Black & White

These are two of my favorite photos. One is of Dad with a deer that he shot; he's petting one of his collies. The other is of Mom with us three kids on Easter morning on the church steps. I made enlargements and put them into frames that I already had.

Black & White

This photo is my favorite photo of Audra and Leah. She is sucking her fingers and twirling her hair; he is sucking his thumb. They are listening to a Mother Goose "record" and reading along with it.

This is our wedding picture that's hanging in our bedroom.

Four 1st Communion girls. My grandmother is upper left, I am upper right, Mom is lower left, and Audra is lower right.

My Memere.

I've always loved black and white photos so I recently decided that it would be a theme throughout my house. I took photos that I already had displayed and copied them to black and white on my printer. I then put them into black or metallic frams with white mats. I thinks it makes a dramatic impact. I love looking at them. Here is a sample.

Black & White

When Mom was here in March, I took many beautiful photos of her with each of the kids. I love them in color, but I wanted them in black and white for framing. After copying them into black and white using my printer, I bought inexpensive black frames (complete with mats $5.00 each!), and hung them in the nursery.

The Decorating Project That Never Ends

The hallway is finished! Yea, just 2800 square feet to go. HaHa.

Here are the BEFORE and AFTER shots. The before is the stain; the white is the after.

Remember I'm painting all of the woodwork in the house a creamy white.

Credenza refurbish

The "before" shot of this wall in the study is on the left, the "after" is on the right.









I have a credenza in the study that is made of very cheap wood; I really disliked the wood finish as well as the hardware, so I decided to change it. I painted it satin black, and changed the pulls and knobs to stainless. It looks so different, and now I enjoy it like it's brand new. The cost was minimal.

I used to have a grouping of nine photos above the credenza. These are all photos that I've taken at various places, and I love them all. I decided that I'd like to highlight fewer photos, but have them more dramatically framed. I selected four, bought very inexpensive frames and mats at Hobby Lobby, and voila. I love the look. The mats and frames together were less than $20.

Making some progress

The hallway is now finished as far as molding goes. Now I'm waiting for my cabinet doors to be put on. Rather than proceed with the other rooms off the hall, I'm heading to the living room. I'm dreading it the most, because of course, we're in the living room more.

The Decorating Project That Never Ends

I'm in the process of painting all of the moldings and doors in the house; I'm changing from their fruitwood stain to a creamy white. A HUGE project! One night I stayed up until 10 pm applying painters' tape to the hallway only to wake up in the morning ready to paint and seeing all of the tape hanging down. What a bummer. I decided not to waste any more time putting up tape; I just painted as carefully as I could. So far I've completed the study and the hallway.