Building this new house is such an exciting ride for me. I go to the antique shop or salvage yard, grab a few things, hand them over to an artist, and *BOOM* I’ve got an awesome architectural wow piece in my home. These corbels are from a hundred year old house. The top board is who knows […]
Archives for June 2013
One Million Pageviews – Thanks a million!!
Cedar Hill Ranch just hit one million pageviews. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! You are awesome for coming here every day and encouraging ME. If you didn’t come here to read this blog it would be like one of those sounds in the forest where a tree fell and we ask if there was […]
Carpentry – New House Update
The house has been abuzz with carpenters in every room. The molding is going up in the living room as you can see below. Here you can see the master bedroom. The crown molding is already in place on the tray ceiling and the window trim is there as well. Our bathroom is beginning to […]
New Craftsman Home Photo Shoot
Have I mentioned lately how much I love what I do? Well I do!! As you may know I work as a designer for Ridgewater Homes, but I’m also now doing their photography. I just did my first photo shoot for them, and it was a blast. Come on and I’ll show you around. […]
Beamed Ceiling – New House Update
Oh I love it when things work out like this. Bad news, the plans for our new house had a column at the end of our kitchen peninsula that would have made the breakfast room seemed closed off from the rest of the kitchen and living room. Insert sad face here. 🙁 Good news, my builder, Ridgewater […]
What Camera Should I Buy?
I recently received a message from my sweet friend Betsy asking me to recommend a camera for her. She’s a blogger and is wanting to step up from a point and shoot camera. Since I thought some of you might be in the same boat, I’m posting my response to her here. (This is not […]
New House Update – Sheetrock City
Oh yes, things are moving right along with our new house. See the door and the window leaning against the wall? Well this is just part of construction. I wanted an 8 ft door for the front of the house, but they put in a standard 6 ft door instead. They changed it out no […]
New House Update – Go Ahead Write on the Walls
I remember long ago, the horror walking in my children’s bathroom only to find the wallpaper ripped off the wall and pen marks all over another wall. My kids got a talkin’ to that day. Later I realized that a ‘certain friend’ had been visiting and the mom of that friend said her daughter often ripped wallpaper off […]