Since October last year this has been my breakfast every day with very few exceptions. It is filling because it has protein powder in it and it has a bit of sweetness from the berries and the Stevia leaf. During my first 8 weeks ...

While we are in full gear building shelves in our master closet, I want to share some photos of yesteryear with you. Some friends of ours have a cabin in a very secluded area in Big Bear. It's such a lovely place and we got to vi ...

Here is the final result of our staircase make-over. From the living and dining room, the biggest improvement is that you can't see the staircase anymore. Or at least it is optional by way of our pocket doors. Our living room g ...

Meet my friend Jin. She is carrying apples. Green apples. Remember that for later. Now, check out her kitchen! I don't even know where to begin. The walnut. Let's begin there. I love all the walnut. The walnut cabinets are from ...

Before we get to today's post, I want to give a big warm fuzzy thanks to a couple people for giving me a heads up yesterday that the May issue of Better Homes and Gardens is now being shipped and that my Powder room turned full ba ...

The Arrow wall is gone. RIP! And as you might have gleaned from the title, wallpaper is happening instead. I was contacted by Wallpaperdirect.com who asked if I wanted to try my hand at wallpapering using their wallpaper. Yes, ...

Last weekend we finished the cabinetry work and the counter top guy came and measured for our new shower pan on Sunday, so now we wait while it is being made. It should take a couple of weeks. In the meantime we have been working ...

That is a terrific title. If you think about it. Don't think about it. Toilet room. Probably not my most favorite phrase. But I do appreciate that the toilet is in a separate room from the rest of the bathroom. Ok moving on... ...

When you design a new staircase there are a number of building codes to adhere to and these should be reflected in your plan and in particular in your staircase or you will not pass inspection. Yes, the inspector will come out and ...

Kitchen reveal I have been thinking about updating my Home Tour a bit. Specifically, I wanted a better font for my "before" and "after". I searched online and quickly went to my favorite font source: FontSquirrel.com. Here, I n ...

Here is our new seating bench and storage tower in our master bath remodel. Before, this wall was just empty. I think the previous owners might have just had a table or other piece of furniture here. It looked like this before ...

You are looking at a missing staircase and a future pantry and our awesome stair guy - all in one picture. How great is that! After the old staircase was removed, our stair guy got busy building the new staircase. Why was he ...

Have you ever walked into a house and thought: "Wow, this is a great house, but that staircase has GOT to go!". No? Well, it has happened. Also, I was not a fan of that half octagonal shape in the ceiling there or the beam goin ...

Here is a new dish I made with spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is perhaps the most perfect grain free pasta substitute. It has a very mild flavor and the texture is somewhat similar to wheat spaghetti. When you first open ...

Last time we had just completed demo of the old master bathroom and it looked like this: Next we started taking apart the left shower wall to get more light into the shower. We want to put some glass there. The old shower was s ...