I was happy to have an extra set of hands around for the weekend because a while ago I picked up a couple of Craftsman cabinets (that match my toolbox) to use in the garage that I hadn’t had time to put together. Here we are getting the cabinets put together. We decided to work...
Category Archives: Our Place
home project: window valances
I’m finally getting around to doing some home projects. Right after we moved in we got 2″ designView blinds from Home Depot for the whole house. As you can see in the picture below the headrail is exposed because we never installed the valences since we weren’t too excited about the way they looked. The...
Weekend Warriors
We decided to do some weekend warrioring since we were going to have a nice long holiday weekend. We figured it would be a good time to do some yard work since we are suppose to have a full week of mild temperatures and a steady rain.
The Front Porch
We had been looking for a piece of furniture for our front porch and decided that a bench would be a good fit in the space. We found just what we were looking for at World Market here in Lawrence. Chris got to work assembling it. He loves power tools! The lid was a little...
Little Giant
While Chris’ parents were here visiting, Kurt helped Chris hang up our painting. We decided to hang it in the stairwell. Then we had to figure out how we were going to get it hung up so high in the middle of the stairs. Chris got a tall ladder from work called a “Little Giant” that...
“I think your accent is funny”
Every time we’ve gone to a store that sells paint we’ve had to make quick trips to the paint section to grab some paint chips. Elyse has been wanting to paint an accent wall so we decided to put my mom’s skills to use. Besides painting, mom is also really good with a roll of...
three trees
While Mom and Dad were here last weekend we did some projects in the yard. First we did some planning on what we wanted in the yard and then we shopped around at local garden centers. We knew we wanted a few trees, so we visited a tree farm in Lawrence to see some options....
Cole’s Back!
That’s right ladies and gentlemen, the first guest in our new house is here. This is Cole’s third trip to Lawrence and we’re always super excited to have him visit. In case you don’t believe that he’s actually in Kansas, here’s proof…