There is an update on our master bath progress at the bottom of this post. Let me tell you about the new abstract painting I made for over the bench/tower combination in our master bathroom that Frank and I built in there. Here ...

When Frank's birthday rolled around in December, I gave him a weekend trip to Palm Desert. We have taken a few trips there over the years. This time I had picked the Omni Rancho Resort from a friend's suggestion. Due to this, t ...

Today is the last of our four weeks of Dare to DIY. I never met a challenge I didn't like and this has been so much fun. Today's project is a continuation of my white and brown nature inspired Christmas. I started out right aft ...

Let's get some presents under that tree. And why not make them handmade. I love to give edible gifts and then do a craft around the gift wrapping. I made a 'berry Christmas' strawberry candy with liquorice in the center. Then I ...

Well, here we are at the first of four craft parties for the holidays. Here is what my co-hosts and I have been cooking up for the first challenge: Dare to be thankful. My Merci Beaucoup fall vignette, Crazy Thankful sign by Mic ...

Yes, I am showing you this picture again of our newly made-over master bedroom. No, it's not a double post. We have already talked about the reveal, we have talked about the wooden word art over the bed. Now, I want to talk about ...

One of the many DIYs in our master bedroom - and probably one of my favorites - is the word art over the bed. I wanted to use my own handwriting to make it even more personal to us, but you could just skip the first couple of s ...

Today it's time to reveal our new master bedroom. Come take a look at how it turned out. We have 12 DIY projects going on. Some bigger, some smaller. Let's dive in! Here is what the master looked like when we moved in five years ...

Our master bedroom has curtains. Since yesterday. It feels so fancy in here. Last year, when we were going to have our master bedroom painted, I first bought these curtains so I could color match the wall paint to them. They ...

The day after the flooring guys had installed new flooring in our master bedroom, walk-in closet and hallway, the tilers came and put up tile on the back wall in the master bathroom. I had been agonizing over finding the right ti ...

Well, it is about high time that I catch you up on our master bath renovation. We last left of way before I went to Denmark, all the way back in May, when we installed Hardie Backerboards. After this was done, I mudded and taped ...

Three days ago our bedroom still had carpet. Then four guys walked in. Oh and Liberache called. Let me fill you in. I almost can't decide if we should first talk about the four guys in my bedroom or the phone call from Liberac ...

For the first time ever since we moved here in 2000 we were able to get a direct, non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Copenhagen when we went back to see our family this summer. Courtesy of Norwegian's new route LAX-CPH reducing ...

On Tuesday night we got back from a month long stay in Denmark. B and I went for a month. Frank was there for the last two weeks of our trip. We had a great time. We celebrated my Mom's birthday and we took in some sights - pict ...

Happy Friday to you! 5 posts in one week... don't get used to it, but I saw this news last night and just thought I would share it with you, just in case you had not seen it. Good news and happy endings should be perpetuated, don' ...