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Enjoy your Thanksgiving and I hope you used plenty of butter! : I found this on Retro Housewife – go say hi for me!...

From Life Magazine (c1951). Courtesy of The Selvedge Yard.  ...

Yesterday morning we woke up bright and early, jumped in our car, and headed north on I-85 towards Atlanta. It's exactly three hours from our front door to Ikea's front door, and we enjoy making a couple of trips there each year for various things w...

I did it.  I braved the basement.  For most people, that's not a big deal.  But at my house, it requires a little prior planning and some nerve-steeling.  After all, the basement is the scene of the weirdness that happened this sp...

Melbourne may as well be on another planet as far as I’m concerned. This is my tirade about the “in transit” bar stools for our kitchen. We are approaching the third month waiting for the courier to deliver these stools from Melbourne to Brisb...

I won't post a picture of my knee because you might be eating, but I've been having a knee...issue. It was bothering me during jiu jitsu class, but it was no worse than any of the other bangs and bruises that I've suffered at the hands of that cruel...

Pie Madness. I made 5 pies tonight. The first pie was a pumpkin pie. I failed. I think. Will try it tomorrow. Who knows. I think I put too much molasses in it, it’s VERY dark and it looks nothing like the pies my Mom makes. Sigh. I followed the...

What did people ever do before the Internet? I know what we might be doing without it: no pumpkin pie, no roasted turkey. For days now, we've looked EVERYWHERE for the manual.Granted, some of it seems pretty self-explanatory. But, this newfangled gad...

A step by step tutorial to drylock a basement that had problems with flooding....

You don’t think I don’t know how bad these videos are? In my defense, I was exhausted after 3 days of sanding. But the videos do give you an idea of what you would have to go through if you tried it yourself. I found out that the mach...

Hey puppy pals! Something strange happened today. Mom and dad kept saying that it was Mackenzie’s birthday. And you might recall, I am also sometimes known as Mackenzie. But when it came time to unwrap the presents, all of them were given to t...

We were busy bees again this past weekend!  And while we got a ton of stuff done, we still didn’t get around to packing away Halloween and delving into the dreaded exciting Christmas decorations.  And if you’re curious why we are *still...

Cameron and I have been together for almost twelve years, and it’s easy to slip into patterns. As much as I hate to admit it, I am not perfect. Sometimes I take him for granted. And sometimes I forget that it’s the little things that matt...

It’s amazing how much things change in a single day. There is enough framing on the first floor to see where many things will go. Stairs, pantry, the laundry area, and the wide window view overlooking the yard from the kitchen. Billy (Lucas) wa...

Read Part 1 here. We picked up our check today! This post brought to you by Dora. Everyone out here calls him Armando :)...

R and I shingled until after 5PM today. The last few shingles were installed in near darkness.I was sure we would run of of shingles but to my surprise we still had a 1/3 of a bundle remaining when we installed the last shingle.Last weekend I found...

Thanksgiving table decorations have never been more festive (and free!)....

We were super excited when one of our favorite clients Blayne came back for another mood board with us (she should be your favorite too- she sent after pics for both of the rooms we already did for her: her bedroom and her living room). And this time...

Is it really almost Thanksgiving? Where has the last year gone? Today, I am thankful for my job, my family and friends, and that things have a way of working out the way they are supposed to. Every year, I make rice and mushroom casserole to take to...

So we've looked & looked for a stand alone pantry for the kitchen... I had one on order, but it was backordered, and it's a good thing b/c it really isn't want we want, and we can't really find what we want... so hubby is going to build one (appa...

With my wife gearing up the holiday music and Black Friday only a few days away, I thought I’d share some gift ideas for handymen / DIYers. I searched high and low to find inexpensive items that are super useful. If you have additional suggesti...

I was feeling adventurous this weekend and decided to try something totally new. A recent mental inventory of our freezer trunk reminded me we had a bunch of okra I froze and a bag of shrimp that were just begging to be used up. So the following dish...

It’s just about time for my favorite holiday of the year, Thanksgiving! My daughter thought I was going extreme geek last year when I wrote up our notes from Thanksgiving 2008, but a few weeks ago when we started planning for this year’s...

This weekend has been...interesting.  A little unsettling.  Frustrating, even.  I was temporarily knocked for a loop, but now that I'm myself again I'll tell y'all all about it.  As the more astute among you might've guessed from...

Image Courtesy Atlanta Homes... in a perfect world, after world peace and food for all, I'd love one of these for my front porch. It would look just like this too, except for the ocean in the background... oh and it would have to be white! Hubby and...

We wanted to get the chimney and the fireplace checked so that we could have a fire while we had guests over this Thanksgiving. Plus with last years snowpocolypse I wanted us to be able to have an additional means to heat the house. So we hire profes...

Take this quiz!Your style…revealed! Sarah, you are a Global CasualYour home is warm and inviting, and expresses your curiosity and zest for life. You have wide-ranging interests, and an appreciation for many different cultures and ways of life. You...

If you guys haven’t heard of papernstitch before, you’ve gotta check it out. It’s another great online source for handmade art (prints, photos, knits, etc) that’s curated monthly to exhibit a fresh crop of handpicked artists f...

We made a lot of progress again this weekend. In addition to Christmas shopping & laundry, we hung some more picutres up, I got Andrew's room completely unpacked & finished, and I got my dining room unpacked. At Big Lots we got Andrew some ne...

It's that time of year again... time to turn on the heat. Fortunately, thanks to Glen at Anderson Radiant Heating, our boiler and pipes are in as good of shape as they can be. Last week, they were able to make a last minute run to our neighbors Chri...