Before I get to my own projects in the next weeks, I have to share a trip we took this month to California which included a visit to my son and precious daughter-in-law. They just bought their first home and according to them, it needed a lot of refurbishing, though we couldn't tell it now. They have only been in the house a couple months and it is already GORGEOUS! They bought it on a short sale so they got a great deal on it and have been trying to do all their projects as frugally as they can. My son especially puts me to shame bargaining with salespeople. Here are the new happy homeowners:
Derek and Carrie were at the lumber yard looking for nice thick wood to make an entry shelf. Derek asked the salesman about this piece and the salesman said, oh that's scrap off something else, you can have it for FREE. It turned out to be the perfect dimension...Score! Derek put up a couple heavy nice looking hooks under the shelf for Carrie to hang her purse and shopping bags on. Cute!
