It's hard to believe we've been living in our "new" home for five years! FIVE YEARS!!! How can that be? I mean, it seems like we just moved in! But I know it's been longer than it seems, because I've been making…
I have wanted to put French doors in our sitting room even before we ever closed on our house, and my husband has always said it would be nice. But I know unless he sees it, he won't get excited about the…
Merry Christmas! Jim kicked me out of the kitchen while he makes our family's traditional Krumkakes, so let's do a Christmas home tour. Come on in, and we'll try to stay out of his way! A couple years ago my best friend…
We've been living in our new house a little over a year now, and there are some things that I still love and some things I hate. Let me tell you about them. Love I still love my butcher block countertops. After…
When we bought our house, one of the things we loved was the fireplace, but we weren't in love with the brass trim on the fireplace doors. Well, I finally got around to changing that and it didn't cost a lot to…
I cannot believe we've been in our house for one whole year!! Where has the time gone? I remember thinking in January that our house no longer felt "new." It just felt like our house and not our "new" house. I don't…
We are finally winding down with our renovations! The electrician and the plumber have both finished up there work, so now we're down to little finishing details. Gone is the 1970's wallpaper and paneling. Gone is all the carpet. Curtains are being…
Yesterday, I promised an update, so here I am with an update on our progress. Normally, I would share "Before & After" pictures. But problem with that is, even though we've done a lot, it is seems like there are still a…
We finally got to the point where Jim just couldn't continue doing work in the house piece piece after work. So he took the whole week off, and we're getting so much done. Here's some pictures of our progress so far...Once this…
Opening up the wall between the living and dining rooms made a huge difference!