Repurposing
Bunny Abode
It’s been hard to wrap our heads around what our world is going through right now. It is a challenge to not let anxiety take over. We are lucky that Larry is able to work from home. College classes for…
From Serving Tray to Nightstands
Our guest house bedroom needed nightstands, but the room is fairly small. We didn’t want to have anything taking up floor space. After brainstorming for a bit, I had an idea: Cut a serving tray in half and mount the…
Shelf Bracket Lighting
When it came to lighting the nightstands in our bedroom, we took an unconventional approach. We needed lighting that would hang from the wall, and not take up precious real estate on the furniture. I like to read – a…
A Handmade Christmas
Each year, as we prepare for Christmas, we carry on a family tradition of creating decorations for our home and gift-giving. Most of these ornaments are on our ‘handmade ornament’ tree (in the middle). We added the cowboy tree (right)…
Making Laundry Fun*
Most of our home is western/rustic, but I wanted to make the room where we spend a LOT of time (sigh…), the laundry room, bright, cheery and a little bit whimsical. When we moved in, the room had a built-in…
Dresser to Table Repurpose
One of the first things we noticed when our kitchen was complete, as we were finally unloading our kitchen boxes, is that there is considerably less cabinet space for all of our kitchen ‘stuff’ here than in our last home.…
Cycling Toward Fall
Recently, one of our larger projects has been rearranging sheds and clearing out some of our unused items. Where we live there are no sidewalks, no bike lanes, and lots of hills. So, the bicycles we used to ride around…
Life’s Bittersweet Moments
He was a private man, my father-in-law. He lived with us on our property since 2016. He could be irrational and aggravating at times; yet, he also supported my (sometimes crazy) business ideas, immensely enjoyed spending time with Larry, and…
Ode to a Window Seat
Wanted since a wee girl, Our houses never had A window seat for reading Or staring at the land. Until one day at ReStore, A cabinet she did spy, The ‘perfect’ length and depth To make one by and by.…
