">HomeOwnerNut

My friend was showing off pictures of her new baby the other day, and after we oohed and ahhed over them I felt obligated to pull out my iPhone and show her pictures of my own baby. And by “baby” I mean “house.” In my defense, we’ve been building this house for almost five months, and it’s not too over the top to show people our progress, right? Right? I nailed that cedar siding on with a hammer and my very own hand, the least someone could do is coo over it a little bit. In retrospect I probably come across as one of those people while the rest of the world gazes blandly at my iPhone slideshow of plumbing fixtures ...

I recently had a roofing contractor suggest that because I was considering painting my house a dark blue, that I may want to consider blue shingles. Blue. Shingles. On my roof. Really? Blue? And okay, speaking of blue, I once also tiled my kitchen counters in a 2" blue tile-- which looked fabulous, by the way, and just like the Arts & Crafts style I was going for. In the process, however, the contractor who was working on my house at the time suggested that I use a rounded black tile on the lip instead. Blue tile on the top, black tile on the side... no other black in the house mind you, just on the lip, because that's what he'd seen on ...