I love the look of floor-length drapes – guess it’s my English ancestry or something. đ They can be pricey, especially the lined ones, but I have had great success finding new or gently used ones on Ebay. The set I recently bought for the living room were lined, made in the USA and had… Continue Reading
We have wanted to paint more of the walls around here, but put it off due to indecisiveness about the color and because it’s not an easy job! But with the living room carpet about to be replaced with laminate, it seemed like the perfect opportunity. I didn’t even need to put down drop cloths!… Continue Reading
Towel hanging space in the kids’ bathroom has been limited to a single rack over the toilet, which of course was not enough. I tried some adhesive hooks on the wall, but they didn’t stick. I also considered putting a couple on the back of the door, but never got to it (and it wouldn’t have been… Continue Reading
A post about a map might be a bit silly, but it’s my favorite thing about this room, and it took quite a bit of work to put up! It is a huge (over 9′ long) National Geographic map which I found on Zulily probably a couple of years ago now. However, hubby and I could not make up our minds on how and where… Continue Reading
My dad made this sturdy storage bench for us. I think my parents brought it when they came to visit just after Mr. D was born. It has stored toys, soccer balls and various other things, but hasn’t really been utilized well – unless you count little boys using it as a place to drive… Continue Reading
Two more corners of the new homeschool room to share today… We found this hutch on Craigslist years ago, and it has served us well. I tried to reorganize the shelves to have more of a math/science/nature study focus, with some Lego and Perplexus balls thrown in for fun. đ The second shelf from the… Continue Reading
It seems that of the three areas we are focusing most of our energies on during these renovations, the homeschool room might be the first to be finished – or at least finished enough to blog about. đ I didn’t think we had the space for a dedicated homeschool, but when we started rethinking the… Continue Reading
It’s been a busy month or two around here with lots of home-improvement projects going on, and some still waiting to be started! During October, I will be sharing many of those projects here. I’ve found Pinterest to be a great source of inspiration for me, and I will link to some of the posts and products… Continue Reading
A few years ago when we had a wall put up to make the upstairs loft area into a bedroom, we were left with a fairly wide hallway which I thought would be a great place for some shelves.  For a while we had the changing table there, as well as a shelf we found at… Continue Reading
It feels like things are on hold here. The store messed up our order and didn’t deliver the moulding pieces along with the laminate, so we have to wait some more. We are supposed to start school next week, and I was really hoping the floor would be done and I could have things generally… Continue Reading