People keep harassing me for new pictures of the house….you know, with our stuff in it. The truth is, we don’t really have the right stuff in there to show off yet. We’re still looking for a new couch, still watching TV on an old 19″ set sitting on an end table next [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Decorating’
Making Themselves at Home
Posted in Home, tagged AJ, Books, Cara, Cliff May, Decorating, Reading on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Frosta Hack
Posted in Crafting, Home, tagged Aalto, Decorating, DIY, IKEA, Stool on August 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Like many of the IKEA hackers in the blogosphere, I decided to try hacking the IKEA Frosta stool after reading the Door Sixteen blog. I was in need of a stool for the vanity in my bedroom, and a real Aalto stool is definitely not in the budget alongside all the other furniture we [...]
The Big Girl Room
Posted in Home, tagged AJ, Cara, Decorating, IKEA on January 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The girls are really loving their new room. They especially love laying together on Cara’s bed. We *really* try to keep AJ from climbing up there, but sometimes they look so cute all cuddled up together that I can’t help but grab the camera before pulling AJ down.
Almost done!
Posted in Cooking, Home, tagged Decorating, Grandpa Bean, Lisa, Michael, Thanksgiving, Turkey, Z Gallerie on November 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today we had my dad (aka Grandpa Bean), and my sister and her entire family over for an early Thanksgiving dinner. I made the first turkey of the weekend, cornbread stuffing, spiced peaches, and roasted potatoes. Lisa made green bean casserole, gravy, and was the best potato peeler I ever could have asked [...]
Moving Right Along
Posted in Crafting, Home, tagged Decorating, Painting, Sewing on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have spent the better part of the last week working on the girls’ room [in vain]. I have made some progress, although I’ve run out of paint with one half a wall to go, and I still need to do curtains, light fixtures and stools. I finished the duvet covers, at least; [...]
The Finished Felt Board
Posted in Crafting, tagged AJ, Cara, Decorating, Felt, Flannelboard on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I finished making the girls’ gargantuan felt board. My step-dad helped me cut the wood for the frame the other day, and then yesterday I lined it with cardboard (in a very fortuitous turn, I happened to have a cardboard box that was almost perfectly sized for it…I only had to trim one [...]
Getting the “Big Girl” Room Started
Posted in Crafting, Home, Shopping, tagged Decorating, Felt, IKEA, Michael Miller, Peanuts, Shannon H., Snoopy, Tom Everhart, Toys, Z Gallerie on October 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Now that Cara sleeps on the top bunk of the bed, and since AJ will be able to move into the bottom at any time, I’m starting to change their room around. We expect to be in our apartment for another year or so, and I’m feeling ready for a change. We’ve had [...]
New Bed
Posted in Home, tagged AJ, Cara, Decorating, IKEA on October 11, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In another excellent stroke of luck, my sister just bought the bed I’ve been wanting for the girls. We had a really nice set of bunk beds, but they took up so much space in the girls’ room. Luckily, Lisa’s kids have more space, and she was happy to trade us for [...]
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