There’s this lady who works on my floor who always (I’ve never seen her otherwise) wears her jacket or sweater on her shoulders. Not with her arms in her sleeves, but just drapes it over her shoulders. I’ve always wondered how she keeps it on. She reminds me of a clothes hanger floating around. Not…

Remember when I made those baby blankets? Both babies have since been born. Casey was born 9/17 and little Xavier was born 9/25. Xavier’s the one with the big story though. His dad, Ed, works with me. His mom is finishing up school in a town about an hour and a half away from here.…

We’ve been working on painting our bedroom. Luckily there were no stencils there, just lots of white walls that needed freshening up. First we painted the entire room a pale, pale, lavender called Ice Violet. We painted the sitting area a darker shade of the same color so it would stand out: bed sitting area.…

The bathroom is finished! Well, the painting at least. We’re replacing the mirror and putting in a shelving/organizer thingy to hold towels etc, and we have to install blinds (to put an end to my neighbor’s free peep show every morning), and I want to post pics of the new and old light fixtures but…

The dining room is finished! So excited- I really love the way it came out. So smooth, so elegant. It really looks like a formal dining room now. It makes the new chandelier pop and I love the way the Elderberry color is so sharp against the white crown moldings and chair rail. Before:Too busy!-…

We’re home! We had so much fun! We had dinner with Rachel & Brian and Lisa & Greg last night then went back to Lisa’s to hang out. So much fun chatting and taking pictures. They all need to just move here because we all have so much fun together. They could move into our…

Status check Things always seem to take longer than you think they will. My job was to cut in & paint around the trim. Jon was in charge of the roller. I’ve got the kitchen, dining room, and most of the formal living room trimmed out. Those bleeping stencils caused us a ton of time.…

Progress Day 2 of Fall Vacation: The master bathroom is finished, the kitchen is trimmed out, and the master bedroom is almost complete. We had to let the accent wall cure before we can add the harlequin pattern to it today. The master bath was white to begin with, now it’s Atmosphere Blue. It’s a…

A Painted House Day 1 of Fall Vacation: since hurricane Isabel has much of our destination city of Baltimore under water, we’re staying home the 1st 2 days of vacation and painting. Jon painted our bedroom the other day (we just have 1 accent wall left) and today we’re finishing that up and doing the…

Jake was getting jealous of baby Nick’s picture on his fabulous aunt’s blog so I thought I’d post this one from the Greek Festival.