I've mentioned in the past that the colors in our family room are muted shades of rusty orange, browns, and earthy colors. We like...

A few years ago I made a three sided bottomless Christmas tree crate, with a paint job modeled after one I saw on a friends blog. Why th...

I have a rather wordy post today and it might get a little long. A story for you, but it's not really mine to tell so I won't be i...

Depending on the specific occasion, we enjoy making gifts around here. And as far as we can tell, the recipients like receiving them. Yo...

When my oldest couple kids were small there was no internet. Well let me rephrase that, there might have been internet but I didn't ...

Great Grandpa Herb wasn't a handy man.  I remember hearing that often, but it didn't mean he didn't putz around in his gara...

State of the Union Address? Of course what I really mean is the state of the blog address, I just couldn't resist a tiny bit of pres...

A normal Fall usually sees me making spooky preparations for Halloween, even if it's just a fake raven with an eyeball dangling from it&...

Once upon a time I picked up a side table at a garage sale because I thought it was interesting. If I recall correctly the lady told me he...

Recently Carlene from Organized Clutter did a post about a product called a layering block.  I had never seen or heard of such a thing be...