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We made it.  It’s happening. The kitchen renovation has officially kicked off and we’re starting with sharing our newest appliance (and the last one on our shopping list)–the range hood.  You see, when we did our cosmetic kitchen revamp to tide us over until we could get started on this real one, we painted our […]

A few weeks ago, when we hung a few sets of Ikea curtains in Greta’s room, I knew we’d be revisiting them in an effort to make them more special/quirky/fun.  I casually looked for pom-pom trim (because, really it is the most fun trim there is) to add to the edges for a couple weeks […]

I have this cough that is no joke right now.  It is giving me a serious ab workout and I sound like a barking dog.  It’s nuts.  And my throat is so raw.  But, I kinda think a cough, especially one not accompanied by a runny nose or any other sickly symptoms, is the way […]

After we decided pelmets were for us, or at least Greta’s window, we got right to work and busted it out in forty minutes—and then it took me about an hour to upholster it, and two days to find time when Greta wasn’t occupying her room to hang it and another day for me to […]

Truth be told, there was a time that I really loved the color we chose to paint Greta’s room (which is…er was Behr’s Corn Husk Green).  It felt fresh compared to the dingy walls we started with and since this was the very first room we painted in our very first house, I am not […]

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