White Chandeliers and Front Room Transformation

Inspired by a chandelier I saw at a garage sale, I decided to paint my similarly shaped oil-rubbed bronze chandelier white! Take a look at our front (frunch) room! I’m giving it a makeover of my own… Much improved from the last photo you saw of this room. Embarrasing. Pitiful. Pshhhh, those slobs. But forget [...]

Curly Cane Chair

Our garage sale is this Friday and Saturday, so this last week was spent clearing out and oh, it feels so good! Although I’m getting rid of a lot, have some going to Goodwill, and even a bag of garbage, I really haven’t had to haul over as much as I have in the past. [...]

Shutter Love

If you know us, you know we’re a fan of the thrifty. And since we are “white house, black shutters,” we needed some shutters on our tan house to make at least half of the name true!   I mentioned that we were starting our project here, gave you a little preview here, even spray [...]

The Difference a Little Re-Arranging Makes

Ignore the husband on the couch! My sister-in-law, Bonnie at Creating a House of Grace,  came over this week and helped me out with some organizing (which involves moving around boxes, something I shouldn’t be doing at 20 weeks). It was nice to have someone here to bounce ideas off, someone to give suggestions, and [...]

Our “Nothing Room” Transformed (just this past Sunday)

Do you have that one room in your house? The one you just don’t know what to do with? We do. We actually have several. But this one was the worst. It’s our front room (pronounced “frunch” thanks to my lovely regional accent) or a living room if you prefer. We called it our holding [...]