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The Den (aka Man Cave)

May 21, 2012 in Making our House a Home

Over the past several weeks, I’ve had a lot of home decorating projects to share as we worked to get our CO home ready to sell before our big move to NE. You have now had a tour of my Living Room, Bonus Room, Kitchen, Main Bathroom, Master Bedroom, Master [...]

T-shirt Quilt

May 18, 2012 in Made by Mom

It was about this time one year ago that I shared photos and a tutorial about the T-shirt Quilt I made for my brother as a High School Graduation Gift. Several years earlier (about 6-7 years ago), I made one for myself. It recently made its appearance on my blog [...]

Our Laundry Nook

May 16, 2012 in Making our House a Home

Our 1970s home does not have a laundry room….just this “nook” in the den.I had been oogling over some other blogger’s laundry room makeovers and decided I might as well make the best of what I’ve got…its’ just a nook, but it could be a cuter nook:)My budget for this [...]

The Nursery: Girlified

May 10, 2012 in Making our House a Home

It feels like forever ago that I told you about my plans for our “Big Bedroom Swap Around.” I have since revealed the new kids’ room and our new master bedroom with its fabulous new walk-in closet. But I have never revealed to you the last bedroom: the one that [...]

Our Bonus Room

April 14, 2012 in Making our House a Home

As I told you last week, our home had an addition put on it several years before we purchased it. It is on the rear of the house, beyond the kitchen. Although we have rearranged a few times, we have always used that space as our living room:I have never [...]

Our “New” Old Office Furniture

April 13, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This is our desk: It is a very nice quality set of furniture that was a part of my husband’s bedroom set as a young boy. I was happy to discover that it “came with” my husband when I married him…because we have gotten a lot of use out of [...]

How to Hang a Photo Wall

April 6, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured: Yesterday, I showed you my “new” living room, which is very much like my “old” living room. But in a new spot. It was the third time we have hung our Thailand photo wall in the same exact arrangement. First in our apartment: …then in [...]

Pottery Barn Knock-Off: King-Size Stratton Bed

February 22, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured! When I first posted our plans and inspiration for our Master Bedroom renovation, I showed you this bed, The Pottery Barn Stratton Bed, and shared that we intended to make our own. Usually, it is pictured with an uholstered headboard like this one (we decided [...]

Walk-in Closet

February 16, 2012 in Making our House a Home

It was one year ago yesterday that I posted this post about our basement bedroom: what it looked like when we moved in, the way we had been using it up until then, and the things about it that just weren’t working for us anymore. A few weeks later, I [...]

My Jewelry Board: Before and After

January 18, 2012 in Making our House a Home

This post has been featured! I have been using this bulletin board and random assortment of push pins for my necklaces for years now…but I decided it could use a bit of a makeover.So I stripped her down and took her outside.I primed and painted both the frame and the [...]