Middle-aged mom and dad blogger who write about entertainment, cooking, gardening, photography, travel and more from Seattle.
We’ve been working on our main bathroom remodel for almost a year. My husband works two jobs so he has very little time to work on it and I’m not allowed to use power tools without direct supervision – too many chances for me to hurt myself! All we have left to do is a [...]
Choosing a ceiling paint color is almost as hard as choosing a wall color. After all, the ceiling is just another wall if you look at your room as a cube. So many times ceilings are painted white because most people feel it gives the appearance of a higher ceiling. While in most cases [...]
So, I’m trying really hard not to say to my husband, “I told you so!” Now, I try to be a warm and supportive wife, but sometimes it’s just so hard! What’d he do that’s making me crazy? He bought a portable tile saw, a nearly $300 tile saw, without checking online for reviews. Seriously! [...]
I know, we’re the slowest DIY re-modelers around, but we do it at a relaxed pace so we’re not tempted to cut corners and we have the luxury of no longer having kids in the house, so it’s not so important to have a working bathroom. That said, we’re also doing the remodel on a [...]
We’re slowly starting to work on the bathroom again. Today we took the old builder’s-grade mirror down. In doing so, we uncovered all the previous color schemes used in the bathroom – all painted by us over the last 22 years with the exception of the flat builder yellow-beige that’s the base coat. Trust me, [...]
