House Tour–Part 1

Here is my Kitchen.  The walls are Tapestry Beige by Benjamin Moore.  You can read more about the process here.

Here is the Master Bedroom.  You can read about the process here.

Here is my son’s room.  This was my first project in this house and probably my favorite.  You can read about it here.

Here is our upstairs sitting room.  I sold our ugly leather couches and got this green sofa a few months ago.

Here is our foyer (yes we live in a split level).  I bought a sewing table ($15) and repainted it cream and stained the top.  I got the mirror at a garage sale for $3.  I painted it oil rubbed bronze.  We painted our front door black and couldn’t be happier with it.  The throw rug is from IKEA for $5. 

Ok, my guest room is pretty sad.  But here it is.  Got any ideas for under $10 to spruce this up?

More to come next post. 

We’re Moving!!!!

We decided to sell our house.  We will probably take a loss even though we bought in a down market it has still dropped significantly in our neighborhood.

There was a tragic death in my family and that has been why I haven’t posted for a while.  It really affected my husband and I and helped us realize this house is not our home.  We were so torn on trying to save this house or selling at a loss and than this horrible event occurred.  My family lives in New York and they need us now more than ever.   Whatever loss we take we can live with.  We just want to be closer to family.

We will have to find jobs, a place to live, and good schools.  I am not sure I can continue to homeschool if we move.  My husband is trying to find an EMT position and sending out multiple applications everyday.  We are looking into Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey.

If you live in these states please comment and tell me where to go or stay away from.  Thanks I will be posting all about boxing up our lives and becoming renters again. 

So far I have finished my sons room and will be posting the current pictures in my next post.  That is my house in the top picture, if you live in the Triad and want to know more about it just email me.

Thanks everybody!!

DSLR Manual Settings

I have been working on learning to use my Canon Rebel EOS Rebel XS’ manual settings.  I have never taken a photography class in my life.  I basically take 100 or more pictures at different settings on my camera and learn that way.

I am going to show you a bunch of photos and what the setting was on each.  Todays model was my 2 year old Chihuahua Mix Chloe.

1. Manual
2. White Balance – daylight
3. F-stop   f/5
4. Exposure Time  1/25
5. ISO 1600

1. Manual
2. White Balance – daylight
3. F-stop   f/5.6
4. Exposure Time  1/25
5. ISO 1600

1. Manual
2. White Balance – daylight
3. F-stop   f/5
4. Exposure Time  1/25
5. ISO 1600

1. Manual
2. White Balance – daylight
3. F-stop   f/5
4. Exposure Time  1/25
5. ISO 1600

1. Manual
2. White Balance – daylight
3. F-stop   f/5
4. Exposure Time  1/15
5. ISO 1600

She’s the best model.  My other doggie doesn’t like to be photographed. I took a great picture of my friends 2 yr. old son, but I’ll have to ask her if I can post it.

Janet