Ye Olde Red Brick House

Nothing better then Sunday mornings, with a cup of hot coffee, my journal and a porch swing.  Time to strip some more varnish off the redwood today! UPDATED w/ photos This is the area on the left hand side of dining room. BEFORE AFTER 5 hours the corners are the hardest.... getting all the tiny bits of paint out of crevices, is very time consuming and NOT FUN AT ALL This is what the dining room looked like during my walk through. (red arrow is the same area as photos above)

I have taken a month off from paint stripping....  in order to do Spring Cleaning!  I so hate showing the *before* photos... messy messy The craft room corner... *BEFORE* *AFTER*  Michaels Crafts had a killer sale on the  scrapbook paper containers  (the green, pink and purple plastic ware on the Right Hand side) They are originally $8.99 but I bought them for $2.99.  (Not in photo - 6 that are empty) I seriously love the large metal bookcases. They hold so much!  The photo boxes were $1.50 - $2.00 each at Michaels, so I bought a LOT of them.  They are absolutely perfect for craft supplies.  I still need to organize corner #2 of my craft room. I have a ton of vintage books that I need to find room for.  It will be so wonderful to have a craft room that I can actually find stuff in... someday.  I was up until midnight last night organizing my hall closet. It's where I keep all the girly products.  Please, to all the women out th...