I have been MIA with good reason. Wow! My house needs a lot of TLC. I tend to tackle the big projects, first. And I did just that on my first day of vacation. The garage!!! I elfa shelving. It is fantastic. The garage looks great and I was able to get all of my tools and "construction stuff" all in the same place and organized. Funny how knowing where all your equipment is located makes a job easier to accomplish.

The next biggest project was the kitchen cabinets. I had decided, many months ago, that I wanted to re-stain the cabinets. So I gave it a go. I did not like the results and the cabinets have been disassembled ever since. I decided on a very dark chocolate/coffee color for paint and began that painting project a few days ago. I like this much better. I bought some simple, contemporary brushed stainless steel hardware that I will install over the weekend. It will look much better when I am finished and it is nice to have cabinet doors back on the cabinets, again.

My to-do list is enormous but the two largest projects are all but done. The rest is all small stuff that I can probably get done in one day. I am going to spend New Years Eve in Houston with my girlfriend. It will just be an overnight visit, but it should be fun. Then, back to the house for me in the late morning/early afternoon on the 1st.