It’s Done! The Cabinets are Back and All Systems are GO!
Welcome to the 709th Metamorphosis Monday! It was a long time coming but I finally have all the cabinets back in the garage and filled back up. Before I share the "After" here's a little reminder of where we started. The garage walls were in need of a fresh coat of paint and much better lighting than the builder-grade lights that had been here for 40 years. Previously, I had 6 dish storage cabinets down one of the side walls of the garage. This … [Continue Reading...]
A Unique Birthday/Holiday Gift Idea + 2 Awesome Sales from Two Favorite Stores
Thanks so much to Gail for letting me know about a sale I would have surely missed. Gail knows how much I love Fair Isle sweaters, especially the beautiful ones L.L. Bean carries every winter. This one below was one I purchased a few fall seasons back and I still wear it often during the winter months. It' sooo warm! They have some really pretty ones on sale right now. This one has been a popular seller and is almost sold … [Continue Reading...]
Soft Aqua Blues Mixed with Treasures and Gifts from the Sea
Welcome to the 726th Tablescape Thursday! The painter is almost finished in the garage--hopefully, he'll be done by today or tomorrow. He and I rolled back the plastic covering the cabinets before he left last night so I could get to my charger plates and glassware to set a table for this week's TT. It was the end of the day and super cloudy and rainy out, so I decided to just go with a candlelight table for this week's Tablescape … [Continue Reading...]
20 Favorites That I Buy Over and Over Again–Can’t Do Without Them!
I've been wanting to put this post together for ages. Sometimes I'll be in the middle of using something and I'll think, I need to share how awesome this is! It took a while and I'm sure I'm leaving some things off that I'll remember later (so this list/post may grow today) but these are some of my favorite things, from clothes to household items, that I find myself purchasing again and again. Since fall is just around the corner, I have to mention this soft, … [Continue Reading...]
Garage Storage Cabinets, Progress Has Been Made But There’s Been a Few Glitches
Welcome to the 708th Metamorphosis Monday! As I type this, I'm waiting for the second garage door repairman to arrive. Hopefully, I can get this post up before he arrives. I will have to create a post sharing all the things that have had to be done and redone multiple times so you'll know life isn't all rainbows and unicorns up in here. Ha! Seems like every project I embark on has had a major glitch (or ten) along the way--well, except for the garage flooring. … [Continue Reading...]
Digging for the Hidden Gems and I Found Them!
I love shopping during the end-of-season sales because that's when you find the hidden gems--the absolute best deals! Talbots has a "sale- on-sale" going right now so the deals are extra good for this sale. This jacket I fell in love with earlier this spring is currently on sale, plus there's an additional 60% off of the sale price. You'll find it on sale here: Gingham Hooded Jacket. Love this embroidered tunic! The combination of the blue and aqua … [Continue Reading...]
Not Again! Unfortunately, yes! Again! Plus, Sharing a Handy DIY Hack
So remember when the garage looked like this? Well, it looks like this again. Arggh! :( I'll explain more on Monday but basically, the original painter the company sent out did a terrible job of fixing a couple of places on the ceiling where the sheetrock tape that was used 40 years ago was starting to loosen in places. He really botched it. So the painting company has sent out a much more experienced painter who is fixing what the original painter … [Continue Reading...]
A Colorful, Festive Moroccan-Themed Dinner with Friends
Welcome to the 725th Tablescape Thursday! Whew! I've been moving stuff around in the garage this morning since the painters are coming back today to do a lot of touch-up work. Hopefully, after tomorrow, the painting will finally be complete and I can move all my dishes back into the cabinets this weekend. In the meantime, I have a festive, Moroccan-themed table to share, created by Norma who lives in the beautiful French countryside. Recently Norma had friends … [Continue Reading...]
A New Addition for the Office & How I Track Down Studs
Back around 2010 when I put my home office together and purchased an office desk chair, one of my top priorities in choosing a chair was its appearance. Of course, I wanted it to be comfortable and great for day-to-day use, but I also wanted it to be pretty and to work with my home office interior. Over the years and many desk chairs later, I have pretty much given up on worrying about how it looks and if it coordinates with my home office. It seems like if a chair … [Continue Reading...]
A Small Addition to the Garage That I’m Absolutely Loving
Welcome to the 707th Metamorphosis Monday! Over the last week, I've been sharing the dramatic makeover my garage went through recently. (See that makeover in full here: Dramatic Garage Makeover with New Lighting, Fresh Paint, and New Flooring.) This weekend I shared over two posts, the 2-day process of how the flooring was installed. A painter will be coming out to complete a few touchups on the back wall, the garage door and the shutters very soon. In the … [Continue Reading...]
