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Continuing from the Monday theme if inspired by nature I must confess: I have a thing for cotton. I know it’s all the rage right now. I got my first bunch of it over a year ago. I loved it then and I love it more now. My friend gave me a fresh bunch just a…
They just don’t make things like they used to. This thought sifts through my mind as I sift through flea markets and antique stores. This completely true observation has to be one of the main reasons I like old stuff. Things were built better in the past. With more care, built to last, often handmade…
Tips for choosing fabric online I have these two wing back chairs. I love them. I bought them at a garage sale over ten years ago. The have traveled across the country and spent time in a variety of rooms in our house. They are well loved and overly worn. My sweet dog called them…
I love the way the path of life weaves and winds. Especially when paths separate and then come back together. Those are some of my favorite stories. Like the story of my friendship with Ulrike. We worked together after collage…about 17 years ago. We were casual work friends. I always enjoyed her crisp whit and…
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Swamp to backyard oasis: ok guys! Welcome to our backyard. Be prepared. There was a swamp here. No Photoshop editing, it was really this bad. I have lots of pictures to share today. I just remember the layers and layers we went through to get the junk out of the yard. We unearthed skillets, clothes,…
Curb Appeal. It’s a real thing. This house had none. It was overgrown and in major disarray. Especially to two people who owned a landscape construction company. Honestly the yard didn’t scare us too much. It was the one thing we knew we could fix. The rest of the house was a little more…
Garage Turned Guest Cottage Makeover I’m not sure what made us decide to turn the garage into a guest house, but it was one of the best decisions we’ve made. With both sets of parents living out of town it was really meant to be a place for them to stay when they visit. It…
I have been putting this room off. It is my current decorating project. I just can’t get our master bedroom to look the way I want it to. Probably because I don’t really know what I want it to look like. That’s a problem when decorating 🙂 Therefore, I have decided to show you one…
I think part of the reason this house was on the market so long before we bought it was the master bath. It was a deal breaker. Tiny, cramped, a weird shade of pink with carpet from the 70’s. In the bathroom. Around the toilet. I mean, gross. I’m not gonna lie. It took some…
When we moved into this house my husband said, “I bet we never use this room.” He didn’t think the room would ever feel comfortable because it was big and seems kind of removed from the rest of our living spaces. He should know better. We’ve been married a while. I took that as a…
It’s back to school season and that gets my organizational thoughts racing. I’ve always loved back to school, the start of a fresh new semester. Sharp pencils, crisp notebook paper and everything in order. The promise of staying on task and being on time with assignments fills the air. Just think of all those clean spiral notebooks…
Ah the tween years. That in between stage of still playing with dolls, but over the Disney princesses. She is starting to be nose down into her ipod and having a blast with our instagram summer fun project. It is an exciting age. Decorating for this transition age was exciting too. I really wanted her room to be her comfy space,…
This sweet little room all started with a light fixture. I found it a Lowe’s and it was the first thing I bought in our renovation story.One tip that I think equals success in decorating is having a jumping off point. A piece of inspiration if you will. I find it unbearably hard to start…
My boy’s bathroom. Usually a boy bathroom is not much to speak of. Let’s face it, young boys can be a mess. Mine are no exception, but I love their bathroom so much that I can walk through it and not get bothered by the towels on the floor and the missed toilet now…
After a few comments from the peanut gallery I decided it was time to spruce up the mantel. I had been told it was “boring” compared to some other areas in the house. This was a true statement. I have hung the same thing over my mantel for years now. I absolutely love this genealogy…