Always needing a project

Seems my whole life I have had to have a project to work on or a book to read...

I can't think of a time I have just sat still and done nothing....well, except visiting and driving

- things like that yes, one has to be not multitasking 😏

The basement is FINISHED...the laundry room the last of it.

We painted the walls and floors, put in a couple cupboards/counter and Doug put up a hanging rack for me.  It certainly isn't a fancy laundry room but from what it was for years it is good enough for me.

Before/during demolition

No that isn't laundry in the baskets...

it's all the rags and sheets we use for dropcloths when painting

After

I do plan to make curtain for the front of the shelves

After the basement project we tackled the outside...normally we get loads of mulch but

it needs to be taken care of right away and so this year with no help from the boys we bought bags of mulch and it worked out great...we didn't have to worry about the weather.

But first we bought a new tree for the end of the house to replace a large bush that outlived itself.

This is a 'Louisa' Weeping Flowering Crabapple

Not sure if you remember but we planted all new shrubs last Spring

They're still small but are coming in really great this year, we're really pleased with the 

Holly bushes especially - 

We had to replace two burning bushes that were under these windows

so we decided on two Holly bushes like the ones in the front.

This week I started on the dining room getting the walls painted below the chair rail.

I kept the same color as all the trim because I like it and because I didn't want 

to paint ALL THAT TRIM a different color....then I started the stenciling.

I'm loving it and I like that I decided to put it just along the openings and not in the center of the walls.

Stencil is from MB Historic Stencils

In the evenings when I get to relax I work on my rug hooking

This is a pattern I've had for 4 years now and just getting to work on it.

This is my current finish one - finished hooking anyway,

now I need to block and bind it.

Thank you for visiting me again

Karen

Please pray for our country

DEN RE-DO

The last month has seen lots of redo in our home.

First it was painting the upstairs hall walls and trim, then carpeting in the family room, stairs and upper hall.

The past 2 weeks we have re-done the den - first I had to strip the wallpaper, then primer and then paint. We decided on the same color as the family room because the two rooms are almost connected - just a step down to the family room.

The paint is called Jute - kind of a Caramel color.

Then I stenciled the walls and we are loving it!

I don't have a full room picture yet just the one wall.
I used English Ivy, Khaki Tan and Brown for the stencil colors.
The brown to pick up the dark Brick Red trim.

NOTE:  I've had many emails from friends saying they can't comment on my blog - it won't let them.  Blogger changed many of the settings and there's no way I know how to fix it and I don't think one could - Blogger has it locked.

So I appreciate all the CAN COMMENT...and those that email me personally.

That's all I have this week - see you next week!

Blessings

Karen