I hope you're as excited to see our kitchen remodel step by step, as I am to show you. It was a long hard undertaking but very worth it. Let the fun Begin!! The doors came off the cabinets. The cabinets came down. (Wait till you see what we did with some of the old cabinets) We needed to remove the plaster from a ... read more
God’s gift of the Stove
It wouldn't be right to not tell this story about God's gift of the stove. Especially while we're on the kitchen remodel here. You know me and my curb shopping. My mother-in-law had been staying with us for awhile and was going home that day. She just happens to live in the best curb shopping town ever, and it was clean ... read more
Kitchen Remodel-1st time around
When some people say kitchen remodel, they mean they called in their contractor and a designer etc. and had it remodeled. We on the other hand, say kitchen remodel, and do all the work ourselves. So doing it that way takes a whole lot more time. Being a story teller of sorts I always think I need to start at the ... read more
A Dining Room on a Budget you can be Proud of
Are you looking for a dining room on a budget you can be proud of? Good, because I think I have one for you. Ok, first of all I have to show you the way back, "before" pictures. Then a few years later we painted over the heavy wallpaper that had been painted before, knowing someday we would remove it completely. I ... read more
A secret of turning what you have into what you need.
Turning what you have into what you need, is a little secret that will save you money. This will take you back a few years, do you recognize what this is or was originally? Well your right if you guessed an old dresser/vanity that came with many waterbed sets. LOL!!! I told you it was back there aways. This particular ... read more
How to make your dining table larger
If I could tell you how to make your dining table larger would you be interested? Good, I thought you might, since I was so excited when it worked for us. What if I told you it doesn't have to be permanent unless you want it to be. We needed a larger dining table for our family Thanksgiving, so this was our solution. Our ... read more
Have you ever really wanted a change?
Have you ever really wanted a change, but it just wasn't in the budget? Certainly that was the case with this project in the next room, we called the piano room. I had hung this wallpaper several years back and loved it, however now my colors were changing. Wow, do you ever look at old pictures and wonder what was I ... read more
Changing one little word, Such as “have to”, to “get to”.
Changing one little word, one little thought, one little action, etc., can sometimes make the world of difference. This came to me the other day. What if we changed one little word from have to get? "I have to get up and go fix breakfast for my family." What if we made it "I get to get up and go fix breakfast for my family. ... read more
