that this *will* all work! I have all of the furniture in now, just waiting on the decor items from Etsy. I also need to hang the copper pipe I have, and replace the ceiling light and put the hanging lamp on the wall. But it’s actually getting close to done!

The last photos are how [...]

The walls are painted, the molding/trim is not. This is because the trim is painted in layer upon layer of oil based paint. Right now, I’m not patient enough to scrub it, strip it, and apply oil based primer and paint again. I tell myself that what peeks through the furniture will add to the [...]

that even though Valspar Brushed Pearl looks *nothing* whatsoever like it did in the store samples, it still may work.

It’s not at all shiny. I don’t know if it will dry shinier, but I doubt it. However, I think it may work this way. I can’t decide if I want to put another coat on [...]

Valspar Brushed Pearl glaze is neither as easy, nor as pretty, as it looks in the store or on their website.
Attempting to paint a room in 4×8 segments is not fun.
Attempting to paint a room in Valspar Brushed Pearl Glaze in 4×8 segments while making it look like it does in the store leads to [...]

First coat of Valspar Recreation Red…yes, there are areas The Boy helped me with I will be painting 2 more coats of red today, letting it cure overnight, then applying the pearl glaze tomorrow.

(The office, that is!) Yesterday we got as far as moving everything out, and taping the walls, before we discovered The Boy needed to go to the doctor for his horrible toothache. Yes, I’ve left the wallpaper up. Behind it is a painted wall that is itself painted over wallpaper because as we discovered when [...]

My office has been sadly in need of a makeover for a long, long time. When we bought our home, it had been converted into a duplex. The entire top floor was a self-contained apartment. We rented it out to a variety of people over the years, the last of which were my brother-in-law and [...]

“If you or your children have been hit (other than the children being spanked) so as to leave discernable marks two hours later, and you genuinely fear that he will repeat his battering, you can take legal steps without divorcing your husband. In a moment when he is not [...]

and not in a good way. I don’t know how many people have been following the story of Kevin and Elizabeth Schatz, who are accused of murdering their 7 year old daughter Lydia, torturing their 11 year old, and more charges pending.

Oh yes…they murdered the 7 year old because she couldn’t pronounce the word “pulled”. [...]

working, trying to stay warm, and dreaming of spring!

that's awesome – yay for productivity I just cast on, partially frogged, and started over on a sock monkey hat. Yes, I'm such a follower…