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Pondering Paint Colors

    We haven’t finished our kitchen project yet, but I’m already moving on to the next thing.  Husband needs to finish building the kitchen cabinets before we can do anything else there, and since November it’s been far too cold to work in the garage .  Once the weather warms up a bit, he’ll be able to start building again.  Well,… Read More »Pondering Paint Colors

    Slow Preparations

      Instead of our more typical rush to get all the Christmas decor up at once, we’ve been ushering it in slowly over the last few weeks, adding little touches here and there as we find the time and space.  I’ve been working on a few hand made gifts and spent some time shopping locally for special treasures.  We’ve even done… Read More »Slow Preparations

      Finishing touches

        We built our new mud room/laundry room a year ago.  We hadn’t planned on waiting a year to paint, but once construction was done winter set in and the space was used to hold all the winter gear that is required for a family living in Maine.  While summer is traditionally a season for getting outside and enjoying the time… Read More »Finishing touches

        What do May Showers Bring

          Growing up,  I remember being told that April showers bring May flowers (what do Mayflowers bring? Pilgrims!).  But that was in a state a bit south of where we live these days.  And the April showers are more like April snows. The showers come in May (though some of the flowers do too. ) This week has been mostly rainy,… Read More »What do May Showers Bring

          New to Me Baking Counter

            Upon finishing the wall, floor and trim painting of  Maddie’s room I still had a lot of afternoon left. With the paint in one hand and a still loaded paintbrush in the other, I walked by the buffet that I had recently moved from our garage into the kitchen. And I heard a whisper, “Psssst!  Psssst! Over here.” It called to me. Beckoned… Read More »New to Me Baking Counter

            Maddie’s Room Remake

              Under the chapter of “How we Shuffle Five Children into Two and a Half Bedrooms”, we updated Maddie’s room. I had hoped to get to it before Christmas, but busy happened and I just never found the time.  So it was one of the top projects for us to tackle in 2016. We loved the color that was on the… Read More »Maddie’s Room Remake

              Happy Living Room Curtains

                The living room of the cottage has had the windows dressed for some time with panels of discarded old lace, which have been quite lovely and allow the sunlight to dapple through the panels and create the prettiest patterns on floor and rug. But with the decorating of the cottage for the upcoming celebration of the Birth of the Great… Read More »Happy Living Room Curtains

                Cleaning out the Candle Drawer

                  Maddie decided she wanted a dresser in her room but she didn’t want another piece of furniture in her room, preferring an open look.  So we decided to move one into her closet. It needed to be narrow to fit in her closet space, and I had one in the basement that was just the right size that I had… Read More »Cleaning out the Candle Drawer

                  Color in the Kitchen

                    My computer completely failed a couple of weeks ago, but the shop repaired it for me completely without charge.  Sadly, during the repair, they deleted everything. So I’m working through the slow and painful process of restoring all my information (painful because I didn’t have it all backed up in one place, slow because much of it is stored online… Read More »Color in the Kitchen