home on the range

Aaaand we're back.  David was traveling, then he was sick, and I've been sick for nearly 2 weeks.  So not a lot happens when systems are down.   The downstairs bathroom has been painted, and repainted.  The stencil was finished today, so this week I will be hand-painting the design.  The downstairs office is ready for painting so I will be doing that this week, too.

In the mean time, we replaced the range hood!  The old one was gross.  The new one works well. And it has a better light.  And it's clean.  Here is the before and after:

before: white, busted, dirty, old

after: clean, fresh, fancy, stainless

Over the weekend, we celebrated mom's upcoming birthday.  I made pretty garland!  And today I got a head start on some similar decorations for Jim & Jenny's wedding later this year.  

garland for Mom

JJ wedding

More projects and pictures coming soon!