This past weekend, Dr. J and I decided to take a break from the usual house projects and took a little respite away from the home in our own fair city of Portland, Oregon. For the first time we were able to take a little R&R for ourselves and pretend to be tourists! While we [...]
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Portland, Oregon – locals living like tourists…
Posted in Champagne on a Beer Budget, Travel on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Champagne (Art) on a Beer Budget – Cost? FREE!
Posted in Champagne on a Beer Budget, Decor, You Tell'Us, tagged bamboo art, bamboo painting, champagne on beer budget, free art, freehand painting on March 10, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The last time I tackled a cheap art project, I stayed safely within the confines of my computer so that if I hated it, then I could just blame it on a less-than-stellar computer skillz. But when we recently decided to tackle our guest bathroom for a mini-makeover, I tried to think outside the (computer) [...]
Prison Cell Turned Guest Suite!
Posted in Before & After Bliss, Champagne on a Beer Budget, Decor, Furniture Fixes, Guest Bedroom on December 14, 2009 | 8 Comments »
One of the items on our “Quest” was to finally put together a Guest Suite where people could actually feel welcomed and not “imprisoned”. While none of our inmates guests have ever told us they have felt behind bars when staying at our house, I feel bad that the last few times my Mom has [...]
SNAHU: Situation Normal, All Held Up
Posted in Champagne on a Beer Budget, Maggie, Tell'er All About It Life on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Agreed, bad pun. Disagree, Father Time and L-Blogger Extraordinaire. The hubs has been werkin’ like a dog on a major deadline at work and has been (hold your breath) working 7 days a week since early October with his team to get caught up. Le sigh. So there go all of our housing projects until [...]
Meet my nemesis, Sir Isaac Newton…
Posted in Before & After Bliss, Champagne on a Beer Budget, Decor, Family Room, Furniture Fixes, How To, Paint, tagged mirror collage, painting mirror, spray paint mirror on October 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Who knew injuries would be such an essential part of the home-reno process?
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