August is here and as usual the summer has gone by in a blur of sunshine, road trips, swimming and grilling. I am currently sitting at a cabin surrounded by green leaves, water and sunshine. We are wrapping up our week here, the one I have longed for all of summer and yet dreaded at […]
Archives for 2019
Home – a celebration
June 23rd marked eight years that we have lived in our home. Now for some of you, that might not seem like a big deal. But for us, or at least for me, it most certainly is a big milestone. I love change. Remember just a few years ago we came very close to moving […]
ORC Week 5 – Progress!
This past week we cranked out a lot! Last Thursday evening we got started shiplapping the fireplace and I was so happy to finally see some major progress. We finished up the fireplace Friday night. Alex built the beams and mantel while I was working on Saturday. The cabinet doors were at a standstill partially […]
ORC Week 4 – jack crap
That’s about what we accomplished this past week. I had high hopes that we would have the shiplap on the fireplace by Saturday night and the cabinet doors all sprayed and drying in the garage. Instead my hubby had to cut a new hole in the siding, move the venting for the fireplace up and […]
Week 3 ORC – The Takedown
April in Minnesota. One day it’s 70 degrees, the next you have a snow day. Which was great for me, as I decided to take off the fireplace surround and tile. And also paint the bottom cabinets. All in a days work my friends. The Surround came off all in once piece very easily. I […]
Spring 2019 ORC 2 – Ceilings are a pain in the neck
Welcome back! It’s been a hot week and we’ve accomplished nothing. Unless you count driving to all the tile stores to find fireplace stone. We did work on our ceiling a few weeks ago when we knew that our time during this 6 weeks would be short due to kids sports out of town almost […]
One Room Challenge Spring 2019 – Our Family Room/Kitchen
Spring is in the air! And that means it’s time for the One Room Challenge. This will be my 6th time participating! This time around we are doing…..our family room/kitchen. There is nothing really wrong with either space but we would like to add some more character/updates to our home. The popcorn ceiling in the […]
2019 Word of the Year
Happy New Year Friends! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas season. It always seems to go by so quickly. We enjoyed almost two weeks off and it was so good for our family. I actually didn’t do much which is weird for me but again, I think it was just what I needed […]
