In my home, I have around 35 pieces of art hanging on the walls right now.  Before you start whispering about the obscene amount of money we must spend on our art collection, you should know that thirty of the …

I did every bit of my Christmas shopping online.  For Chris.  For family.  For Greta.  Our Christmas cards.  All of it.  And I have been done for weeks…until last night.  Chris and I decided on popcorn for our snack and …

 Send a card (we wish we had enough cards to send to each of you!): And do a dance: /div>

So I promised Jules I would write about the Sunday dinner I made this past weekend. I guess it was awesome or something (I say that in a way that’s trying to be humble, while knowing deep inside that it …

Well, that was quick!  My plan was for this project to take three days.  A day for prepping and painting the walls, another day for painting all of the dingy and dirty trim and doors and then a little shopping …

Make it blue!  The little hallway and nook is right off of our “Modern Family Blue” family room wall and with more that half of the can left, it took me about 3 seconds to decide to paint it the …

It’s 11 days before Christmas and it seems every other blog is serving up all of the details on DIYing your own tree skirt, making ornaments, and gift guides galore.  Our simple decorations are up.  Our neighbors have been gifted. …

Back in August, we traded in our art gallery wall for a photo gallery wall.  We have art all over our home and barely any photos, so the idea of filling the entire staircase wall with snapshots of our family …

Even though we have been in a little online mini series for the past few months, we are no movie stars–unless you count Chris’s painfully late (the movie came out it 2008!) and overdone (not by Chris, but by everyone) …

Back in September, we started turning this former tortured teen’s room into a guest room and office.   Last week, we put the finishing touches on it and today–we’re turning it loose to all of you.  Of course, we are …