We have a new addition to The Cottage grounds! Back up to a Friday evening in early February. Mr. D and I are wandering through the 2013 Builders Home Show stopping at all the booths with kitchen cabinets, countertops, flooring & sinks scoping out potential kitchen products. We hit up the “Once Upon A Playhouse” … Read More
Snow Blooms
Best thing to come out of last Friday’s Snow dump… Little tufts of snow on the tips of our Red Twig Dogwood.
A weekend’s worth of celebrating
Another year around the sun complete, and another year begun. Celebrating began on Thursday morning. Kicking off the day with fresh-out-of-the-oven-homemade muffins made by a co-worker to enjoy during our weekly staff meeting at work, made the day just that much sweeter. Friday morning (the actual day) I woke to 6.5 inches of snow and was … Read More
Slowly moving forward
Mr. D and I are no strangers or newbies to home remodel/renovations. We have given more than a few rooms new looks in 30+ years of marriage including a two-story addition on our first home that had a family room, two bathrooms and a master bedroom. However, in all those makeovers, we’ve never done a … Read More
Meanwhile back at TheCottage…
The day after we returned home from Cincy, Mr. D and I have been doin’ work at TheCottage. While we were gone the awful popcorn ceiling was removed and a new knockdown ceiling put it its place. Such an improvement! We opted to save some change and paint the new ceiling ourselves. It seemed like … Read More
Wrap Up
Thought I’d give y’all a peek into some of the spaces in the house we didn’t paint. The upstairs apartment (2nd floor) is where the kitchen, living room/alcove, dining room, full bathroom, and master bedroom are. At the opposite end of the hall from the kitchen is a door to a back stairway. One stairwell … Read More
Work Week
Day 6: Thursday Hang in there friends, we are almost done with this home tour! Here’s the living room… Alcove before Alcove after living room before living room after view from dining room corner (near kitchen) before & after Walls: Sherwin Williams Alpaca Curtains: HomeGoods Plant/Planter: IKEA Lamp: HomeGoods Tim made the black cabinet in … Read More
Work Week
Day 5 we put a second coat on the dining room walls and painted the living room. Dining room before moving in… Dining room when we arrived… Taping. I don’t tape. However, taping is very necessary when painting stripes/lines. The dining room gets a nice wide navy blue stripe at chair rail height. Mr. D … Read More
Work Week – day 4
Tuesday morning I put a pot of homemade soup in the slow cooker, had a cup of coffee, and a leftover bagel and we got busy. Again. Mr. D worked on hooking up 2 washing machines and one dryer. Yes, two washers. There is a set for each apartment. While Mr. D worked diligently in … Read More
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