As of last weekend our kitchen has been outfitted with a TV. Dh is fine with whatever brand of TV we get as long as it's a Sony. So that's what we got. This one is 22 inches - a dying breed. Everyone is all about the huge screen ...

We needed at step stool for our master closet, so I got the Bekväm step stool from IKEA as well as a TEJN faux sheep skin and some white paint. I had expert help putting the step stool together. And did you know that IKEA has ...

With the chevron wall finished, we moved on to making a shelf. The shelf will serve a couple of purposes. 1. It will hold the soap 2. It will have a curtain under it to hide all the outlets and hoses. 3. It will add another la ...

I just came back from a lovely trip to Denmark. We were gone over the holidays and celebrated Christmas and New Year with our family there. After getting home, I usually spend the first week getting to the bottom of the laundr ...

I thought I would start off the new year with a bang and dive right into some remodeling. Remodeling is by far my biggest passion and if time and money allowed, I would do that all day long, day in and day out. This year our ma ...

What a year! In 2013, my life moved forward in a lot of ways in relationship to the goals I set for myself and the blog for 2013. Let's check in, shall we? Goals I set for 2013 Myself Be less critical/judgemental - of others ...

Say hello to my little friend snow flake covered window. And then say goodbye, because it's not staying one minute longer. And the full view here. As you can see, our new hedge looks great and in time it will be tall enough t ...

This is our finished patio space. Let's see some of the before and progress pictures. 2009 - just before moving in: 2013 - January The windows were added in 2010, the patio painted in 2013. Still missing the new hand rai ...

Let me first say that I am not a pro at lighting by any means. Heck, I don't even know what I am doing with my camera half the time, but I love playing around and try to learn more about it. On Monday, when Better Homes and Gar ...

Today is the day that Better Homes and Gardens comes to shoot my bathroom. Eeeeeek. I am so excited!! I still havn't figured out what to wear exactly, but I just can't wait to see all that this day has in store. Since they will ...

After procrastinating for a couple of months, I sat myself down in front of my sewing machine and finished these long overdue cushions and pillows. To make a regular pillow with a zipper at the bottom like the two zig-zag one ...

This is the story of a hedge and a douche bag pork roast. Let's talk about the hedge first. In June, we started a project called: A kitchen with a view - the beginning - planning a new project. That is the kitchen window on t ...

I can not begin to tell you how excited I was, when Stefanie over at Brooklyn Limestone agreed to letting me guest post on her blog. I have followed her blog for quite some time and I just love all her ideas. Her remodeled Limes ...

Frogtape images via A frog and a moose walk into a hall... The moose says, “Let’s make it over! Should we gut it or keep it?” The frog says, “Let’s ribbit out and put up some stripes!” Frogtape just announced the wi ...

Edited: This post was missing content, so here it is again, this time in it's full version. Sorry for the inconvenience. This is what the table used to look like after about five years of weathering outside. It's the Äpplerö ...