Everyone aboard the time machine! Buried in the land of pre-baby draft posts, I found this little gem of dust and debris and necessary roughness. There was no text, only these before and during photos. No after photos either, so I’ll have to run and […]
I used to be a carefree single girl who lived a raucous Chicago lifestyle yet visited antique malls and thrifts with her mother on the weekends. (We also took line dancing lessons together, but that’s a story for a different day). On one such outing […]
There is a corner of our kitchen that I envisioned the ideal locale for a wrap-around built-in storage bench. The idea seemed logical and simple and kind of a no-brainer. It’s also another way to bring the Ikea cabinets up a notch, a prerequisite for […]
Perhaps this is more of a New Year’s resolution type of post. Whatever, life is now. Awhile back a friend of mine posted a pic illustrating a simple concept to save money. I was intrigued. We are planning to fly home (Chicago) for the holidays […]
This is not a problem I ever thought I’d have. See this garbage can here, the one on top of a stool? I’ve had that can since forever, even remember buying it off that big wall at Bed Bath and Beyond. Please understand, we are […]
Isn’t it nice when someone else does all the work? AND foots the bill? One fine afternoon a teenage girl knocked on my door. I was already shaking my head and offering up my “no thanks yous” to whatever she was selling when she handed […]
And then life happens, and everything changes. What was huge, is suddenly small, replaced by something even more gigantic. You forget to shower, you forget you had a blog. It’s altogether refreshing, exhausting, thrilling, frightening, paralyzing, amazing. Our thing? It wasn’t the house. Her name […]
After the drama surrounding the drywall, I needed a simple project. Most people would not say installing flooring is simple, but in all honesty, this was! You may remember that I had found a great deal on wood floors for the kitchen. The contractor came […]
Drywall, sheetrock, tom-A-to, tom-AH-to. I’m from the Midwest so I’m going with drywall, and it was a nightmare. On TV, it always looks so simple, casually mentioned post commercial break. And our drywaller, he promised to do the entire kitchen and basement in 4 days. […]
Once we got the ceiling down, it was time to evaluate. If these walls could talk, they would have many tales of hack jobs, making do and downright get ‘er done. I felt sad for my rafters and walls. They are old and there was […]
