Home Design: Kitchen Lift

I am pretty excited to share with you today! I made my first change in the apartment. What did I do?  I took out all the cabinet doors in my kitchen! Ugh, they were so difficult to deal with. They were sliding doors so I could only get to half[Read more]

Home Design: Choosing a Signature

Everyone has a signature. Not only the way they sign their name but also their personal style. As soon as our parents let us dress ourselves we begin to experiment with our appearance. Our parents might even let us decorate our bedroom. When I was in 4th grade, I had[Read more]

3D Embroidered Monogram

When I was looking for gifts to make for my family this Christmas, I came across this idea to make a monogram on canvas using embroidery thread. I thought the 3D look would be pretty cool, but I never realized how long it would take me to make three of[Read more]

Weekly Chores – Household Binder Part 4

In an effort to keep the apartment clean I have created a weekly chore “checklist” to put into my household binder. I have divided tasks between the five days of the work week: to make sure everything gets cleaned regularly, rooms stay picked up, and so that we don’t have[Read more]

The never ending project is finished!

You know those projects that you start, and then they never get finished? The ones that you set aside to do a new and more cool project, then when you finish that new project, you don’t have the energy or motivation to return to it? Well, if you don’t, I[Read more]

2013 Color of the Year

This article originally posted by Angela Wolf on PatternReview Blog It’s that time of year again! Pantone announced emerald green as the color of the year.  Have you ever wondered how and why they choose a specific color? I found the reasons for this year’s pick very interesting, and the choice is[Read more]

Speech Meet Socks Finished

Don’t you love it when you finish a project?  Well I have finished my “Speech Meet” Socks.  I started these socks in January with the intention of working on them during down time at my daughter Mackenzie’s speech meets.  Well, she was often performing both sessions in each round so[Read more]

Staging for the Sale of Grace Elizabeth’s Bed & Breakfast

Wow, we thought we went through a lot of remodeling and updating to open Grace Elizabeth’s Bed and Breakfast but it is a whole different animal to prepare for the sale.  The large to do list seems to keep growing instead of dwindling. We are not new to selling a[Read more]