letters from the wilderness
Our inside project for Memorial Day weekend was finishing the breakfast room. Once we had painted the walls, I was lax about painting the molding. It's a lot of molding. A lot of tedious painting. I was struggling until my hubby offered to work with me to finish the project. I love the contrast between... Continue Reading →
Our breakfast room is finally moving along! After putting a coat of primer on the top half of the walls where the wallpaper was, I started cutting in the color. My original choice was Sherwin Williams Windy Blue, however, I decided on the final choice of Jasper Stone at the store. Jasper Stone is similar... Continue Reading →
Like many houses in our development, we have a covered back porch. In our case, with the many trees around, our porch stays mostly cool, even on a hot summer day. Sometime down the road, I'd like to update the carpet and turn the room into an outdoor living room. In the meantime, I'm using... Continue Reading →
On Monday, I spent time in my office physically cleaning up the space and taking care of the March bills. This is the first time I've tried this task, and I liked it. Though I still have a pile of papers to finish filing. I liked setting up my space, my intention (as my favorite... Continue Reading →
We're making some progress on other home projects in addition to the breakfast room. I'm a bit impatient to get rid of the beige walls and wallpaper! My husband decided to tackle the peel-and-stick wallpaper for the bathroom. He is very frustrated by the process. Very frustrated. He found the wallpaper to be a bit... Continue Reading →
I searched through my photos to find a good before-shot of our breakfast room. I remember taking a bunch of photos of the different wallpapers in our home, but I can't find them! So, I'm using a photo that just barely shows the watercolor style of wallpaper that was on the walls of the breakfast... Continue Reading →
Our Virginia house is a house of wallpaper, none of which goes together. And, when a wall is painted, it’s beige. Yellow beige. Cringe time. I’m a girl who loves color. Growing up, I insisted on painting my bedroom a bright sunflower yellow. I loved it. I was surprised my parents actually agreed though they... Continue Reading →
Our Virginia house is a house of wallpaper. Seriously. I'm not against wallpaper. I'm a big fan of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement, however, this wallpaper in our office is not that. Our first wallpaper removal project was the first-floor powder room (those pictures are coming). Once we figured out how to... Continue Reading →
As I spent time figuring out what kind of environment I needed in order to create a new home for myself and my family in Virginia, I decided to revisit an old tool, the Annual Review. Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, Forest, VA 2015 was the last time I did the Annual Review, a concept I... Continue Reading →
It’s decorating week in my home. It’s our second Christmas in a bigger home. I’m getting used to having more space to decorate and space that is structured in a different way than I’m used to. Last year, I decided to embrace having multiple artificial trees. I can do themes with each tree, using all... Continue Reading →
2 dogs and a house 