My Silver Obsession

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I'm writing this post from a beautiful hotel room in Coos Bay, Oregon.  Mr. Wonderful and "Fobbit" are "back on tour" and I'm along for the ride. Shortly after Mr. Wonderful and I were married, we packed up all of our belongings and moved to Eugene, Oregon.  We lived there for three years while Mr. W finished up his bachelor's degree. This … [Read more...]

The Great Kitchen Reveal of 2013 – Finally!

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Well, maybe it's not THAT great, but it is a reveal and it is 2013! This is the best "whole" kitchen shot I could get since I do not have an open floor plan. This shot would not have been possible in the old kitchen...you would have been staring at a closet door with a pantry on the other side. This mini kitchen remodel was mainly to gain … [Read more...]

Chalkboard Art in the “Hallway of Doors”

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There's a lot of exciting developments going on here at the bungalow, most too premature to share, unfortunately.  Suffice it to say that I'm excited and BUSY and the blog will suffer for it. In spite of the busy-ness, I've managed to begin...and I do mean begin...not finish....several projects around the house. One such project is … [Read more...]

Kitchen Decorating dilemma

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You may be wondering about my kitchen.  Did she finish it, yet? The last thing you saw was a wall of wonky tile. Truth is, yes, we did finish it, but I haven't showed it to you, yet because it hasn't been "decorated".  You would think with my large collection of kitchen items, I would have figured this out by now. (Yawn....too … [Read more...]

Cafe de Paris in the Hallway

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I heard there was this thing in the blogging world called "wordless Wednesday".  It's not that often that I'm speechless, but sometimes I am wordless. Sometimes, I'm searching for a word and can't find it.  It's like trying to find a particular item in a hoarder's closet.  You know it's there, but you can't see it, feel it, or find it! … [Read more...]