Last week I took a quick jaunt over to Ikea. I made a couple small purchases, brought them home, David busted out the screw gun, badda bing, badda boom, and suddenly our dining room window went from this: to this: I cannot even tell you what a big difference this makes in person. Adding some incredibly basic white curtains makes… View Post
We bought a dishwasher. There was a dishwasher already in the house when we bought it, and it ran just fine (the inspector did a full cycle to be sure), but it was–can you guess?–not in great shape. Picture rusting out dish racks and black sludge in the bottom. When we tried actually washing dishes in it, surprise! They didn’t… View Post
She is really digging these shoes. Really really. She wants to wear them first thing when she wakes up in the morning…even with footie pajamas. She wants to wear them until it’s time for bed…even when she’s pretty much stripped down for a bath. She loves them. It’s pretty cute. (She’s also really into that purse she’s got on her… View Post
You saw our new (to us) dining set yesterday. Part of it anyway. We only need two chairs most of the time, since Mila kicks it in her hanging “high chair,” and we like having the captain’s chair at the head of the table, but the other three are off in another room awaiting some much needed wood glue. Blond… View Post
Yesterday I lumped the living and dining areas together in one “before” post. Today you get just the dining room, since it was the first thing we tackled in this big new house of ours. My mom graciously came down to spend a few days with us and help out with some house projects, which meant I was able to… View Post