Category Archives: Decorating

Just a little spraypaint…

I’m having a great time at the new house.  The previous owners left quite a bit of stuff.  I’ve been cleaning up some of it and selling it on craigslist to help pay for the renovations.  Some of it is just trash, like the original bath rug with the backing that turned to dust.  And [...]
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Fruitful Saturday

Saturday was wonderful!  My mother came over and helped with the baby so I could paint.  I painted Heidi’s second closet, her trim, and the boy’s bathroom.  This gets us a step closer to a functioning house!  When we take out our sunken Harvest Gold bathtub in the master bathroom, it will stop water flow to [...]
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Office Inspiration

I’m so thankful to have the space above the garage for my office.  It’s a large room with a triangle ceiling and very little wall space.  This is a recipe for creativity when it comes to finding places to put things. Here’s another triangle shaped room.  I love the way they built shelves around the windows [...]
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Curtain and Duvets

The duvets and one curtain are finished for the boy’s room.  I’m just waiting for matching  snaps from Serenity to come in the mail to really finish the ends of the duvets.  Right now they are safety pinned shut.  The duvets are so soft, espcially on the Minky squares. The curtain is my favorite.  It is made from one [...]
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Heather’s Strawberry Cake

This is my very first fondant and sugar paste cake. I’ll resist the urge to tell you everything that’s wrong with it. I messed up so much! But in the end, I let Heather and Brandon help me finish it by placing on the sugar paste flowers, berries, and leaves and they really had good [...]
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New Adventures with Gum Paste

I decided to create my daughter’s birthday cake’s decorations from Gum Paste this year.  I’ve wanted to try it for years and finally dug in.  I made my own red and green gum paste from wilton’s glucose and gum-tex.  I made the white from Marshmallows and gum-tex.  While they both taste okay, the marshmallow gum paste is by [...]
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Porch Update

It was too hot to paint over the weekend, so my chairs and door still aren’t done.  I tried and the paint bubbled up like it was boiling, lol.  It looks like next Friday will be cool enough to paint again. I got up early enough to paint my new house numbers before it got over [...]
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Taking a Risk

My front porch needs a makeover!  It look like it belongs to an abandoned farm house.  Full of junk and rough furniture.  I’ll be working on that this weekend as long as the heat allows.  Above is a partial before picture.  My hanging baskets died.  The porch is full of trash, and the sitting areas are hard to [...]
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Guest Post: Heather Boyd from the Cozy Cape

Hi Friends over at The Grocery Shrink! First, I want to offer my Congratulations to the Coffman family on their new addition! That’s so exciting… which brings me to why I’m over here at Angela’s blog today. This month Angela has asked several bloggers to tackle the topic of organization while she’s on maternity leave. I [...]
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5 Ideas for Frugal Decorating

Decorating is a lot of fun, but it can also be expensive.  With a creative twist you can have a house that looks great without spending a fortune.  Here are 5 ideas to think about: 1.  Repurposing:  The most frugal way to repurpose is to use something you already have, but it’s also possible to snag [...]
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