Here's a link to my blog. I use blogger. There are plenty of options on page layouts and color choices to select from and you can change your format anytime. My blog is geared toward the general stuff in life. My kid, my house, general nothing-ness. Mostly for sharing stories and photos for my family & friends since I live 2 and 3 hours away from them and don't get to have weekly visits to grandma & grandpa's house like I did when I grew up. As for how often do I post & what topics come best? I average about 1-2 posts a week. Sometimes a couple more, sometimes less...just depends on what happens around here. Just look at my tags on the blog and you can see the things I post about most...my daughter and my house. I just keep things simple and don't over-think any post. The best part for me is to share the cute things my daughter comes up with. Gayle Here is a link that might be useful: Gayle's Ramblings

This pair of fantastic Milo Baughman lounge chairs from chairish. I have a single of the same chair that I picked up years ago for cheap ($350) and our new house was crying out for a pair. I've been looking for years but didn't want to pay the newly inflated prices of recent years as mid mo has gotten so hot. This pair was reasonably priced so I decided to get both and paid $1500. They were sold with a vile red 90s cheap fabric so I was planning on new fabric, but when I got them home and tore off the fabric, I got to the fantastic original mustard velvet and original Thayer coggin tags. Which was a total and welcome surprise. This color works so well in our mid century home. Unfortunately the velvet is in bad condition.... so I'll still be refinishing. Still a good deal as restoration hardware has just reissued a bunch of almost the same style baughman chairs for about $4000 each. But I love a good refinishing project:)

Read the installation instructions many, many many times. Each and every time you come across a word or phrase that doesn't compute, jot it down and look it up. Do this every time you read the document. Each time you jot down a word/phrase, you will want to reread the document. Example: you come across 10 things that 'sound' like the English language but MIGHT have a different meaning within the context of the building trades. Therefore you reread the document 10 times. Do your measurements around doorways and down hallways and where two floors meet one another. Measuring is done on all three axis. That is to say, North/south + East/West + Up/Down. The 'up/down' is the measurement for under the doorways and at the walls (will the floor run UNDER the baseboards or will it sit NEXT to the baseboards and require shoe mold or quarter round to finish the space?). And the thing you REALLY want to understand are 'transition strips'. These are required through all doorways or 'pinch points'. You will require transition strips where the laminate meets another floor (like tile, etc). And you will need to PURCHASE the required transition strips from the store/manufacturer. These come in standard sizes/shapes (T-moldings, uneven T-moldings and sometimes reducers). You will need to know which one goes where and how much to order (measurements). Understand what 'flat' means and what a flatness rating is. And understand how to measure for it. That normally requires a 10ft level (which we ALL have kicking around, don't we? ;-P). That's tongue in cheek of course. Even though I worked in flooring, I still, to this day, do not own a 10ft level (I know...what was I THINKING?!). And buy a laminate flooring installation kit. They are about $20 at HD. They will save your bacon...every single run (run = row). Whew! Who said flooring was simple? No one in the industry that's for sure. Please keep asking us questions. Try to be specific. As you've just realized, your question is a MASSIVE open-ended one...even though it sounded simple while you wrote it. You can use questions like: "What is a 10ft level and where do I get one?" Things like that will keep your project moving nicely.

@kendrah @Annie Deighnaugh @maureen @User @ShadyWillowFarm You all suggested a mirror in between the windows and I love the idea. What shape size and type. Should I do something with a color design that is decorative or keep it simple