Welp, it was a BEAUTIFUL summer and fall…minus the fact that Mother Nature turned my favorite month (July) into a rain fest. But we sure accomplished a lot this year. Back in May, I was …
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The Song Butcher
It’s one of my favorite dreams: There I am, backstage in a packed concert arena. Thousands of excited fans ready for me to take the stage. The music starts, the crowd goes wild. The announcer …
Continue readingThe living room, the poem, the bag and the bench
Welcome to the time travel post. Today, we’re hopping into the Way Back Machine…to revisit our first home, We’re headed back to a time when the amazingly crafty Carol Duvall was the queen of HGTV… …
Continue readingHow I spent a few weeks in the bathroom
Wow, what a crappy title for a bathroom makeover post. (Although the jokes do just write themselves.) Remember back in June when I whined about working my tookus off (and showed proof that I had)? …
Continue readingA (former) English major’s dirty little secret
Here I go again, sharing secrets in the safest place ever… (you know, the Internet). Also, this post is a few hours late. Sorry. The dog did NOT eat my homework, but this DID actually …
Continue readingSay hello to my little friend
There are several good reasons why I have a collection of vacuum cleaners: cordless, robotic, heavy duty plug-in, a second cordless…and a carpet cleaner, too. Each of the reasons comes with four legs. In general, …
Continue readingWhere Bloggers Live: “How I Organize”
I seriously considered posting this title with absolutely zero text. (Actually, if I had, it might have been your favorite post ever.) Organize? Me? Let’s just say the reason there are TWO posts going live …
Continue readingProject reveal: What I did with the fabric…
If a tree falls in the woods procrastinator actually accomplishes something quickly and no one is around to see it, does it still make a noise? I am that tree. Er, procrastinator…. (You get the …
Continue readingThe Post that Jumped the Shark
You came here for some DIY, right? I promised over there -> ….. in the sidebar… that I would share my DIY adventures. This past month, I have DIYed my, um, butt off. Don’t believe …
Continue readingA Gallery Wall to (Finally) Finish the Living Room
It’s Bait-and-Switch Friday here on DustandDoghair. Today, while the rest of the “Where Bloggers Live” tribe is sharing their “Just like Home” stories, I’m sharing the LAST of my decades-in-the-making, Living Room makeover adventure. For …
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