Posted in Design, House & Home, Photography on May 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m taken with the fabric designs of Anna Maria Horner, whose work I just discovered in my latest issue of Home Companion. I couldn’t believe this young looking woman was the mother of five children! From her picture I thought she was a recent college grad! I loved the “happy home” slide show of her [...]
Posted in House & Home on February 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Tuesday night we had an ice storm. I woke around 1:00 a.m. to crashing sounds. It sounded the way snow sounds when it crashes off the roof. But we had no snow. I looked out the window into the night and saw a large pine tree branch on the ground. I went back to bed [...]
Posted in House & Home on February 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I was inspired by Beth to rearrange my living room. I’d been wanting to for a while, but hadn’t had any good ideas. However, one day last week as I stood there brainstorming, I got a bright idea. I went crazy and moved everything around except for the T.V. I love the new set up. [...]
Posted in House & Home, Photography on December 17, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Welcome to the Christmas Tour of Homes, 2007!
Come into to our home!
I love to decorate naturally. I took the cuttings from our Christmas tree to make the swag for the door and to embellish the bench with some greenery.
This cute little wooden tree was given to me by Debbie, in my small group at church [...]
Posted in House & Home on December 6, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Our project over the weekend was to finish the dining room. Here’s what it looked like when we first moved in:
The stove was just sitting there at the time, so we could get it out of the kitchen.
Josh had already put up the trim, chair rail, crown molding, and light fixture (thanks Libby!) a few [...]
Posted in House & Home, Photography on November 30, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Last October and November the house looked something like this. I remember wishing I could put pumpkins on my porch or hang a Christmas wreath. But I kept reminding myself that next year I’d be able to do that, and all the mess would be worth it.
Well, next year is here.
What a difference a year [...]
Posted in Babyhood, Design, House & Home, Miscellaneous on November 5, 2007 | 6 Comments »
After yo-yo weather that swung from warm humidity to cold temperatures in October, it seems like the cold weather is here to stay. Glad I switched out all the summer and winter clothes last weekend!
Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner! I can’t believe it. I’ve got my master shopping/Christmas list ready and aim [...]
Posted in House & Home on September 20, 2007 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been busy decorating and making changes for the coming fall season. Pulling out the winter throws, pillows, and candles. Lacking time and money these days, I came up with an easy centerpiece I did for our kitchen table. I’m not fond of fake flora or knick kacks in general, but I love bringing nature [...]
Posted in House & Home on July 27, 2007 | 15 Comments »
Here’s the long awaited pictures of some of the work we’ve been doing the past year.
We’ll start with the front porch. Here’s the front porch “before,” minus four bushes.
Here’s the porch “after.” The slate slabs were taken from some woods at my mom’s house. I plan on planting some crawling thyme between the slabs [...]
Posted in House & Home on April 1, 2007 | 10 Comments »
We’ve been so blessed with our kitchen renovation/addition project. We passed all four of our inspections last week. After a problem with a window coming in at the wrong size not once–but TWICE–it finally arrived the correct size and is installed without putting us behind schedule. We’re on track, thanks to Josh’s careful planning (and [...]
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