The last couple of weeks have been busy to say the least, we have finally made the move! Packed up the apartment and unloaded here in just under a week total. That of course does not include having to go back to the apartment to re-paint everything “off white”, how exciting. Ask me how fun [...]
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Those of you who are friends of mine on facebook have already gotten a preview of these but here are a couple shots of putting up Christmas lights. Turned out pretty nice, with the exception of the one three foot section that insists on blinking while the rest do not. Best Christmas present I’ve ever [...]
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I’m sure you all remember the video of me walking around like an idiot trying to illustrate how I thought the pathway from the man shack to the deck should work, right? And how Ken told me I should just stick to the inside design stuff? Well, although he disagreed with me at first, the [...]
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I got yelled at today. Well, actually, spoken to sternly. The subject of landscape design has been a touchy one since this project began. Ken has wanted tropical and I’ve wanted something different, that I haven’t exactly been able to put my finger on until today. The ONE thing I loved about this house the [...]
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Like I said before, you’ll have to wait a little longer for the complete reveal but check out the photos below to see the before, inspiration and after shots. Ken’s remarks quoted from the texts he sent me last week.
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I never thought this day would come, the floors have been stained. It was just a dream for so long, seemed so far away and like we would never get here, and now they’re done. I’m so excited but a little bit sad too because it means the whole house will be done soon and [...]
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“Ok. Got to get back to the blog biz. Bloggers out there are probably wondering what’s going on.” I must mention that this was all completed in the midst of Ken taking on a side job INSTALLING ATM MACHINES FOR CHASE BANK. Yeah, my friend Jessica hit the nail on the head when she said [...]
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So…..here’s a little teaser for you. The powder room floor and paneling are done. Yet to be completed, the wallpaper. Some say they wish that it would remain all white, they say it seems clean and crisp. My friend Jessica says it reminds her of Paris. Gotta love that! However, I feel like the wallpaper [...]
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I’ve been terrible I know, leaving you all in suspense. My hope though is that our loyal bloggers will get a big, giant Christmas (or Hanukkah or Kwanzaa or…) present, in the form of some truly brilliant before and afters. I’ve been inundated with suspicions of certain rooms being near completion and you are all [...]
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We're not saying that mauve is a bad color. It's great, if used in the right application. The right application does not, however, happen to be a one piece toilet and a giant whirlpool tub. Mauve has no place in a thousand square foot bungalow built in 1944, no place at all. So we're fixing that... 
