Monthly Archives: April 2011
In the spirit of full disclosure…
04-29-2011
I stumbled upon this photo of our 2nd (of four!) paint colors in the family room. I didn’t realize we’d captured this chapter of our color confusion, but apparently we did. (To read more on that saga, aka “the angriest I’ve ever seen Tommy, click here). But those curtains? With that wall color? Yikes. Seriously, what the heck were we…
From Old to New
04-28-2011
After it was all sanded down, I took my air compressor and blew all the dust off of it and then wiped it down with a damp rag. It was looking nice and clean and ready for the stain. This was first time staining something and it was a pretty rewarding process and easy to not mess up on. I…
R, R, R, Ridiculous
04-26-2011
Now we are just at the point of ridiculousness. Spell check confirms that “ridiculousness,” is in fact a word. Our pallet full of scrap wood was shrunk down to just a bundle. At this point, I could just throw it all away…but where’s the fun in that. I once again wondered, “what else could I build with this OR where…
This One’s For You, BeBe
04-25-2011
In case you haven’t met her, my dad’s mom Betty Jean (or BeBe as we grandkids call her) is the epitome of Southern grace and hospitality. Here she is (above) with my dad and granddad on our wedding day – isn’t she beautiful? For the 25 years that I’ve been around (and beyond, as my dad and aunts could testify),…
Totally Hooked
04-22-2011
Please excuse the cheesy title. I couldn’t help myself. Wall hooks…..who says that they have to look utilitarian? I am continually on the hunt for household objects with both function and form, hence our window swag holders in this post. In this case, I was looking for a cuter solution to hang the miscellaneous “stuff” that flows through our…
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Some More
04-19-2011
Did I mention that we had hundreds of pieces of scrap wood after building our fence? No exaggeration, there was a ton of leftovers. I had it piled up on top of the pallet that our bags of concrete were delivered on and it was at least waist high. After the creation of the Adirondack-ish bench, the pile was only…
The Rooms You Haven’t Seen Yet
04-15-2011
I haven’t posted photos of our entire house yet, partly out of laziness and partly out of not wanting to show you the rooms we haven’t done anything with yet. But full disclosure – here are some of the other rooms. The photo above is a shot of our current guest room with Tommy’s old bachelor pad bedding. I can’t…
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
04-13-2011
Which is cheaper; a 4’ dog-eared fence picket or a 6’ dog-eared fence picket? The most logical answer you would think is a 4’ picket……wrong. I was pretty shocked when we first began pricing out how much it would cost to build our fence that a 6’ plank was the cheapest option. Additionally, a dog-eared fence picket was less expensive…
Where It All Began
04-12-2011
I call this photo, “Tommy Sibiga, the early years.” I found this little gem in my photo library on Monday night and couldn’t resist a quick post about it. Tommy built this loft when he lived in Virginia Beach on 80th Street. It is a combination desk, closet, bed frame, shoe organizer and poster art wall. In case you were…
Next on the List…..
04-11-2011
I just returned from a great weekend visiting my sweet friend Ginny Evans in Winston-Salem, NC – love that girl. She might live in the most charming house ever. Even though I was away, my weekend was not without a trip to Home Depot. Ginny asked me for help painting her guest room, so we spent a couple hours on…
Our Ode to Lyla
04-06-2011
Our home would not be complete without our furry partner in crime. She’s the yin to our yang and keeps us laughing deep belly laughs on a weekly basis. If you’ve read some of our previous blog posts, you might have noticed her curly tail or the top of her snout in the corner of a photo. Lyla does not…
$50 Granite Countertops
04-05-2011
No, we’re not joking. And yes, our current countertops are the oak finish from IKEA. But before we shelled out the big bucks to purchase the oak countertops (not really), we thought we’d try a little experiment that we saw on the Today Show called “Giani” Italian Granite Paint for Countertops. The product costs $50, comes with a sponge kit,…
DIY Roman Shades for the Kitchen
04-04-2011
It was a low-key weekend at the Sibiga house, which means we only made one trip to Home Depot instead of our usual two or three. But as far as major projects go, our only project this weekend consisted of finishing and mounting our DIY roman shades for the kitchen windows. I chose the floral swatch from U-Fab because it…
The Swag Holder
04-01-2011
Or as we call it – the thing that holds the window curtain string. You know, that hardware you wrap the string around when you want to pull your window shade up (and you want it to stay up)? Apparently the technical term for it is a “swag holder.” Who knew? Since we’re in the final stages of making our…
