I used to think that my husband and I were pretty adventurous when it came to DIY house projects. After all, we've always lived in old homes and each one included the phrase "needs a little TLC" in the listings. Need I say more? But the longer I'm a home owner, the older I get, and the less energy I have, I'm convinced there are some jobs that should be left up to the professionals. While I … [Read more...]
Weekly Focus Room: Living Room
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced a concept called my weekly focus room. {Click HERE, HERE, and HERE to see the rooms I've tackled so far and why I came up with the idea of weekly focus rooms in the first place.} I've been stuck on this room for a lot longer than a week and I really wish I had more to report. Even though I didn't get as much accomplished as I … [Read more...]
HELP WANTED: TV armoire dilemma
Happy Monday! Summer is winding down and I was just telling Kev that there are a couple of things I'd still like to do before we settle back into a more structured routine. Whether we do those specific things or not, I'm hoping we can really cherish these last few days of summer before Kev goes back to school. Theoretically, I'd be posting about this last weekly focus room, but I have … [Read more...]
Weekly Focus Room: First Floor Bathroom
A couple of weeks ago, I introduced a concept called my weekly focus room. {Click HERE and HERE to see the rooms I've tackled so far and why I came up with the idea.} This week's room didn't get as much attention as I would have liked, but I was able to get some extended time in there later in the weekend. I had things going on almost every morning this past week, so extra time was … [Read more...]
Weekly Focus Room: Master Bedroom
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend! Ours was filled to the brim, but it was a lot of fun. It just left me pretty worn out by the end of it, hence why I'm later getting this post up than I had hoped. :-) I don't know if I've ever shared this on the blog, but I am a bit of a perfectionist. If you were to walk in my house right now, you'd probably never know it … [Read more...]