My Casa Bella

COME IN THE EVENING, OR COME IN THE MORNING;

COME WHEN YOU'RE LOOK'D FOR,

OR COME WITHOUT WARNING.

KISSES AND WELCOME YOU'LL FIND BEFORE YOU,

AND THE OFTENER YOU COME HERE

THE MORE I'LL ADORE YOU!

-Thomas Osbourne Davis



Welcome To My Casa Bella

My Casa Bella- means-my beautiful home- but it can mean so many other things. How you make your home a home. The sounds of children or pets playing. The aroma of scones in the oven or a lilac candle burning. The flowers blooming in your garden. The home grown vegetables ready to be picked. Grandma's quilt at the foot of the bed. A fire to curl up to with a good book. Or just a family spending time together with love, laughter and a good time.





















Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Sick and Tired

Since November I have been sick
FOUR times this year.
This last virus, which Doctors don't
seem to know what it is,
has kicked my butt big time!
It took me 15 days to get well,
but to end the virus I
got
PINK EYE!
I thought I was Six years old
all over again!
Today is a good day, it has taken
another week to
feel myself again.
But before I got so sick,
DH and I had another home project.
We went to IKEA,
LOVE LOVE LOVE that place
and we picked out storage.
(one up three more to go)
(you can see what we painted before on the walls, a bright yellow, ugh) 
(finally up now we need to screw into the wall and together)
(this outlet was behind the cabinets and DH did a good job of
exposing it)
(all we have to do now is add the doors, but wait, they were the
wrong size, so another week later we put on the right doors but had
to remove the drawers and redo them, frustrating. Nowhere in the
directions does it say to put on doors FIRST before adding
interior pieces, UGH!)
(while we waited to get the new doors I added all my stuff,
couldn't wait...:) I still have room)
(as you can see one door is missing, we have it but we didn't
realize that these doors needed four hinges, so we ran out, again
NOWHERE in the directions does it tell you how many
hinges you need for these doors....UGH!)
(so we moved our sideboard in front of the window, do you
see my sweet Latte there?)
(you don't realize how tall they are in the store
until you bring them home!)
So hopefully by next week we'll
have our door added
to the pantry.
Our home is lacking in closets.
Love the older homes
but wish they had better storage,
so we added our own.
Two coat closets, a broom closet
and a pantry.
We love it, it has certainly added
something to our home.
Love IKEA but they certainly don't
have the best directions
on their stuff.
But it won't discourage me from
shopping there!