Soooo . . . Is it really almost the end of summer? It looks like the last time I posted, I was thinking about barn quilt designs.  And n...

Mr. Kieffer suggested that I make a barn quilt for our white barn a while back, and my first comment was, "What the hell's a barn q...

I finally made a decision for the paint colors for the cabinets and walls in the kitchen.  Since we're just doing a low-budget remodel f...

Last weekend, someone asked me what an ikat pattern was, and I didn't have a really good answer for her.  I could easily point one out, ...

Back in the good ol' days of design school, there were few options for room planning software, and they were prohibitively expensive.  F...

Woohoo!  I've finished the master bathroom inspiration board.  It turned out to be much more traditional than I was thinking it would, b...

Even though we are new-house-less, I've been compiling mood boards for the new house that we'll have (someday).  I find that it real...