Red House Happenings

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Giveaway Time

I am so very excited to be hosting my first giveaway here at Red House Happenings. I know everyone would love to enter and win this sweet little half-apron.

Here are the rules:

1. Become a follower of this blog.

2. Add my button to your blog.

3. Post about this giveaway and include a link to Red House Happenings.

4. Leave me a comment telling me that you have done the above.

The contest will end on August 14th. Good Luck to All!

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Sweet Dreams

I took a stroll through Country Living Magazine and found these beautiful bedroom inspirations. I love how white can make a room feel clean and breezy like the Spring of the year,

and how black and white instantly adds sophistication to any room.

I love how refreshing and inviting the blue and white in this room feels, but most of all I LOVE........

A beautiful chandelier in the bedroom. Who says a chandelier only belongs above the dining room table? It makes even the biggest master bedroom feel intimate, warm and inviting. Do you have a chandelier in your bedroom? If so, I'd like to see it.

Sweet Dreams

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Three Cheers for Twice Remembered

I wanna give a HUGE thank you to Kim. She is such a helpful blogging buddy to me, even when she's out of town she still finds time to answer questions and help me out. She even designed a new button for me. Let's all say a big THANK YOU KIM!!!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Here's What's Happening

Is it just me or does anyone else get bloggers block? It's been bad the past couple days. Here's a project I've been working on. This mud room/laundry room is finally complete. My client had a custom bench made with dividers for her shoes to slip right into. She had me make a cushion and the curtains in this room.

This laundry room is now functional as a mud room too. If you've done a mud room/laundry room makeover, send me some pictures. I'd love to post them.

I've also been keeping busy in the garden. The tomatoes are coming on like crazy.

So, I made my first attempt at canning. Wow, it's a lot of work. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Coming very soon I will be hosting a giveaway that I know you will LOVE, so stayed tuned to find out more details about this contest!!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Shhhh....It's A Secret!!

This is a wonderful idea for anyone who may have an electric fireplace or may be thinking about purchasing one. We bought this standard electric firplace insert with mantle kit. Nothing special and quite frankly it seemed small and boring, but that is all we could afford. To make it more substantial, I had my dad build a small box for it to sit on. We just used left over particle board and then tiled this box. Now it seems more permanent.

So what's so great about this?.......it's completely portable. Knowing that I love to rearrange my furniture, my dad decided it might be wise of him to add casters to the bottom of this box. Now I can have a fireplace in my living room or my dining room or anywhere in my house.

The baseboards in our home were already done when we did this project, so my dad made a template of the trimwork. He then cut the tile to fit the profile of our baseboards, as seen in the picture below. When pushed up to the wall it fits like a glove.