Yesterday we took a trip back in time and saw the BOYS room and how it has transformed over the years…from the bedroom of a couple of little boys to the Bedroom of two teens… ……..a couple of Fridays ago we had a snow day…and it was just that PUSH I needed to attack the… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – THE BOYS ROOM
BOYS Those of you with sons and brothers…even husbands and boyfriends… know…boys are pretty easy to please…DECOR wise. Give them a good comforter, some stuff to throw around or at each other…things to roll and build…. …some sports or superhero posters and they are all set. Last week, I FINALLY got around to giving the boys room a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – THE BOYS ROOM
THE 2015 SOUTHERN LIVING IDEA HOUSE, DECORATED BY BUNNY WILLIAM’S, “Your home should be the most comfortable place you can imagine,” says Bunny Williams. And beautiful, of course. THE 2015 Idea House WAS designed by Rosney Co. Architects of Charlottesville and set in the nine-year-old, 2,300-acre conservation community of Bundoran Farm and closed it’s doors this… Read More 2015 SOUTHERN LIVING IDEA HOUSE – KIDS ROOMS
TATE is away for much of the summer, working in Boston. Like a sneak peek into the future..the house is oddly quiet…lots less humming and outbursts of song…less laundry especially towels…but his little brother and roommate – Cooper, is not entirely unhappy having A BEDROOM to himself for the FIRST TIME in his life! Cooper… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – THE BOY ROOM GOES GRAY
Almost 14 years ago, on September 11, 2000 we added the third baby, Cooper, to our family… We also bumped up to a KING sized bed. It really was not a decision as much as survival tactic. Sleep was something I would have paid good money for in those days of diapers and co-parenting…and a… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – NEW QUEEN SIZE BED
LIKE MANY OF YOU, I am in the MIDDLE of about 12 things…juggling and multi-tasking and hoping to FINISH just ONE project before Summer ends…am I right??? HERE is the status of the various MAKEOVERS going on around My Old Country House… 1. RE-Painting the pink Living room – same color, but 6 years down… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – ON THE HORIZON
AS YOUR KIDS GROW AND CHANGE SO DOES YOUR HOME…NOTHING IS ENGRAVED IN STONE…OR PAINT…furniture and colors are outgrown and worn through… Spaces evolve over time..It is a time to embrace the inevitable and an opportunity to try new things…new colors…new furniture arrangements. And so, par for the course, during the nearly 10 years we… Read More GROWING UP WITH THE BOYS ROOM
I love the start of a new year. All the possibilities seem endless. And I usually tackle most of my HOME projects in January and February when things are a shade less hectic . Last year I tackled LARGE projects..the bathrooms and the kitchen. This year I will be doing a series of random unrelated… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVERS – ON THE HORIZON
FIRST OF ALL! Happy Birthday to MY Sister-in-Law and my Niece (her firstborn daughter). May all your Birthday Dreams come TRUE!!!XOXOXO SECOND OF ALL COMING BACK from vacation is rough. Tell YOU something YOU don’t know! Right? It is just tough…real life..ugh…. forgive me if it takes me a few days to shake the sand… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – HOME AGAIN HOME AGAIN
We have been traveling and hosting for the past few weeks and very little bed-making much less making-over has been taking place. ********************************************************************************** BUT I HAVE HAD some internet tIme to see what YOUR MAKEOVERS and I am constantly impressed and inspired and yes, sometimes …..intrigued. Here are some favorites… click on the photos to be… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN UP TO!
