Threshold Holden wicker chars, Sunbrella marine fabric, Trellis Rug, Fire pit Have you seen all the great sales this Memorial day weekend? I took advantage of quite a few of them. I got 4 chairs (the best bargain ever - see bot ...

B and I came up with this gift idea for a 12 year old boy. B is an avid origami folder and has been folding since he was around 7 years old. We came up with giving a 20 dollar bill folded origami style. Clear bag, scallop card, ...

Last time, I prepared my wall in the entryway for wall paper by smoothing out the textured wall. With the wall properly prepared, we tackled the next step on Saturday, a couple of several weeks ago. Because why rush into things ...

On Wednesday, last week, we passed our second inspection in the master bath remodel. Woot! This means I can get on filling all the Hardie seams with thinset, Hardie tape and more thinset. Fun times ahead. We only have one more ins ...

Before jumping to today's post, this: On Wednesday, Dana from House*Tweaking featured our kitchen on her blog. It was very exciting to see it over there. I have followed her for a while and love her style. Thank you so much aga ...

Phase 4 is well underway: Shower prep and drywall. In fact, all drywall and Hardie Backerboard has now been installed in addition to the pan. To install the Hardie, we got a diamond blade for our skill saw and a diamond hole ...

I think two-year-olds like animals, balls, things that make noise, and opening presents. I think Mom's like gift cards because their kids already have 1000 toys. Also, this mom specifically asked for no toys. What? That ball i ...

Our master bath shower has a pan! Isn't it pretty? It's made out of cultured marble which is to say it's a man made product out of crushed marble powder and resin that is poured into a pan mold to the exact specifications of you ...

Even though these round-up posts are a bit regurgitation-ville, it is enormously satisfactory for me to see how much we get done each month, so bear with me. Here are the highlights from April:  Our new staircase - the rev ...

Lately I have been very inspired by the long time hugely popular trend of turning photos into watercolor paintings. I got very excited when Julia at Cuckoo 4 design posted these fabulous Waterlogue'ed watercolor images of her hai ...

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 ...