Real Home, Real Family, Real Life
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WARNING: No pretty pictures in this post. We’ve been working on our basement for over a year now and I want to scream from the roof…WE HAVE WALLS!!! Real walls! With plaster! When we took on this project, we knew that most of it would be hard-core DIY. And up to the plastering of the [...]
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Sometimes my spirit gets all squirrelly and restless within me. You too? Here are some things that settled my spirit this week. The secret of effective time management @ A Holy Experience Enjoy things as they are @ Remodeling This Life For when you feel like quitting @ Chatting at the Sky Grace Notes: It [...]
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This post would have been much more timely in January when every store had shelves full of calendars at 75% off. But being timely is not one of my strong suits (suites?). So tuck this away for next year. OR, if you’re up for a hunt, you can still find a killer bargain on a [...]
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Idea #2 for filling up those empty frames is to display some of your kiddo’s artwork. I haven’t done it before, but I think it’s a brilliant idea. You can coordinate the colors…or not. Crayons, markers and paint all play so nicely together. And you can change the artwork out as new masterpieces come along. [...]
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I was so tickled to find out that I’m not the only one with empty frames on my walls. I want the artwork in my house to be beautiful and meaningful…not just art for art’s sake. But I’m not a collector and I don’t have unlimited funds to fill my empty frames. And artwork is [...]
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If you have ever tried to hang a group of frames so that they’re all level and straight, you know what a challenge it can be. Even if you’re using a group of identical frames, there’s a good chance that the hardware on the back of each frame is positioned slightly differently on each frame. [...]
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I am full of randomness and such today. I have major laundry room envy thanks to The Exchange. Lisa Leonard’s Large Initials Necklace + Earrings. Love. Who can resist a good DIY deer head? Not me! Thanks Hope Studios! My new favorite band. Warning: Belly dancers, sword swallowers and funky chickens. I never knew that [...]
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I have three empty frames hanging on my family room wall. They’ve been there for a couple of weeks. I don’t apologize for them, but I do usually explain. I used to have a big blank board and batten wall. One of my 2011 house goals was to put some artwork on that wall. But [...]
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via The Art of Doing Stuff If you were lucky enough to receive a bouquet of roses (or other flowers) yesterday, then maybe you’re wondering what to do with them. I’ve always been kind of puzzled about how to arrange those cellophane wrapped bouquets. Karen from The Art of Doing Stuff showed me exactly what [...]
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This is the hardware that, until yesterday, was on all of our bedroom furniture. I am well aware that they are solid brass Chippendale pulls. Call them what you want. They look like the Bat Signal to me. We were incredibly lucky to receive a beautiful bedroom suite when we first married. It came from [...]
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This version of You Raise Me Up by Selah is probably my favorite version ever. If you’re seeing this in a reader, there’s a video worth clicking over to see.
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What Your Husband REALLY Wants for Valentine’s Day at 4Tunate really tweaked my heart. Trust me when I tell you that your man will be full of love and romance if you make him these easy chocolate souffles from Cooking Light. I used to make them all the time and I recently re-discovered the recipe. [...]
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Alternate Title: Sometimes You Just Have to Try It A few weeks ago, I asked you if I should paint it or leave it alone. The majority of you said to paint it…for all sorts of reasons. And that was the direction I was leaning anyway. Not a shock, right? So I did. And I’m [...]
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The Simple Winter Mantle I’ve caught a bug. A simplifying bug. After Christmas, I put away all of my fancy decorations and started pulling out my regular stuff. I put out my lanterns and urns and pictures and junk. And I hated it. ALL of it! Not in an “I want to go buy all [...]
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Perhaps you’ve heard, but there’s a big football game this weekend! We’re having a Super Bowl party and I thought I would share some of the things that are on our menu. Football food isn’t low-calorie or healthy, so if you can’t handle it, look away now. Chicken, hot sauce, cheese and chips! If you [...]
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No time to blog today, my friends. I’m super busy with a whole lot of waiting. Waiting and praying. Waiting for the appliance repair-man to get here sometime between the hours of 9am and 5pm next Tuesday. Praying that my entire freezer doesn’t defrost in the meantime. On a related topic, does anyone have a [...]
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Hey ladies! It’s that time of year again. It’s sneaks up on us every February. The stores are full of stuff to remind us that it’s time to show your fella just how much you love him. Yep. Super Bowl Sunday. Just kidding. Sorta. Super Bowl Sunday IS coming and if you lived in Pittsburgh, [...]
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