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our thoughts 1 year later

our thoughts 1 year later

Well, it’s been about a year since we first became homeowners and bought our 1980’s home; look at us, we had only an inkling of what lay ahead… One year later, the outside hasn’t changed much, but the inside has come a long way baby, and we’re quite proud of it. ðŸ™‚ So I got the hubby […]

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operation: more kitchen storage please (part 2)

operation: more kitchen storage please (part 2)

On Monday I started telling you about the big change in our kitchen; the new door, taking away some cabinets, and adding some others.So, here’s where we left things: Notice that we hadn’t changed the flooring out where we were planning to place the new cabinet. We wanted to make sure that the new cabinet […]

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operation: more kitchen storage please (part 1)

operation: more kitchen storage please (part 1)

We have gotten so much done to our house in the past few months, and this update of more kitchen storage is one that I had been especially looking forward to; it probably comes in second place after the new floor. Our kitchen is a good size, it’s got great cabinet and counter space, but there […]

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lighting things up

lighting things up

One of the house updates that was long overdue was adding some overhead lighting to the family room. We went from having no overhead lights in a room that was pretty dark (even during the day thanks to lack of windows), to having 5 recessed lights and two ceiling fans with lights (well, you already […]

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creative outlets

creative outlets

I tried to do a punny title about outlets.Not really sure it worked. Anhwho, we’re in the midst of trying to finish up a million different projects over here at our casa (okay, maybe it’s really just 5 or so, but still), and one of them is replacing all the old, almond colored switches, outlets, […]

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