learn how to make a beautiful diy farmhouse footed tray in about 5 minutes! Today I’m sharing a fun and easy to make DIY farmhouse footed tray that you can make in about 5 minutes! We all know Farmhouse style décor is all the rage. Many thanks to Joanna Gaines for that! Her style…
Slowly but surely I am layering elements I love into our dining room. It’s one room I don’t feel anywhere close to finished with in our home. When I decided to forgo eating in the “breakfast nook” of our kitchen and turn it into a sitting area, that meant the dining room would become our…
Coming up with a good Mother’s Day (or Father’s Day or Christmas…) gift can be daunting. What do you get for grown ups that already have everything they need? I’m convinced homemade Mother’s Day gifts are the way to go. Back to the glory days of childhood when a finger painted picture stole your mom’s heart. I…
Little ideas that tickle and nag and refuse to go away, should never be ignored, for in them lie the seeds of destiny. -Farmer Hoggett from the movie Babe Never underestimate the powerful truths tucked into children’s movies. They are written by crafty adults intent on entertaining kid and adult alike. Since the majority of…
There are times when I feel like good hospitality is a lost art form, especially in my own home. People don’t RSVP. Hand written thank you notes are a thing of the past. Sometimes I start thinking of the dirty dishes that will need washing and the beds that will need changing before a guest even arrives….
My eyes eagerly scan the goods piled in heaps around the store. I’m hunting. Like my cat, Boo, crouched down ready to pounce on an unsuspecting lizard. Not even knowing what it is I’m looking for, I do know the familiar lunge my heart takes when my sights lock in on a treasure. My pulse…
***This post contains affiliate links I don’t have words for how much I love this fabric. Seriously. I am a sucker for black and white, anything houndstooth or damask, but then I found this… Faux Bois fabric. I love the scale of the pattern and the neutral colors. It makes my heart happy. This month I…
There’s a reason my bedroom hasn’t made the home tour on my blog yet. I can never get the bed right. I have the hardest time dressing a bed. Isn’t that silly!? The master bedroom seems to get pushed down the decorating to do list in comparison to the rest of the house. Even more often…
Earlier this week I introduced you to Miranda Lambert’s Ladysmith hotel. Today I’m back with a deeper peek into the space and the design that makes it tick. I suspect part of the reason I am draw to this place is the fact it’s a few steps removed from what you see in a regular…
read all about our getaway to Miranda Lambert’s bed & breakfast hotel, The Ladysmith in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. My sweet husband surprised me for Christmas by booking a getaway to Miranda Lambert’s bed & breakfast hotel, The Ladysmith in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He knows my heart and speaks my language. He actually shipped me away with…
Six Truths on Adopting a Greyhound I hope you’ll allow me to get off the DIY/Décor topic today about something near and dear to my heart that goes way back. I’ve had a love affair with Greyhounds since I was a little girl. Usually the things we love today thread back to our childhood. An…
Once a month a group of us get together for the Junk Visionaries Challenge. This month the challenge is called Bits & Pieces. It’s about putting two separate junk things together to make a one new awesome thing. My project carried a lot of meaning and after you read all the bits and pieces that…
If we’ve chatted for all of five minutes you might know I love Jesus, my family and Round Top. There are other things I adore, but Round Top is sincerely at the TOP of my LOVE list. There’s just something so free and fun about the whole experience…fields and acres of waiting treasures, creative ideas and endless…
So often quotes and song lyrics get trapped in my head. Does that happen to you? Like a dry sponge soaking up water the words grow and take up space in my mind. Sometimes they make me laugh but mainly they make me think. People are so insightful and I love thinking on the artistic…
No one really ever says, “Hey, we should go have coffee and talk about money” for a variety of reasons. Money is personal and finances freak us all out in one way or another. Some of us worry too much, some not enough. Some know a ton about handling money, other zilch. Either our money is…