Home at Last Farm...: This weekend's project

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

This weekend's project

This weekend's project was the upstairs hall. Joe painted it. I tore up the carpeting (look at the beautiful hardwood underneath!!) And then we headed over to Lowes for more book shelves. We LOVE how it turned out. What do you think?

4 comments:

Heidi said...: Christmas came early to your house Terri! What a fun and wonderful surprise under the carpet! I can just picture your face when you started to pull up the carpeting and found this incredible floor.

Hugs ~
Heidi; 10:15 AM
Nancy said...: Hi:
I am Heidi's Mom, she sent me the linc to see this floor. What a find. I wish I could rip my carpet up and find that. I am going to look at your blog now, this is my first visit.
Nancy; 10:17 AM
Paula said...: Wow! Look at those floors! What a gift that was to find. Love the color you guys went with and I've been eye-balling that style of bookcase myself. Good job!
Oh, and Happy Halloween ~; 10:48 AM
Mary said...: Oh my!! You are lucky to have found that beautiful hardwood beneath the carpets. It's gorgeous.; 11:22 PM

mac and cheese

Ingredients
Butter, for greasing dish
12 ounces wide egg noodles
2 cups heavy cream
2 1/2 cups whole milk
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more for pasta water
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 cups (packed) grated Fontina
3/4 cup (packed) finely grated Parmesan
3/4 cup (packed) grated mozzarella
4 ounces cooked ham, diced, optional
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Butter a 13 by 9-inch glass baking dish and set aside. Cook the noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Drain well, but do not rinse.

Whisk the cream, milk, flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and pepper in large bowl to blend. Stir in 1 cup Fontina, 1/2 cup Parmesan, 1/2 cup mozzarella, ham, if using, and parsley. Add the noodles and toss to coat. Transfer the noodle mixture to the prepared baking dish. Toss the remaining 1 cup Fontina, 1/4 cup Parmesan, and 1/4 cup mozzarella in a small bowl to blend. Sprinkle the cheese mixture over the noodle mixture. Bake until the sauce bubbles and the cheese melts and begins to brown on top, about 20 minutes. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.