Please welcome Frankie, the newest member of our family. She started out as "Shelley" because she is a tortoiseshell kitteh and has a franken-leg (and part of the other) from an orange tabby. That may actually make her a torbie,...
Finally finished the repair and refinish job in the Southaven house. Last coat of poly yesterday. Here is the “finished” product. Can’t even tell where I filled the 10” gap down the center of the largest room. I learned a...
We have returned to the Southaven house to continue work on the floors to get the place ready to put up for sale. It's been a long Covid-19 year filled with much Covid-19 drama, that I won't bore you with.....
You may remember the original Frankenlamp table bridge lamp I made a couple of months ago, as described in my blog post here. Well, I had a change of heart in the design of that lamp when I FINALLY found...
I have mentioned in a few of my posts, my lamps with French pate de verre shades and I wanted to take a minute to show you two of my faves, flanking the love seat in the master bedroom: The...
I've been wanting an old table/desk bridge lamp with jadeite for a couple of years now, but I haven't been able to find one that won't break the bank. In June 2019, I found and bought an old floor bridge...
Behold: the “transom” I made with two 1960’s knotty pine built in china cabinet doors that have been stowed away for 20 years for the right project. I don’t know if this is the right one, but they aren’t precariously...
Finished fencing my garden against our newest little beast, Ziggy! She’s all puppy right now. Shes really a sweetie and she cant help herself yet for the most part, but she is so smart and shes learning. But the joy...
I made these Italian meatballs in marinara the other night, using Sir Mitchell Bird's recipe. I used a crockpot, set to low, adding a jar of marinara sauce and a can of tomato sauce. In a big bowl, I mixed...
I’ve been replacing some deck boards and banding on our deck. Chelle had bought our new pup Ziggy an engraved name tag in the shape of a bone. I put it on her collar three days ago. Chelle informed me...
