This post about patio doors is sponsored by Milgard Windows and Doors. All opinions are my own. Ever since we found our retirement house in the mountains, I’ve been dreaming of a wall of glass doors. I would love to take advantage of our view. This is our view from the deck. I think it […]
Cedar Hill Ranch Kitchen Tour and Confessions
Do you want to know my definition of the word ‘CRAZY’? That would be someone who agrees to be part of a home tour a week after she has moved into a house. Yup, and I just realized at the Wednesday that oh yeah, I need to take photos of my kitchen, edit them […]
Frenchy Cabinets
Meet my French cabinet. There are actually two of them in my living room. I had an inspiration photo that I gave my builder and then the work began. It’s hard to remember that my house looked like this for a long time. Slowly the cabinets began to take form. Then the building phase was […]
My Newel Post That Almost Wasn’t
This is the newel post for my stairs, but it almost didn’t make it into my house. It’s old… really old, and originally was part of a fence. I wanted a very unique newel post, and I thought about many options, including an antique newel post from an old plantation, but in the end, […]
My Interior Paint Selections – New House Update
Oh yes the house is painted. It’s painted!! Finally it’s beginning to look like the pictures I have had in my head for months. I am so excited I’m going to show you what the house looks like, but keep in mind, it’s a mess still. The construction is still going on, so all of […]
Balastrades, spindles and newel posts
Here’s what I’ve learned. The top horizontal part is called the handrail, the up and down pieces that I would call ‘spindles’ are called balustrades, and the big post at the beginning of the stairs is called a newel post. This process began when I chose an antique cast iron fence post to be my newel […]
Priming for Paint – New House Update
It’s getting closer to completion, and the closer it gets.. the messier the house looks. This is why home owners move out when their homes are being renovated. It’s just a mess. This is the primer coat. You can see it’s all over the hardwood floors, but it will all get cleaned up when we […]
Tile for the New House
I was feeling pretty good about my selections for the new house, maybe a little too good, because as some point I realized I hadn’t picked out the tile. Do you know how many different kinds of tile they make? A LOT! I didn’t want to spend hours and hours looking at hundreds of […]
