animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

painting progress

As much as I did not want to, I painted the living room ceiling yesterday. It took forever. And, I couldn’t see what I was doing as the room was too dark (even though I did it during the day). Though, I can’t really see any spots that were missed …

catching up

Last week, I wrapped up the last of three mixology classes I took at Penn Highlands. The classes were pretty basic, but it was still fun and I picked up a couple tips. They’re planning on having one-day classes for St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo next year, so …

dining room

As I previously mentioned, I’m doing some painting at the house this winter. I painted the dining room Elephant Skin on Sunday. I really like how it turned out, though it does make the room a lot darker, but I’m ok with that. I still have to paint the window …

the painting

I’m trying to get the main living areas (living room, dining room, foyer, and hall) painted before the end of the year, so I started on that this weekend. I did the dining room, foyer, and hall ceilings. Ceilings are the worst! Anyway, I’m hoping to have those three areas …

the shed

I have been “painting” the shed for about 6 weeks and finally finished the job this evening. I say “painting” because it was a little more than that. To make painting easier, I took the glass out of the window frames, including the transom window (which completely fell apart–the glue …