Category Archives: The Fixer Upper

Thank God For the Sunshine

I’ve got to admit…the weather here on the plains has been mighty peculiar.  Palm Sunday is normally spent in winter parkas and snow boots. That’s just the way it is here. But instead of the winer parkas….we were in t-shirts. And we got the entirety of my house and both out buildings completely painted. (OK,...

Refinishing

I have a thing about giving worn out things a new home. I can’t help it. They look all sad and worn out and all I see when I look at them is how pretty they could be if I just worked on it a little. This was one of those things. I used the...

The Bed in a Box

 I haven’t spent a lot of time talking about the progress of the new/ old house at all this year. Fact is we’ve been literally just watching grass grow. That’s about it. But this week, I decided I needed to do something with the front porch. I’m always painting something here and there and changing...

Awesome

He’s been itching to “create” something. So I pulled out a canvas and gave him all neutrals to paint with. I like the white. Can’t help it. It’s a thing. And then we had to figure out what to put on it. What word do we like best. Of course, dinosaur came to mind. And...

This Kitchen of Mine

This kitchen of mine. I haven’t been able to seem to get it the way I want it. I spend a good share of time in there and I want it to be a place where I want to be. Last summer I decided it needed color, so I painted it orange-ish. Burnt orange.  I...