House Art in the laundry. I took Nadine 's advice and hung her Purple House in the laundry where it makes me smile while I'm washing...

Shussssh! Don't tell the master bathroom but I'm cheating on it with this room. I find myself in here more often than is necessary -...

The bids for the laundry room countertop came in - Carrara marble beat Group D Corian by over $300 which amazed me. It's the same stone ...

There is one other reason why things have taken a little longer than we planned on the primary bath front. We decided to take advantage of ...

We haven't been ignoring the house this week. A couple of chores were crossed off the to do list. This guy came down. We haven't had...

I wrote this post before I went walkabout: Some weeks ago I promised an update to the failed initial laundry room plan . I drew and redrew t...

A trip to Ikea to buy some cabinets to finish the laundry room was a big fat bust. I had everything planned out, wall and base cabinets from...

laundry countertop Originally uploaded by modernemama Well it's very clean and bright and I actually don't mind spending t...

I finally persuaded Steven to put a coat of Benjamin Moore Cloud White on the ceiling and it took him, oh I don't know, maybe 30 minute...

First Frost Originally uploaded by modernemama I just love this color, First Frost, from Pittsburgh Paints, not only because it...

Voice of Color- First Frost Originally uploaded by modernemama While the gusts have gone to Baltimore and DC for a few days I deci...

We are now a week passed the "absolutely has to be finished by" deadline and we still have this charming hole in the laundry room ...

It's been an entire year since we first looked into replacing our 30 year old dryer and 26 year old top-loader with energy saving models...

The good news is that it rained really badly this morning so the handyman couldn't work on his other, outside, job. Actually, that's...

It seems my suspicions were correct and Steven didn't make time to arrange delivery of the shower base while I was away because one call...

original 1968 formica Originally uploaded by modernemama . When you've hired a dumpster and learnt how to swing a sledgehammer ...

Santa? No, the demo man Originally uploaded by modernemama . He's looking surprisingly chipper for a man who just rearranged th...

I have spent days pouring over the blueprints for the house, discovering a few interesting things along the way. On the original blueprints ...