I am a staunch believer in No Christmas Before Thanksgiving. In fact, I’m a bit of a crankypants on the subject. (Just ask our kids.) I believe in giving all of Thanksgiving weekend to Thanksgiving–no Black Friday shopping, no wreath hanging, no Christmas nothing around here until the last piece of pumpkin pie is gone. I(…)
Maybe you saw our post from a few weeks ago about our new tile bathtub surround? When I wrote it, I was so wiped out from doing the project that I couldn’t do much more but marvel at the finished product. Which was fun for me, but not so helpful for any of you who(…)
Our new tile wall is a little bit funky. Some of our grout lines are crooked–because the tiles aren’t all the same size. Some of the color in the tiles aren’t uniform–because these are tile seconds we found at some of our favorite salvage stores. But, we like it this way. We know we could(…)
If you know anything about Cane and me, you probably know that we are not great finishers. We are great dreamers and planners and starters, but finishers? Not so much. Most of the time, we’re just fine with that. We usually finish eventually, and our long, meandering process allows us time to make great discoveries(…)
Is your garage a place to park your cars? Or, is it a place to park your junk? We are park-your-car-in-the-garage people (not because we’re careful stewards of our vehicles, but because we hate scraping ice off our cars on cold mornings). We had enough space cleared by fall to park our cars in the(…)
Is it spring where you live? Spring here means snow and sunshine and thunder and sleet all on the same day. (Well, at least it did this weekend.) The temps were in the 30′s, but everything is bustin’ out in blooms. Which is enough to put us in a spring cleaning frame of mind. And(…)
Rita and I have sort of been on the lookout for a coffee table for the upstairs living room. I say “sort of” because she really wanted one and I didn’t so much. I like the open space. She wants a spot to put her tea. I often see a coffee table as a place(…)