gMarie Sews

Nope - not a new animal! A new tv.  A giant one.  The one that was in the studio was small - it came out of our bedroom because we ...

 Several smaller, upscale cities in Western Washington have 'yard sale' days. Honestly - it the one day during the year when ev...

 Almost done.  Today we moved the bookcases from the living downstairs.  I was able to move all the books and magazines from the cutting t...

Bad Photo Horrible photo, but how pretty and rich is my new floor? Better photos after the walls are touched up and the trim installe...

So Saturday I got home from my sewing guild meeting to find JB in the basement laying the new floor.  What?  Umm, the floor isn't suppo...

Remember back when I told you "we" were reno-ing our bathroom?   Well here it is mostly done.  The tile turned out fabulous. ...

Sorry - that's all I've got. Haven't downloaded "vacation day" photos yet. No sewing to speak of has been going...

that's the carpet color - blush. To me it looks very apricot - there is a fair amount of orange going on, but not too much. We had th...

Up the stairs that is. In the remodel department. The next major home improvement is new carpeting on the stairs and landing and floorin...

There is a fun little set of holiday questions going around the blog world and since I haven't done much sewing - I felt like playing al...

The red pot. The one that was used for the tutorial on how to build your own beautiful umbrella stand. It was for my new clothesline! yep! ...

okay - so here's the pot i showed you yesterday. it's it pretty sitting there on my dirty deck? guess i should clean the deck off,...

So you spent the first part of the summer refinishing the deck and picking out the perfect patio furniture. Or you spray painted and refini...

So - more work came in the box from Ms. Camilla. This time in the form of sewing. She carries the Amy Butler pattern line in her shop and ...

Today - finally - the new windows are being installed. We went with the Anderson 100 windows for most of the windows in the house. (It's...

Earlier this week, Sue and I were chatting. She mentioned that she wanted her significant other to build some sort of arbor to house her w...

Jessica who's been to my house asked for a picture of the deck from the pond/patio. I don't think she meant when everything was co...

December 1st saw the last of the decking put down. The under structure of the deck is all treated lumber. JB sealed all cut edges so there ...

Last weekend The Princess and I moved furniture. What was the dining room is now the sitting room. The dining room window is now french door...