When we bought our house, it was far from what I would call a “fixer upper,” not that it didn’t have its opportunities for improvement. The backyard, however, total fixer upper. Our backyard is what some might call a “disaster.” That’s the technical term for it. Here is a photo from before we moved in, […]
Hooked on hooks
We don’t have a coat closet or a hall closet, so we have been using a hand-me-down coat tree in a corner of our dining room to hang jackets, coats and purses. It wasn’t fancy, but it did the job. That is until a couple of months ago, when Elise took up the practice of pushing […]
My Weird Backyard
Our backyard has been long neglected. Definitely for longer than we’ve lived here, so I don’t feel totally guilty about how it looks. More on that in a later post. My dad surprised me this weekend by cleaning out some recurring vegetation and found a couple of “treasures.” The first is a poured concrete […]
Oh deer.
Have you ever had one of those weeks where the same themes keep popping up? It all started on a day with a short naptime. To combat both of our crabbiness, we headed out to the antique mall and found this brass fawn. I scooped her up without a second thought. A bargain at $10, […]
Carpet for the playroom
My first step in creating a playroom was to find some carpet to replace the sea of blue. Because this space might become someones bedroom one day, I wanted to keep the color neutral. After my experiences with discount carpet tiles, I’m not ready to pay full price for another flooring option, especially for a […]
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