Got a hip house-loving mother to buy a gift for? (Mother’s Day is Sunday, don’t forget!) I saw these on  Etsy today and had to share: They are handcrafted “This Way Home” earrings by The Muses Jewels. I think they’re very cute, and can represent both a house and an arrow pointing you home. There’s [...]

That, my friends, is our grass. I didn’t even Photoshop it to knock up the green, I swear to God. After the @#$!!# blizzard in early April, we had a whole bunch of rain. And when the rain stopped and the sun came out, everything in our lawn shot up about two feet overnight. You [...]

As a full-time contractor, Teague beats his body into oblivion just about every day. He’s a man’s man, refusing to apply sunblock even if his scalp peels off, embracing the callouses on his hands and feet, and skipping out on most of the safety gear I harp on him to wear. I can’t say I [...]

No, we haven’t grown tired of our own (extremely luxurious to soak in) clawfoot tub. But we have friends who aren’t quite as thrilled with the style as we are. They are getting ready to remodel their bathroom, and they are saying goodbye to their clawfoot tub. It’s a great tub – I’ve seen it [...]

We decided most definitely NOT to paint the exterior of our house this year (time and money being two key factors) but that doesn’t mean we’ll be slacking off all season. Some type of progress must be made, because right now I don’t know what to do with myself when the weekend rolls around there [...]

We have entered a remodeling blogging contest over at RemodelingMySpace.com. The voting just opened up, so now would be a great time to show us some love and go vote! And then if you really love us, you can vote again every day for the next 4 months because the contest runs until September 1st. [...]