Our den was almost a cave. It was an addition put on by the previous owners, but they failed to add good light. They installed these two tiny windows that are kind of on the high side of the wall. PLEASE pardon the mess…. We are fortunate enough to have a big, beautiful backyard, but […]
Reclaimed (wood pallet) Wood
I’ve seen so many blog posts and magazine articles written about reclaimed wood, and each and every article has impressed me. I love the look and am always happy to read about preserving wood — preserving anything for that matter. I was sitting at the kitchen table one day reading one such article and thinking […]
A Home For My Cookbooks
There was a time waaaaay back when our farmhouse had three staircases. By the time we bought this house, there were two sets and the third had been made into a broom closet, and a clothing closet was put in a bedroom upstairs. I’m all for keeping my mop, Swiffer sheets, and wipes out of sight, but […]
The Kitchen – Walls and Cabinets
We moved into the house of wallpaper. Literally. It was everywhere. And ugly. So we started ripping down wallpaper with no thought process, no strategy, just serious excitement to get it down. In no time, our farmhouse looked like a cyclone – worse than it did with the ugly wallpaper. The kitchen was no […]
