Artist lesli devito has reluctantly found herself rasing her family in an old country house. Much to her surprise, she loves her rural home and enjoys sharing her adventures with her readers. There are always makeovers to be done and animals to paint. Come along for the ride. Green acres here she comes!
IT is Friday. I am beat. I am SO TGIF you cannot even believe it! But WHAT a week it has been!!! Like a roller coaster. Ups and downs and Highs and Lows. Birthday ands Anniversaries and School Conferences… Craziness – punctuated by Insanity peppered with Joy and Pride and dirt and stink bugs and… Read More TGI FRIDAY Makeover Wrap Up- A DRESSER/Cabinet RETROSPECTIVE!!!!
NOWAHHHH, THE LAUNDRY ROOM. You know how it goes…you go looking for a screw driver and end up painting a room? Well, in this case, I fixed the broken dryer belt, Thank you very much!, and ended up doing a complete makeover of the room.. Lying under the dryer,… Read More THE LAUNDRY ROOM
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon a blog which had a post describing a Month long, “challenge” if you will, to involve as many bloggers as possible in a “31 Days to…” The object, as I gathered, was to do something, anything , something new, something you already do, something that you have been… Read More 31 Days, well minus 3, of CHANGE- Learning to NeedlePoint – a Metaphor for…something?
When we first moved into Our OldCountry House the sweet lady across the street(NOT Crazy Carol) had a bedroom set on her front lawn with a “for sale” sign. I asked her how much and when she found out it was for us, “the new neighbors with all cute the little kids”, she said “Oh, for… Read More October’s First Makeover – The Yard Sale Nursery Dresser Grows Up!
I probably spend, on average, other than sleeping, 10 minutes a day in my Bedroom. I get up …and I am off. So it should come as no surprise that it took 7 years for me to invest any time or energy into really making it a haven. But finally, I did. and I love… Read More MASTER BEDROOM
Phoebe Turned 13!! Let me say that one-more -time THIRTEEN. Well, now, that got here fast.We like any excuse to do a makeover of Phoebe’s room and the 13th Birthday MAKEOVER…did not disappoint. I think a testament to any Successful makeover, is a room which holds it’s own, over time, WHILE an Actual person LIVES in… Read More NAVY AND PINK TEEN GIRL ROOM
Often the Dining Room is the LEAST used room in the house …and the furniture WITHIN is JUST “for show”. NOT SO in My Old Country House. We do not have an Eat-In kitchen in therefore, we USE the Dining Room for every meal INCLUDING snacks. It is also serves as the Party Room, the… Read More THE DINING ROOM…or rather…The EVERYTHING Room!
This photo was taken in Nov 2005, while our roof was getting painted. See how pretty the top looks compared to the bottom? Sorry to report now they both look like the bottom. We need a new roof. (see here) And the railing on the porch is coming off, so I guess, we… Read More Rainy Days ON Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,Thursdays….
What can be said, about the most neglected member of our family. Phoebe’s Bunny. he replaced his brother, and lived with us for 5 years. Pretty long run. I took care of him the most. Big Mystery, Mom usually does. But he never complained. He was a Good BUNNY …as Good as Bunny’s Get …Soft… Read More BYE BYE BUNNY – The Runaway Bunny and We say Goodbye to Peaches The Second
Monday Makeover I rescued this chair from the trash. It was a decent pine wood with a predictable, very ugly “Doctors waiting room” upholstery. U-G-L-Y Ugly absolutely Ugly! But it has good bones. In my haste and impatience I neglected to take “Before” Pictures. The first thing I did was give it two nice coats… Read More Monday Makeover – The Nothing Chair becomes the Something Chair
