Month: August 2015
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How to Install a Barn Door
I love barn doors. They solve the problem of swing out doors in small spaces, can be made to fit odd sizes, are easier to install than a pocket door and they look cool. I love them so much that soon we will have three. One on the giant bran door that allows us to […]
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What’s In A Name?
Several people have asked what the name of our soon to be second home will be. The answer is… Providence Acres Mr. Math and I had discussed possible names but nothing felt right. Creekside? Bar S (the name of a family ranch)? There were several more we thought about but nothing stuck. We decided that […]
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Providence
Dictionary.com has this as one definition for providence: 3. a manifestation of divine care or direction. Right now I believe Mr. Math and I are in the big middle of providence. I feel like I need to share a little about our journey selling our lake house and buying our new place. Please indulge me […]
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The Mudroom
Lately all I hear on HGTV right now is “open concept”. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love having a large open family room, dining room and kitchen, but there is something to be said for walls, too. I like walls so much that I just convinced Mr. Math to put one up at […]
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Weekend Update
Right now we are working full-out every weekend and I am not doing a great job of taking pictures so I thought I would give you all a quick look at our progress. I did such a bad time last week that I never got the post done. Sorry. This post is a mix of […]
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Curtain Problems
Our “new” ranch home, built in 1982, has a curtain problem. Well that is probably not accurate. I have a curtain problem at the ranch. I love the look of floor to ceiling curtains in a home, particularly a home with 8 foot ceilings, but for some reason our windows/walls/ceilings just don’t seem to fit […]
The Weekend Country Girl 