Lest We Forget

God of our fathers, known of old—Lord of our far-flung battle line—Beneath whose awful hand we holdDominion over palm and pine—Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,Lest we forget—lest we forget!...

Tile Style

You can completely change the look and feel of a room with a new paint color. When it comes down to the biggest bang for your buck, paint is your best friend. But coming in second place is new...

Guest Bathroom Make-over - Part One

Of all the rooms in our house, the bathrooms have received the least amount of attention. They were both decked out in some lovely early 80s vinyl wallpaper, and the guest bath had a toilet that...

Grad-a-Palooza

As of 3:00 pm today, Ally is officially finished with high school! We're gearing up for the graduation ceremony next Saturday morning, followed by a huge party that afternoon. Yes - we are Lord of...

Guest Posting at Frugal Foodie Mama Today

We're hanging out with Carrie at The Frugal Foodie Mama, talking about horse brasses and how to display them. Join us!

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Lady Mary

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North Forty-One Barn

Let Me Pintroduce You

Good morning everyone!! Today I'm joining hosts Carrie from Frugal Foodie Mama and Jamie from Mom's Test Kitchen, and co-host Rosie from Cratbotic for the "Let Me Pintroduce You" party. Last month...

The Frugal Foodie Mama

I'm hanging out with my new BFF today - Carrie at The Frugal Foodie Mama. We're cooking up a project with an old tray and glass mosaic tiles. Who said tiling was scary? While you're there, enter...

Voting Ends Today!

Today is the last day! Click here to vote. We're entry #8. Thanks for your support!

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Sunset Camellia

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Azaleas Linking up with: Outdoor Wednesday at A Southern Daydreamer

Second Life For Cereal Boxes

Recently we were asked to participate in a DIY/craft challenge sponsored by Earth 911. For those of you not familiar with their site, Earth 911 is a fantastic resource for all things green and "re"...

Built-in Bookcases–The Big Reveal

We started out with an ugly wall. Then we rustled up some old pine flooring, built some bookcases, and added our new/old wood to the back. After the dust settled, we hauled three very heavy...

Rock On

Sheetrock, that is. Once the sheetrock went up, we knew we were in the home stretch. The wall really started to look finished at that point. There were a few tense moments of looking for the...

Thinking Outside The Box

Or maybe I should have titled this one “Building a Box.” since they built three of them. The Plan originally was for two bookcases. But I’m prone to over-thinking, and if two bookcases are good…it...

Age Before Beauty

When the idea of building bookcases started rolling around in our brains, we tried to come up with something different to use for the back panel. We thought about bead-board, and there’s certainly...

New Year, New Projects

Fifty-three weeks have gone by since our first post – time flies when you’re having fun! At least that’s what I tell myself. My recovery from wrist/hand surgery is going extremely well, much better...

A Rehab Project: Thrift-store Table

Remember that time we painted the Union Jack on our coffee table/trunk? I was thrilled with how well it came out. As The Old Man would say, “It looks like you knew what you were doing.” Thanks,...

Minding Our Own Business

As of 3:25 on Friday, August 3rd, we are the owners of a small business!You can't imagine how strange it is to say those words out loud, let alone post it on the internet for all the world to...

Congratulations Judy S!

Congrats, Judy S! You are the lucky winner of our give-away! Check your in-box for an email from us.We'd love to see what you do with your card. :)Thanks to everyone who entered - we appreciate...

Give-Away: Let's Go Shopping at Home Depot!

It's time for a Give-away!sourceWe love a good project, and chances are you do too. Even though we're still pretty new, we've shown you a few easy (and not-so-easy) home improvement ideas.Now it's...

She’s Ready For Her Close-Up

Remember the island? She's all finished! Here she is, topless and without her drawers. (You didn't know this is one of THOSE blogs, did you?!) It wasn't long after this that she was in the garage,...

Rule Britannia

Were a few days late and a few pounds short to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee, but we finished our Union Jack project.Joey used AutoCAD to lay out the flag design, and transferred the...

Can You See Me Now?

Break out your sunglasses - Im turning the lights on.Dont you love it?And it only took us five years! The light fixture that came with the house was awful and we swapped it out after a year or so...

Sunday Musings

Im not a morning person, by nature, but I find it almost impossible to sleep late on the weekend. Theres something extremely peaceful about being the only one awake in the house. The pets are...

My Favorite Word

Demo.As in, demolition.Remember when you were younger and youd get in trouble for taking stuff apart? Or was that just me? When I was a kid I demolished took apart a small bookcase (among other...

Fete le Printemps

Its 5:30 am, and whos wide awake?Were a little giddy this morning (and when I say we, I mean ME. Its too early for Joey to be giddy. In fact, hes still asleep!).The inaugural edition of Parisienne...

Twenty Four Boxes

We are the proud owners of 24 (count em) boxes of laminate flooring. Theyre spread out between the dining room and study, "acclimating" to our house. We also brought home three boxes of porcelain...