Making Home


A Room For Living

A Room For Living

As we prepare to move (only 10 more days!) I've been writing a series about the renovations we've done on our house over the years. This is the fourth post in the series. Here are the rest: The Door that Damien Built ~ A Change in our Housing Priorities The ...

A Spring Bouquet

A Spring Bouquet

Part random family life, part linky post, part moving update. Like a bouquet of colorful spring flowers. Mamaspeak It's Mothers Day this weekend (like you didn't notice) and we don't have any plans except to give me a bit of time off from this move. We're not big gift people ...

House Renovations Tour ~ The Bedrooms

House Renovations Tour ~ The Bedrooms

What we loved when we bought this house was the original wood, all the bedrooms walls needed was some TLC to give the rooms the look and feel we wanted.

Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

Improvements to Our "Water Closet"

We didn't buy our house because of its bathroom but there are certain features about it we like.

The Door That Damien Built ~ A Change in Housing Priorities

The Door That Damien Built ~ A Change in Housing Priorities

Realizing that you only get to raise kids once we decided to invest more in building family than renovating a house. (Truth be told: we'd rather do other things with our time.)

Because Story Matters

Because Story Matters

One of the unexpected perks of packing is the opportunity to discover buried treasure in your life's belongings. In this case, my mother's self published work "Two Beats in my Measure". Which wasn't exactly buried under the bed or something, but neatly tucked away on the bookshelf in a forlorn ...

Evolution of a Writer

Evolution of a Writer

Here on the internet were mothers, homemakers and homeschoolers (like me) who were sharing their lives, their ideas, their selves - from home and making money doing so.