I live in Upstate NY (Rochester) and live in a 1930's bungalow that I'm restoring. It's amazing and I love choosing colors and decorating for as little $$ and as much effort as humanly possible (at least it seems that way most days!).
I also keep a blog in which I whine about the process <grin> and post a lot of pictures about things I'm doing and making.
And I keep my pics on flickr.
I love color. My entranceway is red and orange and my living room is kermit green! It's so fun to mix things up and play with new arrangements of objects. I think of my house as living inside a piece of art -- and you can keep creating it as you go. That's fun. (Plus things get really clean when you move stuff around a lot <laughing>)
My current project is the kitchen. It's gutted and we are close to getting the floor tile in -- so I'm psyched!
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View my blogHas this conversation happened to you too? (Or is it only me...?)
By terryswaler….
Him: (proudly) I touched up the spots I missed this morning.
Her: Good. Now we don’t have to deal with it tonight!
Him: Hmmm. How come I can see where I touched up?
Her: Must be the lights shining funny.
Him: Pause. Oh boy.
Her: Fear striking. What?
Him: I used the primer paint. Not the ceiling paint. I’m going to have to re-do the ceiling.
Her: Silence. Raised eyebrows.
Her thinking: “idiot”
Her: that was dumb! » READ MORE
Kitchen Revelation...I mean...Renovation
By terryswalerLast year (yep. Not a typo) my SO gutted our kitchen. We are definite DIY'ers and this challenge, although overwhelming, was something we knew we could do.
You know how life sometimes takes sudden twists and turns when you least expect it? What? That hasn't happened to you? <laughing>
Our kitchen is still in a state of disrepair and we have few $$ to finish it.
What will we do? What will we do?
Contrive:
I found an entire set of » READ MORE
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Okay. This only strengthens the suspician that I am indeed a dork. ::grin::Current fav photo...
To: DIY Maven
No problem. I always like to know how things are made too! :)
To: terryswaler
Awww...I've always been your friend -- just the "read your posts and really like them...
To: terryswaler
Hey girl! This is SO cute!
To: DIY Maven
Bruno -- This is GREAT. But I just realized. I need more friends! :(http://www.curbly.com/terryswaler/friendships And why do...
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terryswaler
Awww...
I've always been your friend -- just the "read your posts and really like them kind" (grin)
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erinloechner
WHOA. Your review on your blog was SO helpful! Maybe you should post your awesome tips here, as well?! I know a ton of Curbliers would benefit from your wealth of info!!!
Thanks for sharing this!!!
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