Where’s Your Sense of Adventure?

eric + leandra travel around the globe

Hanging Rock State Park

Leandra’s brother Ryan and his girlfriend Emily came to visit us for Thanksgiving, and after all the turkey we were in need of some outdoor time. Hanging Rock State Park is only about 2 hours away, and it had been a while since we last visited (2004) making it...

first floor renovations, part VI

I finished the backsplash Sunday night, and Monday morning the cabinet painter came to take all the doors and tape off the kitchen. a total mess – but at least my cabinets look organized! after a coat of primer and two coats of semi-gloss white paint The doors...

first floor renovations, part V

Since we were changing so many parts of the kitchen, I really wanted to add a decorative tile backsplash as well. I’ve had the tile purchased for several days and last Sunday Home Depot offered a DIY workshop on how to tile a backsplash. Perfect! Part of the...

first floor renovations, part IV

The downstairs bathroom has been slowly coming together. The walls needed to be completely redone as the paint was coming off because I didn’t properly prime it after tearing off all the wallpaper in 2005. Whoops. the bathroom shares the same horrible sub-floor...