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What is a WallHog and why is it in my boy’s bathroom?

My boys asked me to please redo their bathroom. “We’re too old for frogs Mom”.
Sigh…..and I guess they are. So out with the frogs and in with the “WallHogs“.
“WallHogs“…..that was the company I saw …
In need of a good “orange” color in your home?

It’s Benjamin Moore’s “Pumice Stone” (#BM1197). With a dark cranberry glaze over it.
I love it in this dining room we just fauxed.
One way to fill your children’s emotional tank
So I totally stole this idea from someone else’s blog…..and yet I don’t remember who. If you were the inventor of this sweet idea….kudos to you! I thought it was brilliant enough to copy!
The physical part of my running

So, I am running again. I took several weeks off after my first half marathon but am back in the saddle and in training again.
My church, The Rock of KC, is encouraging people to run in the Kansas …
What’s new at my house…
I had a designer tell me once that there is an old Indian proverb which says “House done; man dies”.
Thank goodness my house is still “evolving”.
After 10 years…..we just got …
Help! Looking for an old post on wall photos!
Edited because within minutes Ann Marie at Twice Lovely new exactly about this post at The Shabby Nest that I was talking about!!!!! Thank you Ann Marie! I owe you one!
A special “blog shout-out” to anyone who can help …
Shabby chic bed frame
A friend recently picked this bed frame up and asked me to paint it cream with some of the original gold color peaking thru.

I gave it the “super-professional” treatment of painting it in …
Girls dresser and endtable

My friend Laura spotted this cute dresser set at a garage sale near her house on Friday. From the street it looked adorable….
Upon closer inspection, it is solid….but badly in need of a new paint job!
Got Lions?
Update them with some Faux Effects Stain and Seal. They look so much better once the gold is toned down!











