by Wendy Scheel | Dec 29, 2016 | Life
We are putting the final touches on 2016 and now it is time to look forward to 2017. I have so many ideas in my brain, that I hope my pocket-book can keep up!
This is the project I am most excited about:
Our daughter’s wedding in August 2017!
Okay, so it’s technically not a “project” but we are DIYing a lot of the little things to personalize their big day. The closer the date gets, the more posts will be wedding-themed and the bigger my proud-Mom crocodile tears will become.
Another dream I have been milling around is tearing down this rock around the fireplace.
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The Family Room
The ideal design would be to move the entire fireplace insert to the right, put a mantel above it and then mount the TV above that. I would love to then place a window on the back wall making an entire wall of windows looking out onto the lake.
I like the stone fireplace wall but I don’t love the funky angle it sits at and how it is finished across the top. Plus the fact that putting the fireplace in the middle of the wall will allow for more furniture arrangements.
You know how I love to move furniture around!
(Quick story: Last night Wade went to bed to read a book and relax. Our bedroom wall and the family room wall are one in the same. I wanted to try a new furniture arrangement but to say that Wade doesn’t like to change the furniture around would be an understatement. So, I pushed our two lightweight love seats to where I wanted them and then clumsily wiggled the big bulky leather recliner into its new spot. I must not have been as quiet as I thought I was because an anxious yet wanting-to-be-supportive voice from the bedroom says, “Do you need help?”)
26 years of marriage….he gets me. 🙂
I am looking forward to 2017 with so many more things to share and all that life throws our way!
Have a safe and Happy New Year,
Wendy
by Wendy Scheel | Jan 1, 2016 | Life, New Products
Last week we went to Chicago to visit Wade’s side of the family for Christmas. The weather cooperated for driving to get there and to get back home, but in between, not so nice. Fortunately the week was pretty laid back and my in-laws live with in walking distance of great shopping and restaurants.
We had a nice visit but it is always good to be home.
As much as I enjoy going to a nice restaurant with family and friends or finding a great people watching spot while partaking of a few cocktails, I am not a big New Years Eve party person.
Last night was all about sharing a bottle of champagne with Wade and making plans and dreaming about 2016. Some of those dreams were personal and then there is the business side of dreaming.
I am so excited to start on my Old Lake George dream list!
My sister in-law Mara owns a very successful shop thru Ebay named Heirloomlady.
She has a selection of vintage, Victorian and new items. Her taste is exquisite. She let me shop her shop while we were visiting. I knew when I saw these wooden barrels that I needed them. Wait until you see what I am going to make. 🙂
While I was filling orders yesterday, Wade went into town and ran errands and bought me this beauty.
Okay, so it’s technically just a picture of a box, but again wait until you see the things that it is going to create for Valentine’s Day! Hold on tight and wish me a little luck that scroll sawing will be as easy as people say.
In no particular order, here are some other items on the dream list that you will see in the coming months and year:
- Birch tree branch vases
- Larger pillow covers
- Colorful pillow covers
- Neutral pillow covers
- Unique pillow covers
- Updating my 17 step staircase
- Outdoor décor
- Guest blogs
- Haven Conference
- Improving my photos
- Organizing
- Traveling to Hawaii
- Planning Sam’s college graduation party
- Planning Jack’s high school graduation party
- Estate sales
…. to name a few.
Today is full of putting away our Christmas décor. First “organize” of 2016.
Every year after Christmas I say that I am going to organize it all. Toss the broken lights, properly store the ornaments and mark all of the boxes correctly as to what they contain.
This is the year people! Either that or I will have nothing to chat about on Monday. 🙂
Cheers to a great 2016!
Wendy
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