Hanging on...

We finally decided to hang a few things.

And we are starting to collect things that we will eventually hang somewhere.

We've only been here a year and still have bare walls.  No biggy!  

Dinner time!

We got this amazing table for a heck of a bargain... free!  Thanks to Wyman & Harriet Williams.  We finally got it put together.  The chairs are from another set I had in storage.  I'm planning on painting them soon.  But here we are for now.

Update:  I got around to refinishing this jewel in November of 2014.  I LOVE the way it turned out.  Be sure to check it out (Trial and Error Kitchen Table). 

The West Porch

There is a small porch on the west side of the house, just off if the den/dining room that attaches to the back garage door.  I hadn't given that area much attention.  Now, everyone knows how much I love old metal lawn chairs, so when mom and I found a white one last Friday at an estate sale, I couldn't pass it up.  I don't buy many white or light colored accessories for the outside because of the light colored brick on the house.  To make this chair pop I needed something different to surround it...

The west porch.

I had used the porch as a place to paint various items..

The end result..

The chair that started it all..

A before and after.  It was scary going red, but I think I like it!

Mailbox Decon/recon-struction

We decided it was a great day to take down the mailbox. The bricks up top were falling off and it wasn't the same as the house.

Land of Dolls

I walked upstairs at lunch today and found this in the guest bed. Thought it was too cute not to share... She makes me laugh!

Den update

I really need to start decorating the walls.

Panoramic of the den... after we rearranged the furniture.

Holly's Bathroom

I just realized I haven't ever put anything up showing the upstairs bathroom.  Other than a paint job and cabinet updates, I haven't changed much.

It started out with white walls.

I changed them to a medium gray, then painted the vanity just to give it a fresh look and changed the pulls on the vanity doors from brass to glass.  Since this will be Holly's restroom I was going for girly.

I should have bought stock in Target or the Circo Love & Nature theme at least. 

Office Space

One of the last room we hadn't touched was the office area.  It had become a storage room of sorts.  The hardwoods in this room were in especially bad shape, but I didn't want to cover up all of them throughout the entire house.  So I just let them be for several months.

Finally, we decided to clean it out and put it to use. We cleaned it out, leaving a very dark gloomy room.  The floors in this room were probably the worst in the house.

Cleaned and sanded... Still looking very bad

Dark and gloomy

I love the large window!

I wanted something that would brighten this room, make it unique.  I started searching painted hard wood and I found several that I liked.  It was difficult to actually pour the paint on the floor, cause there was no turning back.

Before and after

I will start on painting the walls tonight.  I can't wait to see how it brightens everything up!!

The backyard in March..

What better to do on a beautiful March afternoon than work in the backyard?!

First, with a little help from the massive tiller that dad loaned, we were able to till up a spot for the first garden.  It's a beginner, we didn't want to be over achievers.

Can't wait to start planting some spinach!!

The next project was built completely out of landscaping bricks we removed from the front yard when we pulled out the bushes.  A fire pit!  Free projects are the best!!

Don't worry, I did help some.  I supervised.. and gathered sticks!  Now, if we can just keep Duke from removing all of them and placing them back in the yard where he originally had them! 

The finished project.  I think it will be lovely with a fire.

Now it was time for a little decoration.  We still haven't hung anything on the inside walls, but that doesn't mean we can't hang stuff outside first.

From start to finish...

Updates...

For those of you that read my posts on occasion, I haven't figured out how to display the posts as "most recent edits" yet.  They seem to be in order of original posting.  I do update them when I change or add things to the rooms.

I have recently added an update "Kitchen .. Redo!" and "Tearing apart the lovely living room," nothing major, but a few updates.

I love posting to this blog.  It's fun to go back and see the progress we've made in such a short time.  We still have quite a bit of work left, but it's coming along.

I have come to believe that working on a project like this is good for the soul.