When we bought this house, the previous owners were generous enough to leave us their shower curtain, towels, rugs, soap dispenser and trash can that so vibrantly match the neon daisy wallpaper boarder and corresponding neon wall color. It wasn't our fave, though I know if I were 12, I would have chosen this exact color combination.Now THAT'S enough to wake you up in the morning!In an effort to ... [ Read More ]
Rodents
There are some things a girl never has to worry about until they acquire a piece of land in the country. One of those things would be Ground Squirrels. Now, I consider myself to be an Iowa girl, born and raised (if you ignore the fact that I lived in 6 states since high school), as well as considering myself to be a fairly intelligent individual (luckily spell-check just ... [ Read More ]
Home Improvements: Headboard
Granted, I'm no interior designer (though I wasted a lot of money thinking I could become one) I still cruise around my house looking for little things I could improve or update to make our home as beautiful and personalized as possible... on little to NO budget. So, as i stood at the foot of our master bed, I sadly look up at my lack of headboard. The dilemma being: I have a super cute comforter, ... [ Read More ]
First blog entry EVER!
Well, I went from being notorious for my compulsively nomadic moving from state-to-state nonsense, to now being a new wife AND new homeowner of a beautiful house in the country, dead center in the 'middle of nowhere Iowa.' (aparently our address isn't can't even be found via GPS). Our lovely home was built in 1900 and is set on 5 grassy acres with plenty of mature shade trees. To complete the ... [ Read More ]