The New Place, such a clever name isn’t it? Ok, not really but it’s one of like five styles of houses people in this neighborhood had to chose from, we live in one of those cookie cutter type of places. Anyways, maybe I’ll come up with a more clever name after we’ve been here a
Girls Bedroom
This afternoon I’m working on my blog and updating some pages and things on here when I realized I never blogged about the girls bedroom in the Colonial. When we first purchased the Colonial we had three beautiful girls and we were pretty sure we were done. We figured that two girls could share a
The Colonial
When we originally looked at the colonial, she needed a new roof and the price was ok but not what we were looking to pay. When we finally did sell our home, the colonial had a new roof and the price had dropped $20,000!A lot of people thought we were crazy to buy an old
My Thrifting Finds and Spray Paint
Hello everyone! I’ve been busy the past few days spray painting furniture and other things, my husband was really afraid he’s next but I think he won’t get a coat of paint until he has some more gray hair. Ha! I kid, I kid. Anyways, living in a bigger city definitely has its advantages. The
Check it out
Beth over at Home Stories A2Z is posting today on cloffice Insiration and my little ol’ cloffice was featured as one of the inspirations! Go check out the other fabulous cloffices and get inspired!!! Thanks Beth for thinking my cloffice worthy enough to include in your post!
Project Fail!
So after finding this inspirational picture on pinterest: Source: grahamyelton.com via Ange@thebloominghydrangea on Pinterest So I thought if would be fun to do this on a wall in my kitchen. So here is what it looks like after 3 coats of paint, being “seasoned” and wiped down with a damp cloth: It’s not looking the
Sneak Peek of the TV console/cabinet
I finished spray painting the TV console/cabinet and LOVE it! You can go check out a few pictures on The Blooming Hydrangea fb page. I hope you have a great weekend!!!!
Family Room furniture
Hello! The other day I shared with you the great debate going on at our house in this post. So we’ve decided that for now we’ll just use a dresser/buffet dealio for a while and maybe do built-ins this winter after we’ve passed the 6 months of no projects rule we promised the kids
Where is your TV?
Alright friends, I need your help. We have a living room and a family room that’s connected to the kitchen which is that technically called a great room? Anyways, there is a fireplace in the family room and our TV is currently above the fireplace. The debate is on, keep it over the fireplace or
Life and Love: Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy Losses Part 2
If you missed it, you can find part one here: Life and Love: Miscarriage and Ectopic Pregnancy Losses Part 1. To give you a little background, I was diagnosed with GAD or General Anxiety Disorder in May of 1999. I have struggled with anxiety and fear for many years, even as a child. I