Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?

Several weeks ago Leandra and I powerwashed the deck in preparation for resealing it before winter set in. It has been raining every couple of days ever since! Here's the deck following our cleaning...

First, the fun stuff! Here is the color palette for the master bathroom... The paint color is "silver peony," (the top one) the towels are "lavender," and the new flooring will be a nice blend...

Eric still doesn't like the color, but he doesn't do laundry, so I think he'll live. See what the laundry room looked like before we started. Putting up the cabinet above the wine fridge proved to...

We've spent the last few days making our laundry room more attractive. Witness the before photo: The previous owners had painted one wall yellow (to their credit, it actually does match the adjacent...

On Wednesday I finished painting the corners and edging in the spare bedroom and last night the first coat of paint went on. It looked a tad streaky which is no doubt a direct result of my tendancy...

Let's just say that we do not share the taste of the people we bought our house from. From the striped wallpaper in every bathroom to quilted valances, we've been slowly removing all trace of the...

I am now off to pick Eric up at the airport!

Even though I am happily distracted by an intense hockey game, I managed to complete all the spackling, priming, and edging in our bedroom.

By this time it's pretty well known that whenever Eric heads out of town without me, I get bored and work on home improvement projects. It's been a while since he's left me alone (good!) but that...