Key Issues Compaired Objectively

Here is a link http://www.cwfpac.com/candidateStance.php to an easy to read comparison on how McCain & Obama have voted on key issues. Purely objective voting records tell a lot.

Start at the bottom to see these in order.

Coming together at last

You can see the brick wallpaper bewteen the counters and cupboards. We got a new piece of flooring that matches the brick color exactly.

Eventually we will get a new couch and put our family pictures on this wall. I spray painted my old brass floor lamp with a mat finish black paint. I learned this trick from my Mother-in-law.
New chandelier and curtains finish off the new look.

We painted the paneling on the fireplace white. That helps a lot! Soon I will get a painting to showcase over the fireplace. I'm hoping for a mantel, too.

Yikes, green walls!

Nick Takacs did a good job painting the family room and office. He wallpapered the kitchen area, too. But when he was finished we realized that we didn't like the color at all! So, as you can see at the right, we had another painter come and "rag paint" over it. He actually used a mixture of pink, red and brown to kill the green. This is the half-done picture. The walls actually look gold, a mainstay in the "French Provence" look.

Decorating Update "during"

Here are some of our "during" shots. The family room and office looked like this for all of July and August! Ugh.

Heather Turns 22!

For Heather's 22nd birthday she asked for old Bing Cosby, Gene Kelly, etc. DVDs. We gave her 5 and Philip and Abby gave her 3 more. How fun! This weekend we will celebrate with Grandpa Stevens and the 5 of us.