{design & decor} kitchen window valances

November 17, 2010

With the butcher block slab poly-ed, the roller blinds hung, and the walls, ceiling, and trim finally all painted, the kitchen and dining nook are feeling just about finished!  It is such a relief!  [I really need to do a good kitchen tour for you, stay tuned...!] I had originally wanted to do bamboo blinds [...]

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{the renovation} exterior paint: finished!

November 3, 2010

Another blog silence – sorry!  Since my last post, I took a few calligraphy classes (definitely not a pro yet), cleaned and organized the house a bit (still a disaster), oversaw carpet installation in the second bedroom (nothing fancy, but no more sub-flooring!), and took an RV with friends to the infield of Talladega (so [...]

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{the renovation} butcher block counter

October 22, 2010

Wow, have I been MIA or what?!  With my day job, giving our new puppy Stella a lot of attention, a painter here working on the exterior and interior, a trip to NYC to see my sister open her first show on Broadway (!!! – go see Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, it’s awesome! – she’s [...]

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{design & decor} the shame of a sheet-covered window!

October 7, 2010

So….hello!  I’m still here!  This poor little blog has been pushed to the bottom of my to-do/priority list, so I’m sorry I am so behind on updates! Husband and I threw in the towel and hired a painter to finish the exterior and interior of the house…  In typical project manager fashion (both of our [...]

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{out & about} windsor ruins in port gibson, ms

September 21, 2010

Howdy!  Long time no post!  I’m back after a busy week in DC for work, and finally back to house projects.  But before I get to that, I wanted to share a little detour trip Husband and I took on the way back home after the LSU/M’ssippi State game: a stop at Windsor Ruins in [...]

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{random musings} iPod Touch raffle for my friends’ adoption!

September 10, 2010

Okay so this is a bit of a break from the usual renovation/design blogging, but so worth it, in my opinion.  Our good friends Evan and Stacey are in the process of adopting a little boy – Ezekiel – from Ethiopia! Here they are after getting their dossier (packet of adoption paperwork) certified and ready [...]

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{the renovation} exterior progress!

September 9, 2010

Thank you all SO much for all your amazing suggestions for our dining nook wall.  I have a lot of ideas floating around my head and hope to act on one of them soon!  You guys rock! Why my blog silence the last week and change?  Hmmmm, let’s see… …I turned the big 3-0 (ackkkkk)… [...]

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{design & decor} artwork for the dining nook wall…

August 26, 2010

The “dining nook” wall in the kitchen/dining room is HUGE: a 12′x12′ swath of blank wall.  And I’m really not sure what to do with it (on the cheap). {Like how I x-ed out the junk on the table and counters?!  Ha!  Obviously we still need paint on the walls and trim, but we’re getting [...]

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{design & decor} stool boom!

August 25, 2010

Five million points to anyone who knows the movie reference this post’s title is making! One of my all-time favorite movies…yes, you may judge my odd sense of humor. Sorry {again!!!} for being so silent over here.  Things are still pretty unfinished/disastrous in our house and I don’t feel like I can post any pictures!  [...]

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{the renovation} microwave!

August 16, 2010

I was sooooo excited when our microwave (finally) arrived about a week and a half ago.  It was the last appliance we were waiting on and the most important given that cooking wasn’t high on my list at the time with all the chaos in the house.  With fingers crossed, I unboxed the shiny little [...]

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