My little sister, the talented photographer behind Doublclik, just surprised us all with this little movie she put together that captured our Christmas this year. I can't stop watching it. And maybe it is about time you met my family, too. Enjoy!
With our new kitchen layout plans in place, we have turned our attention to materials. My mind is spinning. There are so many options for countertops and cabinets. We know we love the look of black Honed Granite, Richlite, Soapstone and Concrete countertops--but that is still FOUR different choices. We are headed to a home […]
Originally, I slapped some paint on the taller-than-I-am-canvas for the dining room in colors that I knew I wanted to use and it stayed that way for months. Over the holiday, I finally decided to finish it. ---I got a little carried away in the meantime. It was a fun couple hours and I ended […]
Last week, we spilled the news that a major kitchen renovation is on our list this year (read about the other 9 projects we revealed here)--and we are wasting no time getting started on that goal. Even though neither of us have ever embarked on such a task, we already are realizing how long of […]
You know that counter in your kitchen that everything seems to fall on? Mail, keys, items that need returned or dropped off to neighbors, nail clippers. Oy vey. Ours is right under the microwave. Because it is concealed on all sides, I sometimes pretend that company can't see it--I'm 98% sure they can. Besides […]
While visiting my parents over the holiday, my mom gave me some chalk that she had stored away for decades. It is vibrant and smooth and made this month's drawing even more enjoyable. Why fish? I felt like it, I guess. I don't remember ever drawing fish before and boy, was it fun to […]
Happy New Year E'rbody!! We are kickin' off 2012 with a fresh look for our blog. Chris spent several hours coding it all with me looking over his shoulder. We now have all of our tabs up top linked to pages filled with more eye candy, along with our social networking links--did you even know […]
When we bought our home 8 1/2 months ago, we knew that it would take time to inject our personality and fix it up. So, we have learned to enjoy the process and rejoice in our progress. Some projects and rooms will continue to evolve over time as our taste changes and some spaces need […]
With all of my sisters in the same place for the past few days, we decided to have a craft/art time. We are all creative in different ways, so it was fun to see one of the sisters go for the pastels, while another grabbed the stamps and ink and another the watercolors. With all […]
Yesterday, I counted down the top five most popular posts of the year, and today I wanted to recognize a few people that really helped our little blog be seen/read this year. While we do get a fair amount of traffic from our own sources (Subscribers, Facebook, Networked blogs, heck--we were even Googled nearly 5000 […]
These posts alone brought in 20,897 of you!! But, in case you happened to miss one of these uber popular reads, here's a recap of our top five of the year: 5. From February 17th--DIYAnthro-inspired oversized letters. 4. On October 6th, I broke down how to make a lampshade from scratch and rescued ugly lamps. […]
The day got even merrier when we surprised my parents with my sister, Andi's secret arrival from her home in Mexico: Which means my entire family will be in one place this week (it's rare that all five of the sisters can coordinate locations and schedules) and we'll be partying. I hope you are […]
In my home, I have around 35 pieces of art hanging on the walls right now. Before you start whispering about the obscene amount of money we must spend on our art collection, you should know that thirty of the thirty-five are originals done by me. Art in any home is a way to add […]
I did every bit of my Christmas shopping online. For Chris. For family. For Greta. Our Christmas cards. All of it. And I have been done for weeks...until last night. Chris and I decided on popcorn for our snack and I couldn't resist giving him his Stir-Crazy Popcorn popper that I ordered back in November […]
So I promised Jules I would write about the Sunday dinner I made this past weekend. I guess it was awesome or something (I say that in a way that's trying to be humble, while knowing deep inside that it was indeed awesome). I'll try to remember everything that was in it; partly for ya'll, […]
Well, that was quick! My plan was for this project to take three days. A day for prepping and painting the walls, another day for painting all of the dingy and dirty trim and doors and then a little shopping and putting things back together on the third day. My three day plan became a […]
Make it blue! The little hallway and nook is right off of our "Modern Family Blue" family room wall and with more that half of the can left, it took me about 3 seconds to decide to paint it the same blue. I also removed the halfway-up-the-wall coat hooks from both walls in the […]
It's 11 days before Christmas and it seems every other blog is serving up all of the details on DIYing your own tree skirt, making ornaments, and gift guides galore. Our simple decorations are up. Our neighbors have been gifted. My Christmas shopping is done and I have the itch to do a little makeover […]
Back in August, we traded in our art gallery wall for a photo gallery wall. We have art all over our home and barely any photos, so the idea of filling the entire staircase wall with snapshots of our family made us giddy--even if it meant patching all of those holes. We started out with […]
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