So Once Upon a time I wished for a Swedish Grandfather Clock. I saved and I saved and I waited and I waited and one day I saw one on  ONE KINGS LANE  for a song and I nabbed it! When he finally arrived… I loved him.I named him “Pappy”But his color was a bit… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – PAPPY MEETS ANNIE SLOAN CHALK PAINT AND we get FIREWORKS!!!

Today is a busy Saturday. We will begin with a soccer game at 9am, 2 more games in a town away, then an luncheon  where my daughter gets an award  and home and then end with a evening with old friends , and then I will sleep. So no time to ramble on or show… Read More Busy Saturdays

I contemplated NEVER showing you our bathrooms. There are just so many things about them that annoy me and that I desire to change. But then I thought,  “Why?” That would go completely against my philosophy of decorating  which is… that MOST decorating is a work in progress. And while you may always and forever… Read More BEFORE the Makeover – the Kids Bathroom

You know what they say. “It is what it is.” I contemplating leaving our bathrooms off the  ROOMSPIRATION tour. But then I thought, “Why?” That would go completely against my philosophy of decorating  which is… that MOST decorating is a work in progress. And while you may always and forever have things on your wish… Read More ROOMSPIRATION- now we see the Kids BATH ROOM Link Party!!!

Here is the way it works. I am flippng through a magazine, or a blog and I see something…usually Blue or Pink…in this case…Blue and lets just say, an incredible hallway… Jessica Thomas Designs With incredible wallpaper, and a dresser and a mirror and rugs and flowers and oh that blue colored Damask wallpaper…this is… Read More THURSDAY QUICKIE- Contemplation: Anatomy of a Obsession

My Old Country House…painted by Me.The fantasy pink version. I will be honest,  the exterior of my Old Country House …well, has issues.  She is old, for one.  and for two, well, she is old. 130 Years young. But there are some wonderful things about her I would like to share. We are surrounded by mature… Read More EXTERIORS- My Old Country House from the Outside…IN.

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!