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Which Paint to Choose?

Thanks to Mother Nature bestowing snow and rain on us this weekend, our garage painting had to be postponed! But don’t worry – we (mostly John) fought the urge to stay in and watch Halloween movies and instead went over to the paint store (plus he fixed our doorbell.) Before we headed out, we looked […]

November 2nd, 2011
Swing and a Miss

This was supposed to be a victory post.  I was going to write about how we repainted our front entry door and how awesome it came out.  Didn’t happen.  Instead, this is a mistake/lesson learned post. The background: Lisa had noticed that some people in the blogosphere had been painting the sidelight frames to match […]

October 18th, 2011
How to Get a Deep Espresso Stain

Since Lisa and I started to assemble the nursery last December, we knew we would probably need a bedside table. We had a little extra space for another piece, so something small and round seemed like the best choice since it would probably be where we rest the lamp and the baby’s angel care monitor. […]

September 15th, 2011
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