Today Roxy and I took our first walk to Jitty Joes, a local icecream stand that’s about a mile from my new house. Although the round trip is less than 2 miles, I was a little skeptical bringing my big pup… as most of the walking is on a busy street and I wasn’t sure…
Want to learn how to paint your front door? I finally got around to painting the front door purple. I know, pretty ridiculous since I named this entire blog after this concept.
This morning I saw an episode of Yard Crashers where they created a flagstone patio over an existing damaged concrete patio. It looked really amazing and got me thinking about how to dress up my backyard. This probably won’t be a project until next summer, but it’s definitely something to start gathering ideas about and…
I thought it would be fun to see some side-by-side before and after comparisons so far. Although I do this pretty regularly in my posts, I do have a few I don’t think I’ve showed yet. Plus it will be nice to see these down the road, as the house evolves. I will probably need…
This post is a guide on what to do when you have an awesome party, then wake up the next morning to realize that the toilet’s are clogged and there’s toilet water all over your freshly painted basement. Yes, it’s true, this happened after my housewarming. No matter how much prepping you do, you can’t…
Post party Shawn stopped by to pick up his keyboard, and brought me an ice maker kit for my refrigerator. What a nice surprise. Not sure how to take him sometimes… he’s either pretty observant about what I need at the house… or just maybe annoyed that I didn’t have ice for his mixed drinks last…
My dad stopped by this morning to help me get some last minute things done for my party. I made a list of some easy morning fixes that I thought would be important to finish before the party. A lot of times, when we are renovating our homes, it’s easy to get used to the…
Always something going on at the new house. Sometimes I’m overwhelmed by the huge to-do list I have every single day. Although there’s not much to talk about, I did accomplish a lot. I’m super excited about TOMORROW, St. Patrick’s Day, because I’m finally having my HOUSEWARMING PARTY! This week I was able to accomplish…
My basement looks unbelievable! I can’t believe the transformation after the floor has been painted. Everything is really coming together. Adding some lighting, cleaning, opening the windows, and painting has really changed this space into somewhere scary, so somewhere I can actually “be”. Granted it’s an unfinished space and is still drying, but it looks…
Today was a very busy day, even though not much progress can be seen. The goal of the weekend is to tackle the unfinished basement. I’m having a housewarming/St. Patrick’s Day party next weekend, and this is the party zone. Here’s our checklist: Clear the cobwebs. The entire basement just needs a whole lotta TLC….
