Home tours are so fun to sneak a peek into someone’s home. Here I share different home décor styles, like French country, farmhouse, traditional, etc.
What a year it has been! I started this little blog barely over a year ago for my 40th birthday. The learning curve has been steep and the adventure joy filled. As I look back over the year and think about all the small victories and moments of frustration, I know for sure I wouldn’t…
For my mom’s birthday we decided on a Mother/Daughter girl trip. Rarely are the two of us alone together anymore. Usually it’s all the kids running crazy or she is babysitting while I am somewhere completely different. We set our sites on two nights in Brenham, Texas. It was a close destination with tons of…
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…
A Junker’s Paradise in Burton, Texas a must visit stop on your way to Round Top Antiques Week Can you keep a secret? You see, there is a sleepy little town that lays in wait for you to come visit and have the most glorious afternoon. You’ll feel miles away from it all, but really…
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…
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…
I can’t wait to share my youngest son’s room with you. A few things about this part of the house…I cleaned up, but by no means are these rooms “magazine ready”. I wanted to show what we really live like, minus a little clutter. 😉 Given the fact that I love to decorate, I really want…
Have you ever moved to a new city? A place where you really didn’t know anyone? Maybe you are in the midst of getting settled right now. Let me introduce you to my friend. We met in a completely untraditional way and an unexpected friendship formed eight years ago. I was new to town, didn’t…