Over the weekend, after we plotted how to tackle our crumbling front porch, my dad agreed to remove our old wire fence at the back of our lot. In November, our back neighbors ripped out some dead trees/bushes and replaced them with this ugly yellowish screening fence. Obviously, the wire fence was kind of useless […]
Archives for March 2011
Tackling my backyard, mentally
Last fall, I was pretty clueless about what I should do with our backyard. We’ve slowly been clearing out years of neglect and I think we’re finally ready to start building things back up again. I still am a little unsure of the details, but I’ve become more comfortable with the thought of tackling such […]
Photo A Day: March 12 – 18
I am taking at least one photo every day for the entire year of 2011, and I will be sharing them here a week’s worth at a time.……………………………………………………………………….. March 12 – 18, 2011 Please vote for your favorite at the bottom of the post. The poll will be open until March 28. (And if you […]
Decorating 2.0: Our family room
Every few weeks or so, I’ll be sharing a room of my house along with my plans for sprucing it up a bit. The execution will be ongoing beyond a few weeks, I’m sure; decorating seems to have no end point. Next up: our family room. I’ve been working on our living room for the […]
Trash to treasure: Monogram wall art
I’m in love with monograms. It’s true. It might be my secret, subconcious mission to incorporate one into every room on our house. I’m well on my way to acheiving that goal and here’s one more. Remember this cutie? My 70-cent little kid side table (in pieces) from the clearance racks at T.J. Maxx? I wasn’t […]