I'm not going gray; that's just paint in my hair.
My goal, someday, is to have casing around ALL of the windows in the house. I'm starting with the lower floor. And more specifically, in terms of this blog, I'm starting with the dining room. Mostly because the camera was closest to the dining room. That's how this blog works: on … [Read more...]
(If you haven't figured it out by now, most of my post titles come from song lyrics; today's is courtesy of one of my favorite rainy day songs).Well, the weekend didn't turn out quite like I'd planned. It was mostly because of the rain (pouring all. weekend. long. with big, fat, chilly … [Read more...]
Skim coating is always slow going. But I've managed to finish off one bucket of slop (the bucket I was using for the bathroomskim coat job) and moved on to a new one.Ah, nothing like a fresh bucket of joint compound, eh?Sorry for the grainy night photos. Most of the work I've been doing … [Read more...]
There is a wall that lies between the dining room and kitchen. And I wanna whack it with a hammer.While the kitchen is already on the large size for this house (the extra space near the sliding glass door makes it feel roomy), the wall that separates the two rooms feels dated to me. Homes … [Read more...]
For many DIY projects, half of the battle is the planning. Take my dining room, for example. This will be the first time I've ever attempted picture molding.I'm good at math, so I'm fairly confident I'll be able to figure this out. I'm actually kind of looking forward to the challenge (I'm … [Read more...]
My little staycation has resulted (so far) in the following:more clean laundryopen space in my hall linen closeta cushy, reorganized master bed (thanks to a new mattress pad and rolling out the new duvet cover and pillows)a nearly finished workbench (more on that later)and finally, thick, stubborn … [Read more...]
I have almost everything I want to use in the dining room purchased already. Curtains, rugs, chairs, my table... I just have to put it together. In the end, the plan is to make it look a little something like this:Curtains from West Elm. Chairs and rug from Ikea. Floor is the same throughout … [Read more...]
 Hey there - I'm Sarah.Can't cook. Don't have time to clean. Full time day jobber, weekend grad student, and power tool collector. I have a knack for getting paint all over ME instead of all over the wall. But I'm determined (hissy fits and all) to turn a 1980s eyesore into a young, modern home. Join me for all of the fun and frustration... and bring your paint brush! More>>> |
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