood board page) Finally, I made a printabl ...

I usually go through all my stuff once a year. I sort, organize, donate, recycle, throw out. And it feels really good. The last two years I have been up to my eyeballs in remodeling, so I have been slacking. Maybe just "slacking" ...

Do I have new years resolutions? Yes! and they have been the same for a few years. Not that I haven't improved, it's just that it could be better still! They are Be less critical/judgemental - of others but also (mostly) of myse ...

A blog will really motivate you to get things done. If for no other reason, that is a great reason to have a blog. Today's project has been on my mind for several months. Getting my car organized. You see my car has been lookin ...

Happy New Year!!!! I just finished packing away all our Christmas stuff. I love to decorate for Christmas, but I also love to lead a pretty uncluttered life. So I am always trying to strike a balance between the Christmas thin ...

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My new cards arrived. Yay! As much as I love the web, it's nice to hold a printed piece every now and again. What would you call this? Since this blog is not a business. It's just something I do for fun. Web card? Calling card ...