Day 526: Modified Cabinets

We modified the upper cabinets around the mounted above the stove and it turned out GREAT!

Shannon will have to do the write-up on just exactly HOW he worked his magic on this one, but I wanted to post photos since it's our most recent project.

Now they just need a little bondo, and some paint! 

Day 519: Fun with chalkboard paint

Wasn't feeling these guys.

holiday messages from our friends!

Not long after we closed on the house, we were driving through Morningside, and someone had put out two lovely frames, framing two awful prints, for trash collection. They're huge gilded frames, and we couldn't let them meet their fate, so we scooped them up and vowed to put them to good use. Nearly two years later, we have indeed put them to good use.

<< Exhibit A: One of the LOVELY prints. The other involves angels and cherubs. Same crackled aging effect. Same gigantic faces. I'm sure we have a pic somewhere.

So, what fate did these lovelies meet you ask? Well, you know my love for chalkboard paint. One is now a lovely chalkboard for messages, lists, etc. in our kitchen. I taped it off and painted right over the plastic print.

The other holds a print of Van Gogh's Irises - one of my faves. We just had a piece of glass cut to size and popped in a print we'd been waiting to frame. Perfection!

And while we're on the subject of chalkboard paint, while I had it out I also brought one of my pins to life (don't you just love pinterest?). I've got tons of wine bottles just waiting for craft projects, and this one was super easy. I just painted stripes of chalkboard paint onto a few to label their contents - in this case, water at our holiday party!

so easy, so fun!

It's like I'm in the Getty. every. day.

What pins have you brought to life?

Day 513: It's the holiday season

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Day 479: Friends and Family Flair

Looks about right!

I *think* I've finally gotten my family & friends photo wall like I like it!

I went a little crazy with the hammer and nails Friday afternoon to get some things up I'd been putting off. This is one of them. I had an arrangement up, but have been playing around with it for months. Swapping out frames and prints, and adding a few here and there (note: my 'W' finally made it up, along with a photo from our anniversary vacay that came in just in time). What do you think?

Day 434: Deck stairs are done!

The handyman with his handywork

Shannon has been working every spare minute, in between work and daily life, not to mention trips for work and fun, to get the deck finished. Now he's in the homestretch! All that's left are the railings for the stairs. And not a minute too soon. Fall is on the way!!!

Day 431: Cooking out

We put the nearly finished deck to good use this Labor Day weekend by cooking out! So much fun. It's going to be a *great* space.

Day 407: Let there be wind and light

This post is a little out of order because we put new fans up right before July 4th weekend.  Mary really liked the blade design on these and they were on sale at the big blue store.  We actually bought two of them, one for each down stairs bedroom.  They are Hunter 60" Regalia New Bronze Ceiling Fans which concerned me a little because 60" is typically used in bigger rooms.  Our two bedrooms are roughly 10ft by 10ft and 10ft by 11ft so I thought the scale might be a little off or over power the room but now that they are up I think Mary would agree that they both look really nice.  They also really move the air around well in both rooms so that's a nice bonus seeing as they are fans and not just ceiling decorations!