house and home category
One of the reason I’ve added the house and garden categories to the blog (which is ostensibly and by name a cooking blog!), is to push me to start decorating my house the way I want to live, and stop...
View ArticleCrazy Household project weekend
I hope y’all will bear with me as I get some projects finished, get some images edited, and get my thoughts together. I’m still working on my voice for the blog. I’m excited about posting more but I’m...
View Articlea new sofa!
Originally I’d planned to wait a month to post a review of my new sofa – I wanted to live with it for a bit before I said anything. But honestly I’m too excited about it to wait. Every time I walk into...
View ArticlePainting the fireplace
One of the little projects that I’ve been thinking about for a while and that could be knocked out quickly (relatively speaking) is painting the fireplace. I live in one of those townhomes where the...
View ArticleEmbracing Imperfection
One of the things that has held me back from blogging over the last many months is a little bit of perfectionism paralysis. I’ve been thinking about it a lot as I’ve been blogging more and...
View Articlerefinishing the white dresser – part 1
As I said a while back, I’m trying to get past the block against posting anything that’s not finished, complete, and perfect. With that in mind, here’s my attempt to be less than perfect on the blog....
View ArticlePainting my closet
I have a really blah closet. Really. Blah. I need to take photos of it to share, but trust me, it’s blah. It’s small and kind of an awkward size (67″ square with a door on the far right of one of the...
View ArticleCleaning out the storage closet
I love my townhouse, but I will readily admit that one of the things that it is lacking is storage. I don’t have a garage or a basement; my external storage is limited to a 4′ x 4′ storage closet off...
View ArticleGetting control of my money!
This is going to be a really quick post while I’m waiting for Z to finish up at work so we can head to the airport. (Yay for free wireless in hotels!). Although I follow a lot of PF blogs and spend a...
View ArticleHouse cleaning
I hired someone to clean my house and today they came and spent 6 hours “deep cleaning”. I have more to say about this coming up, but for today I just want to say that .. WOW. My house looks fantastic...
View ArticleRambling Saturday Thoughts
I got up early this morning, fixed a pot of coffee, and sat out on the back patio with the fan blowing and just sort of let my mind go where it wanted to for a while. It’s lovely on the patio in the...
View ArticleIf I Were Limited to Five Items
Recently I’ve been trying to declutter (again) and clean out my kitchen (again) and try to pare down my belongings. I’m doing it little by little and being somewhat meticulous about the process. Then...
View ArticleHelp me fix my garden!
It’s time to make some changes to my tiny front garden area. The heavy rains we’ve had this season succeeded in killing off two of my favorite plants – the big lavender plant that used to be on the...
View ArticleBuilding Bedside Tables
My bedroom is somewhat oddly shaped – it’s long and narrow and because of windows, doors, and niches, only has one wall to really fit a bed on. It’s the short wall on the far right. Even then, with a...
View ArticleJanuary Cure – Getting Started With My Project List
I decided this year that I was going to do Apartment Therapy’s January Cure – at the same time as I did the January Spending Freeze. Yes, I am a glutton for punishment! At first I wasn’t sure I could...
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