On Sunday we celebrated Independence Day early by heading down to my aunt and uncle’s house. My cousin’s family was visiting from St Louis, so we were happy to see them in town for a surprise visit. All of his old buddies came over to visit him so we had a house full of little kids. Five little boys and…
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Using Sketchup for room layouts and remodels
Filed Under: Basement Remodel, DIY Projects, Home and Garden Stuff, Interior Design 6 Comments
Have you heard of Google Sketchup? It is a FREE download from Google that allows you to draw floor plans and room perspectives to scale in 3D. It’s not just used for interiors, of course– you can do anything with it– but I choose to draw houses since that’s my thing. My best friend Martha introduced me to it a…
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The Obligatory House Tour
Filed Under: Home and Garden Stuff, Home Tours 41 Comments
In my opinion every home blogger needs to give the tour of their house. Kind of an “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours” thing. So here you go! All of the individual posts about our house assembled into one spot so that you can take the grand tour. We bought our home in 2010 and have been…
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Get back to your roots!
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Not sure if you noticed in my latest kitchen post but I have this beautiful burled wood basket on my countertop that is carved out of a solid piece of wood. I’ve been using this basket as a place to keep my bread for years. I bought mine at Homegoods for around $40, but today they are being sold at…
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To paint or not to paint. That is the kitchen question.
Filed Under: Home and Garden Stuff, My House Tours 16 Comments
The kitchen in the new house is so similar to the kitchen in our old house. It has the exact same creamy glazed cabinet and brownish/green granite countertops. It’s unbelievable to me how many similarities this house has to our old house. I loved our other house, but I REALLY love this new house. I wonder when I will stop…
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