I'm making steady progress on my basement redo.  I stripped the paint off the old metal outlet covers. I might just leave them in this sort of rustic state. The metal looks masculine and it goes so well with the blue wall color.  I bought an old cedar chest. It's called a Dillingham Bluebird Chest…

When we moved in to our house I remember seeing all the blue trim and talking about how I just don't like blue. And now look at me – I'm painting our whole basement blue! Here's where I left off in my last update – so much sanding! And now I'm deep into the painting…

Now that we've solved the leak and had the asbestos flooring removed I'm deep into the redecorating of our basement. It's all I can think about. Here's where we started: Here are a few of my inspirations. And here's what it looked like after the asbestos removal people were done: It felt pretty bleak –…

Fun fact – I dropped our camera (uhg) and broke the lens way back in June. It was after Brian and I visited a lovely castle and it just jumped out of my hand. When I looked into replacing it I was shocked at how expensive a Nikon lens is. Luckily we had another lens…

I don't know why but Kermit lives in our mudroom and he makes me smile when I come and go.

At our house there is strawberry shortcake.  At our house there are some new shelves in Claire's closet. I'm proud that I finished making these before our stuff arrived. My dad might not be too proud because they are sort of wonky if you look closely. It makes me think how good and valuable it…

I crane my neck when I see a goldfinch fly by my window. I want to see more. I love how they perch on a moving cone flower. And then Lisa Congdon posted this poem by Mary Oliver. Good stuff.   INVITATION Oh do you have timeto lingerfor just a little whileout of your busy…