Before and After Party at TDC

posted on: January 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
Before and After Party at TDC

Sarah at Thrifty Decor Chick is hosting a Before and After Party today (and every first Monday of the month). For the first time ever I'm participating in a party and I'm so excited! If you're visiting from TDC, please comment, let me know you're here, and leave a link to your blog! I love checking out new blogs!The project I posted is one that I'm really proud of and has completely changed the look of that room and of our house, our kitchen! I am in love with our kitchen and it really is the … [Read more...]

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Back from Christmas Break!

posted on: January 4, 2010 1 Comment
Back from Christmas Break!

Did I tell you I was going on Christmas break? I didn't, I apologize! But I'm back and will be posting more regularly now that the holiday madness has settled down, family parties are dying down, and we've FINALLY started getting rid of all those stupid sick germs being passed around the house. Here are some photos we've taken in the last few weeks!Our Tree (notice I still haven't gotten all the ornaments on... bad!)  The finished/edited tree pictures from our yard. Still have yet to print … [Read more...]

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The Before

posted on: December 23, 2009 2 Comments

Now that you’ve seen our progress, I thought it would be fun to take you through “the before” of our house! It’s been almost four months since we closed on our house and almost three months since we moved in and I started this blog. The photo album I originally stored these in is titled “at first sight,” so sit back and enjoy our House at First Sight!   Outside of the House View Full Album   The Family Room View Full Album   The Kitchen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: dining room, family room, kitchen, our bedroom


Check out my Sweet Kitchen!

posted on: December 21, 2009 4 Comments
Check out my Sweet Kitchen!

Before pictures found here.This weekend Doug and my dad were also able to hook up our dishwasher, install a new faucet that makes doing dishes a TON better. Now, I can find my hot water and my sink doesn't look super tiny! This all was a lot more work than it looks like, including building a cabinet around the dishwasher, raising the top of the cabinets so that the counters would reach the edge of the tile, reinforcing the support for the counters (the old ones were falling down). Plus all the … [Read more...]

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Snow Covered House

posted on: December 14, 2009 2 Comments
Snow Covered House

Some pictures from last week's snowstorm:Good view of our house with the finished windows and siding. Shutters are in the garage waiting for some paint and will be hung in the spring! Looking at this picture with all of the pretty snow, I kinda wish we had stuck with the original white when we put on the new siding. I love white houses covered in snow! My dad asked me "so what are you going to do about your blog? You have a tan house with no shutters! You're living a LIE!" It was so funny (and … [Read more...]

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Tree Picture Preview

posted on: December 9, 2009 4 Comments
Tree Picture Preview

In this post I talked about spray painting some frames found at Goodwill that were to house pictures of trees from my yard. I'd like to take a set of 3 pictures for every season and change them out. As soon as I heard we were getting more snow, I decided to hold out and wait for the good stuff.Glad I did! Today we've got a good six inches and the trees look heavenly. Took a picture from out my sliding door to play around with, but since then we've gotten even MORE snow. I'll be trekking out in … [Read more...]

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Wordless Wednesday: 5-6 inches – Jealous?

posted on: December 9, 2009 Leave a Comment
Wordless Wednesday: 5-6 inches - Jealous?

thanks for reading our feed, please stop by the house for a visit sometime soon. :) … [Read more...]

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Our Family Room!

posted on: December 7, 2009 1 Comment
Our Family Room!

I'm in *quite* the posting mood today! For once I felt like cleaning/decorating and not sitting on the couch, watching TV, and goofing around (read: wasting my time) on the computer. Why harvest crops when I can take pictures and post them?The old frame that Mary was in was held together by tape. Sadly, the picture ripped in a few places when I took it out. Either way, the print looks beautiful in the new frame.  Finished side table above on the right, coffee table below.Please ignore the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, family room


Deck the Walls with Lots of Pictures

posted on: December 6, 2009 Leave a Comment
Deck the Walls with Lots of Pictures

Since it snowed last night, my project for the day is to get pictures and stuff hanging on the walls. Although I may wait for Doug to come home to hang them for me so I can stand back and tell him what to do... lol. Why? I needed my trees to be snowy and they are! Read on...Frames from my Goodwill, sprayed them ORB over the weekend (not my pregnant self, that's what my husband is for). The three on the left were white, lavender, and purple (hard to tell by the bad picture!) and $1.99 each. Not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christmas, Goodwill, recycling


My Sweetie Babies!

posted on: December 4, 2009 4 Comments
My Sweetie Babies!

I have some good news to share - Doug and I are pregnant! I am due June 8th, which puts me at just over 13 weeks along. We've known for a little over a month, but just found out the due date on Monday. I was guessing July, 6-8 weeks pregnant, but I was VERY wrong! Lily and the new baby will be 14 months apart (roughly). This is why things have been slow around here lately. Besides painting the tables black (which reminds me, I NEED to put pictures up!!), the only projects I've really done have … [Read more...]

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