Decorating

Today we added a few special things to the baby's room. First, for something old: a mobile -- it happens to be the one from my own crib! I really love the retro plastic barnyard theme:

And here's the something new: this nifty cable wire setup from Ikea (it's called "Dignitet"). It will provide ample room for hanging artwork; for now it holds cards and some other decorations we're going to put on the wall eventually:

Last minute preparations for Santa

We put up another wreath today on the front gate to welcome any gift-bearing visitors. Sadly, this picture highlights the fact that the fence is in serious need of a paint job. Perhaps Santa's elves will take care of that?



Mom is hemming the green velvet curtains on the sliding glass door in the kitchen (see previous post on those curtains). She also washed windows and sweeped the floors. We're pretty lucky to have her as a house guest!












All the presents are now wrapped and under the tree! Very exciting!!

Our Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

With many thanks to Eric for the idea, here is our Charlie Brown tree in the front yard:

Holiday Decorating at 83 Durant

We've done just a little bit of holiday decorating. Here's a nice shot of 83 Durant at sunset.


After this afternoon's tree acquisition (see previous post) we set it up in our tree stand (left by previous owners!) and added 400 white lights. I found a string of pink-purple lights from long long ago, and thought they would look pretty awesome around the window, framing the tree. So long as we're gonna have a pink room, we might as well do it up.

Stained Glass Glory

Today we covered the window in the downstairs bathroom with this film that makes it look like stained glass. Some of you may remember seeing this kind of stained glass in earlier pictures of our house. Unfortunately, the previous owners took it all down when they moved. But we liked the look of it for the bathroom, so we did that here.