Where are the Hymns?
A few months ago, a friend and former choir member at church who follows my blog asked me an interesting question: “Where are the hymns?”
A few months ago, a friend and former choir member at church who follows my blog asked me an interesting question: “Where are the hymns?”
It’s as vivid in my mind as if it were the other day – sitting on a wooden box, 9 months pregnant, handing my husband subway tile after subway tile as we hurried to finish our bathroom renovation before baby came. It’s so hard to believe that it was 3 years ago this week!
Have you ever had a piece of furniture or decor that had special meaning – perhaps a family heirloom or an item given to you by a loved one – but it just didn’t work in your space? That was our coffee table situation.
Only two days until Christmas! I’ve been excited but also a little frazzled this season because I finished gift shopping and wrapping much later than I usually do! I’m not so sure wrapping far in advance would’ve done me much good this year anyway, though – we’ve had to block off the tree with a baby gate because baby girl is determined to pull off every ornament and strand of ribbon that she can. She also likes to tear up paper and eat it, so one can imagine what she would do to wrapped gifts…
A 1980s kitchen complete with indoor/outdoor carpet gets gutted and rebuilt into a modern cottage farmhouse kitchen.
A quirky misfit church pew just needed a little love to shine…
Also known as, “That Time My Husband Tore Out Our Shower Without Asking Me First!” This week marks the 4-year anniversary of my coming home from work and finding that my husband had torn out our master shower without consulting me first! We had been married 2 months, and he now admits it was not…
It’s beginning to look a lot like…Winter! It snowed here a few days ago! Like majorly snowed. It’s not a common occurence to have such a big snow before Thanksgiving around here. Maybe a few flurries, but not the kind where school gets cancelled and the highways are a mess. I do remember it snowing on Thanksgiving when I was really little.
I had been looking for something to break up all the white. I mean, I love the brightness of my white kitchen – it’s what I’ve always wanted – but it just needed some contrast.
A very orange 1980s dining set gets a completely new look.