New Sitting Area 15 Aug 2013 | 09:06 am

Part 1: Sitting Area While furnishing our new kitchen hearth area, I recently addressed the area by the stair well. This is an old picture taken before construction... Here is the area during th...

Working on the Kitchen Dining Area 17 Jul 2013 | 11:28 am

Our kitchen dining set with stained wood and upholstered leather chairs seemed blah, boring, one note... ...too much brown. To fix this, my thoughts were to add an area rug and get end chairs ...

New Furniture for Hearth 4 Jul 2013 | 11:56 pm

Cast Stone Fireplace Surround 1 May 2013 | 10:36 am

We chose a linear, rectangular shaped fireplace for our kitchen hearth space. Although on the modern side (not really a style in our home), we liked the look.  Also, since a 75" TV will be placed abov...

Expanding the Kitchen Hearth Living and Dining Area 16 Apr 2013 | 01:16 am

For the last six months, we have been in the process of expanding our kitchen hearth and dining area.  This is the area where we spend most of our time and the original space seemed cramped, especiall...

Lower Level: New Hide Chair & Rug 27 Jun 2012 | 04:20 am

The furniture ordered for our lower level finally came.  One piece is a replacement (due to upholstering defect) for a hide arm chair that I had already purchased. The chair that was replaced is shown...

Starting on the Lower Level 20 Apr 2012 | 05:10 am

Our lower level is pretty much a blank slate.  There is a pool table, some bar stools and that is about it.  We decided to go with a rustic, casual look (per hub's request).  I recently picked out two...

Leopard Print Chair 5 Mar 2012 | 12:01 pm

We needed a chair for the hearth area in our kitchen, to be placed to the right of the leather chair shown below, replacing an  old chair we have now (the second photo shows my Dober boy Max in the ch...

Kitchen Island Stools (& New Leopard Print Chair?) 23 Feb 2012 | 07:51 pm

Above are our new kitchen island stools. Below were are our old ones: I have never liked the counter stools for our kitchen island. We brought them from our previous home and they have never been .....

New Additions to My Family and Replacing the Great Room Rug 3 Feb 2012 | 01:46 pm

I haven't posted in a while for a variety of reasons, one of which is that we added two Doberman pups to our family in July.  Taking care of two puppies is like having a new child... almost.  Here are...