Beware:  The following is a picture happy post… with not so happy “before” pictures.  ????   I shared with you the before pictures of the kitchen, but this room was so much work that I needed to break it up in two different “before” posts. What did you think? Could you smell it through your […]

Looking back through old pictures of this house makes me realize two things:   One being, this house was so sad when we first bought it.   The energy that the entire structure exuded was that of depression, disease, and desperation.  The air was heavy. (Not to mention, stinky.  ????) And second…. we’ve sure done […]

Whew…. FINALLY, the dining room reveal.  Yay! I started talking about the dining room 100 years ago but then Project Backyard and Project Pergola kind of took center stage.  Here in Indiana, we only have so many months to enjoy the weather outside.  We are finally to the point on the pergola to be able […]

Wow… Life has been a little chaotic over the last several weeks. ???? If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you have had lots of updates regarding the surgery I had on my shin.  You’ve probably heard more than you bargained for when you signed up to follow me.  ????

OMG…..   I’ve had kind of an “off week.”  We’ve been very busy with a few jobs and then throw a holiday in there….with a million “neighborhood” fireworks – while Ivy paces back and forth inside the house – when we are trying to sleep at night.  It’s been a rough week.  UGH!  This holiday […]

I told you last week that the next room I was going to show you was our dining room.  It’s a room that unbelievably we use all of the time, even with just the two of us.

Guess what today is!   The Family Room Reveal! It’s what you’ve all been waiting for. ????   Thank God you weren’t holding your breath, or you would have turned blue by now! It took me FOREVER to get any half-way decent pictures of the family room.  Let me refresh your memory.  This room is roughly […]

    Well…the grocery fairy no-showed again last night leaving me to the dreaded task. What is it about spending $1.5 million at the grocery store for it all either to be eaten, thrown away, or flushed down the toilet a few days later that isn’t so thrilling?  ????