Posts made in May, 2009

Julia's Hooked on Old Houses today!

Posted by Lindsay on May 29, 2009 in Architecture, Blogging | 0 comments

I just wanted to post a link back to Hooked on Houses because every Friday Julia hosts a “Hooked on” Blog Party that I try to join whenever I have a chance! You add your name and specific blog post to her list, and it’s a great way to go through the list and make some new friends and read some great blogs! This week she’s “hooked on old houses” and if she...

Busy on the Bathroom!

Posted by Lindsay on May 29, 2009 in Bathroom, DIY, Decor, Me, flickr | 7 comments

Blogging or bathroom? That is the question. Hehe! We’ve spent a lot of time recently working on the bathroom plan, and it is coming into motion! My handy-dandy husband ripped out the old shower surround and then put a new bright and shiny one up! He also put up new trim and sealed everything! I painted the walls (while I was home alone with our 9 month old – go me!), and...

It's a Start…

Posted by Lindsay on May 18, 2009 in Landscaping | 0 comments

Yay! I made my first real trip to our local nursery as a homeowner! I haven’t bought anything yet…except this pretty hanging basket I couldn’t resist! We’ve been very busy (on days off!) here at Casa Christensen with lots of weeding and planning, planning and weeding. We pretty much ripped everything out so that we can start from scratch. Here is what the front yard...

Our Bathroom Plan

Posted by Lindsay on May 15, 2009 in Bathroom, Decor, Design | 2 comments

Our main bathroom is something to behold. It is lacking any style, mainly because the tub is a gorgeous (i.e. hideous) shade of green…I call it pistachio! And the shower surround is old and dated and needs to be ripped out. But we have a plan for it, so we’re very excited to get started! The Before: My husband and I love dark colors. We knew we wanted to do something dramatic...

Waiting Patiently…

Posted by Lindsay on May 15, 2009 in Decor | 0 comments

My orchid, which was a birthday gift in 2008 (yay! I didn’t kill it!) has not bloomed yet this year. And my birthday has passed…I’m assuming it’s because I moved from a warmer climate to an area with a shorter growing season. But it is definitely growing something and I’m hoping it will bloom...

Happy Mothers Day and Antique Store Find!

Posted by Lindsay on May 13, 2009 in Bedroom, Decor | 0 comments

This year I got to celebrate a new holiday: my first Mother’s Day! The photo below shows some pink roses that some friends got for me. They are so beautiful, I just had to put them next to my side of the bed on my new side table that we picked up at our local antique store! Glenn has a matching one on the opposite side (as you can see, we moved the baby bassinet out of our room as...

Testing "Blog by E-mail!"

Posted by Lindsay on May 12, 2009 in Uncategorized | 2 comments

Just a quick post to test Wordpress’ new “Blog by E-mail” feature. So if you’re reading this, I suppose that it works! xo, Lindsay (and Harper ...

{Likely Favorites} Tater Tot Casserole!

Posted by Lindsay on May 10, 2009 in Likely Favorites, Recipes | 2 comments

A dinnertime staple around here in Likely is a Christensen family dish called Tater Tot Casserole. Now who doesn’t love tater tots? Tater Tot Casserole is an easy-to-make, quick all-in-one casserole dinner, which happens to have foods from every food group (except fruits!). We have the recipe hand-written in the front of a recipe book, but we actually rarely even look at it because...

Quite a "Duh" Moment!

Posted by Lindsay on May 10, 2009 in Kitchen, Organization | 0 comments

This is probably hardly “blog-worthy” but it was such a simple thing we’ve done in our kitchen, and it has had such a huge impact on the ease of our kitchen that I just had to write about it! Want to know what the big deal is? Ta-da! We switched our “pantry” cupboard with our cupboard that housed our plates, bowls, and “fancy” glassware. Told you...

Blah Half Bath

Posted by Lindsay on May 1, 2009 in Bathroom, Creativity, Decor | 5 comments

These lovely pictures I have below are of our teeny tiny half-bath (or powder room as some like to say!). It is located in our daughter’s room, actually! Lucky baby, has her own bathroom! We haven’t done much to it since we’ve moved in, except for new flooring. It had a piece of carpet just laying on top of old linoleum tiles, and my husband put new faux-tile laminate in to...