Tiptoe thru the Tulips

It is coming up on five years since we bought the Blue House on Main. It is amazing how time flies. We closed on the house purchase at the end … Read more…

Color of the Year

You’ve probably heard the buzz on the Pantone Color of the Year. Well, here’s why I am so ahead of the curve!

Garden Gate 2018

You see, I have this rose growing in my side yard. It’s hardly a bush—it’s growing mostly in shade, so it doesn’t look very good in rose bush terms, but … Read more…

Making wood window screens

What goes into making a custom vintage-style window screen… All the windows on the second story are vertical casement windows that open inward. Most of them were without screens.  Having … Read more…

The other things I did last year

Slideshow — Wait for it… I just realized I haven’t written since October! Well, I did make a list of all my accomplishments in 2017, but I never got around … Read more…

The Truth Comes Out

The truth is…while I like cottage style, shabby-chic interiors, I am not going to paint everything white! I love my kitchen with its white shaker cabinets, but I also love … Read more…

Old Slab Out — New Slab In

I think this might have been the patio before the back deck was installed…who knows…Nevertheless, the concrete had seen better days and it just looked sad. 🙁 The old slab didn’t … Read more…

The Afters – After All This Time

I just created a new section tab on my blog: After Photos. Check it out! Let me know if I missed anything you wanted to see.

All Decked Out

The deck was already here but it didn’t have any railings and one end of it was quite high off the ground (the lot slopes). So, in order to make … Read more…