For quite some time now, I've been getting Backwoods Home monthly newsletter. They usually have a few interesting recipes in there, some cute jokes and even some really great woodworking plans from time to time. In this month's newsletter, they have some spring...
Another great stencil site
Yeah, I know, you're getting sick of reading about stencils already...but I came across another site with some interesting stencils that just might work for our shutters.This flower stencil from Stencil Planet which I think could look really nice. 7.5 in x 5 in (HXW)...

What to do about the back splash
When we went to IKEA on Saturday, we stopped by the sample kitchen with Fagerland, the name of our kitchen fronts, just to see what they had done in there. What we saw we really liked. They had a white counter top and shiny white tiles with an ornate border running...
Helping out around the house
Yesterday, we decided to start painting out bathroom door, the first of many doors in the house which will be repainted. We didn't want to take it all the way out to the barn so we laid it across the bathtub to paint it there. But keeping the dog out of the room...
The best stencil site ever
I was browsing the web yesterday, trying to find some inspiration about what we should put on our shutters when we repaint them. Now that we now we can get the color matched that is currently on there at Hornbach, we just have to decide what we want them to look like...
A new kind of sticker collection
Here's something not necessarily new but pretty interesting. Nouvelles USA offers wall decor stickers in all sorts of designs. From flowers to animals to frames, they have a collection of large stickers for an interesting alternative to the usual framed art. You need...
Back to IKEA once again
It's been a few weeks since our last trip to IKEA and there isn't really anything we must have from there right now...but when we bought our kitchen they had a special program going because a tax increase was going into effect here in Germany. This allowed us to get a...
Installing Undercabinet Lighting
Once again, I have to love This Old House. In last week's newsletter, they were talking about making homes better for baby boomers. Well, hubby and I are far from that age bracket but we are planning to install undercabinet lighting sometime in the near future in the...
Booked solid until mid-May
Hubby and I are starting to feel old. We know we're not, but we're approaching thirty and our 10 year class reunions from high school are coming up...and it makes you just want to stop counting birthdays. I have recently said I'm just going to age until 25 or 30, then...
Waiting for the container
Well, it is now 20 minutes past noon and we are still waiting for the bio container. They said it would be there before noon, but I guess they are once again delayed. Yesterday we surveyed the situation in our backyard and we really have our work cut out for us. The...


