We were extremely excited to read Jean Marie Stanberry’s newest work “Heartless-A Star is Dead” and you should be too. Just in case you haven’t read Jean’s other books let me tell you, she is a master of character development and this book has a surprise ending that no one on our staff saw coming. Continue reading The Excitement is Building!
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A Rustic Guest Bath
Having a beautiful guest bathroom is important if you like to entertain. My guest bathroom was out of date and downright embarrassing. The builder of our house was either color blind, or a complete idiot that didn’t know that red floor tile and cobalt blue tile on the vanity looks ridiculous. The bathroom vanity was made of the same poor quality cabinetry that the builder had installed in our kitchen. It was in a bit better condition, but still, it had to go.
DIY Adventures-Refacing a fireplace
Anyone who knows me, knows that when my husband and I have a project, we will at the very least, attempt to do it ourselves. After a bit of trial and error we do know our limits. For instance, we try to avoid large concrete projects and my husband Gary is not allowed to paint. Other than that, we will try just about anything at least once.
Our latest project involved refacing our fireplace. We built the fireplace when we moved into the house almost ten years ago. It is a gas fireplace and it was meant to augment our aging heating system and conserve space over the home’s previous heat source, a large and unwieldy wood stove which was not only dirty, but because of allergies, I had bronchitis most of that winter. Continue reading DIY Adventures-Refacing a fireplace