happenstance home

Slowly progress has been made.

We had open walls ...

 

and open floors.

My husband and his friend did the electrical work, and lots of plumbing.  I even learned how to cut copper, and hook up pipes.  Summer passed and life gets busy.  This is the point where we decided to call in professional help.

 

We now have our heated floor installed.  Tile to come here soon.

 

The marble floor in the shower is finished (covered here), and the wall tiles are going up.

 

I spent yesterday pretty much doing fun things.  I went out with my friend Kare and her 12 year old niece - we went to Rochester for a small amount of shopping and lunch at Smackwater Jacks.  Then we headed to Utica to see Beverly at Before and After Interiors.

I had the evening to myself - I first entered all of my inventory into Excel - then I got some sushi and rented a Redbox - I rented the 5 Year Engagement since it was filmed in Ann Arbor - personally I thought much of it was juvenile-potty-pig man-no depth type humor.  I liked the man who was the stay at home Dad that took up knitting - his creations were very outlandish.  Jason Segel was pretty repulsive throughout the film.  I guess I just don't get obvious stupid man humor.   I have laugh until you cry real life stories that are better than anything in that film.  Seems like so much more could have been done.  Anyhow - I like funny - Big Bang Theory, Suburgatory, Go On - to me those are intelligent laugh out loud funny.  What a complainer I am today :)

 

We had 23 people over for Thanksgiving so we went more casual than usual.  I don't have a pretty fully set table to show, but this is the centerpiece I've had on the table throughout Fall.

 

I gathered up a bunch of different pumpkins that I had throughout the house - threw on some pinwheels pretty much by mistake, but I then liked them there.   It happened while I was packaging things for my shop.

My nieces LOVE crafting when they come over so here are the projects we did this year.  I like to have a ornament for them to make.  This year we decorated clothespin reindeer with eyes, a nose, markers, and glitter.  I forgot to take the after photo's, but they were really cute.  I made the ornaments up beforehand since they needed time to dry - then the girls could just decorate.

Project number 2 was decorating the paper cones shown above.  They colored them with crayons and then added buttons and sparkly trim if they wanted.  My youngest niece first decided they should come over every Saturday, and later told her Mom that they should come over every day.  I thought that was really sweet.  I'm glad she had fun.

Hearing the leaves crunch underfoot and enjoying the smell of Fall.  There were so many leaves!

Hope everyone enjoys their day with family and friends!

I'm looking forward to dinner - It is all delicious, but I love the sides best!!!  Even though I've made the cranberries twice in the last month I cannot wait to have them with the stuffing and green bean casserole, etc.

Happy Turkey Day!

I created everything from my own little mind except for the wooden stars.  Those were an online idea.

 

It's a mix of cream, black, craft paper, glitter, and map pages.  I have a small selection of iridescent glass ornaments to add to the mix as well.  They aren't on the tree here though.

 

Antique Farmhouse had a sale on preserved boxwood a few weeks ago, and I felt I had the perfect place for it in our office.  I wanted some greenery, and it also works to disguise some of our supplies.  Also, it smells really good!

Here is the before.  I bought this galvanized bucket from Ikea a while back, and to dress it up clipped on one of our very favorite photo's of N when he was a little guy - plus a saying I like (be happiness itself).  I used big office clips to hold them onto the bucket.

Inside I keep cords that I use to connect things to the computer, and other iPad/iPhone supplies.

 That iPhone cover is from Lisa Roy.  Love it - I just switch things around here and there so I don't use it every day.