A new addition

A new team member joined us last night!

He has had quite a journey over the past few weeks ... from Georgia to New Jersey.

We are still in search of a name (suggestions are welcome).

Now time to find a doggie tool belt and to teach him to stay for photo ops.

Upstairs bedroom progress

Or should I say "not-so-much" progress...

So here's my list of excuses:

1. We've been busy with other things.
2. MDF is such a pain to pick up at the store since you need to find willing parent and time to borrow their truck.
3. It's really really hot outside which makes the upstairs really hot.
4. We need a couple hour block of day light to work on the molding.
5. I need to pick more wall paint for touch-ups. I thought I would be good with left over paint, but I'm really bad a sealing cans. We do have a small sample in a semi-gloss but our walls are painted with a matte.
6. We are also painting the basement floor.
7. We like to watch tv.

Most of the molding is up (painted and caulked).





We got the bed upstairs and assembled without ending our 11 year relationship.



The solid wood dresser made it upstairs too.



Of course some of the shoes found a temporary home (more on this later).



Can't wait to wrap this project up and add 300+ square feet of living space to our home.

Happy Dad's Day

Hope all of the dads out there had a rockin' cool day.


Watkins Glen, NY 1984

It's the new black

Over the weekend, I was with a friend at an awesome antiques market way out in PA. After looking at some costume jewelry booths and seeing a recurring trend in our choices, we declared neon as the new black. You know if you say it out loud it makes it true!

Here's some of my favorite neon...

Cameo by etsy seller, hhop


Stay Classy Pencil 6 pack by Earmark


Home Décor Love Twill Trumpet Flowers Pink by Amy Butler at Fabric.com


Sunshine and Shadow Silk tie-dye short scarf at Outnet.com

Daphne Coffee Table Teal Blue by Johnny Egg

Buffalo Tools Neon Screwdriver Set

CC SKYE Neon Screw Bracelet at Zappos.com

via Peacock Feathers

What would you like to declare as the new black?

Lonny Magazine: Eye Candy

images via Lonny Mag

Check out more eye candy here. Have a happy weekend!

I'm dreaming of a new bathroom...

Here's what I'm dreaming up for my downstairs bathroom. Hopefully it will come to fruition by the end of 2010...or 2011.

For some of the smaller updates (like a new medicine cabinet), I'm hoping to sneak in between other house projects. Let's hope that the Dude doesn't catch on to my plans.

Out with the old, in with the new

Yesterday, we celebrated our "5 year owning our house" anniversary by putting in some new lights in the downstairs bathroom. Since this bathroom is way low on the list of remodeling projects, I figured by adding some new lights and doing some small projects in there will make the space more tolerable.

Old lights...



(sorry for the poor iPhone photo quality...I really need to get a new camera!)


New lights...