This weekend we went to a big celebration. A Bat Mitzvah for one of B's friends. I have only ever heard of a BaR Mitzvah before, but learned that a BaT Mitzvah is the celebration for Jewish girls becoming adults. We read up on ...

I never showed you the last wall in B's bedroom. I know...pee your pants with excitement. Oooh a wall. It is, however, the wall that has actually seen the most change in his room. The previous owners of our house added on the ...

This post has a new rug, a sewing project, a craft/decor project AND a recipe in it. So many things to talk about. Let's get started! Last Friday all my purchases from the Memorial Day sale had arrived at my doorstep. Great tim ...

This weekend we cleaned up the patio after finishing all the cutting for the master bath we are remodeling at the moment. Hover over the camera icon for a behind the scenes photo of what the patio looked like Saturday morning, ...

The month of May was busy for us. We did a lot of work in the master bathroom and closet. This Wednesday the first round of solid surface white marble is going in. I am so excited! Here are some of the projects we tackled in Ma ...

With the walls prepped for wallpaper, and lining paper attached to the wall, we set out to put up the actual wallpaper. I chose a dimensional vinyl wallpaper from Wallpaperdirect called High Leaf by Anaglypta. I'll be the firs ...

Today, I am om over at Primitive & Proper, visiting with Cassie, talking about our home tour. I am lucky to call Cassie my friend, so today, I thought I would take a little bit of time to talk about her and her wonderful home ...

Aside from scoring some great deals this weekend, we finished putting up shelving and trimming out the master closet. It's ready for paint next. I bought a haz-mat suit. It's going to be awesome. I also mudded and taped and mudde ...

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 ...