Monthly Archives: May 2011
Mary Kay Andrews – Summer Rental Essentials
Hi there! I’m Mary Kay Andrews. Kev and Layla are off knocking things down and fixing things up, so I’m the blogger du jour! What’s that? Today’s menu? It’s a little thing I call Summer Rental Essentials. I’m pretty expert … Continue reading
Ideas For Summer
Howdy- and welcome to our Home May’d Summer mantel link party! Of course this party isn’t really limited to just mantels though- we wanna see all kinds of Summer-y displays! Whether they’re on a window sill, a bookshelf, a ledge- … Continue reading
HGTV’d
Have you heard about HGTV’s new series HGTV’d? We are super excited to start watching it! We don’t have a “Monday night show” right now, and with Idol and The Office coming to an end soon, we were starting to … Continue reading
Key Lime Cake
Meet Kev’s Mom, Katie… We’re going to blog about her awesome key lime cake today. It’s soooo good, and we’re excited to share the recipe with you! Here are the directions, straight from Katie’s kitchen… For the cakes- Step 1: … Continue reading
Hobby Farm
Once upon a time, a curious couple named Kansel and Letel decided to take a little drive and see about a hobby farm they saw advertised for sale… They passed many a horse-dotted pasture along the way… …and tucked just … Continue reading
Outdoor Spaces
I thought I’d share this pretty photo from my Mom’s secret garden…. …to remind you to swing by Kate’s blog if you have an outdoor space you’d like to share tomorrow! As for the outdoor space we’re workin’ on at … Continue reading
The Back Porch
Kev’s Mom and Dad have a cute little screened-in back porch… And while they have plenty of seating… …the pieces were definitely in need of a facelift. The original paint was chipping… …and the cushions have faded in the sun… … Continue reading
The Bedroom
Well, we still haven’t gotten around to building the barn door we talked about back in this post, but we did manage to make the bed at least once this month give our bed a quick spring/summer makeover this month! … Continue reading
Kevin and Amanda
I don’t know about you, but I’m a sucker for handwriting fonts, and the day I stumbled onto Kevin and Amanda’s website, KevinandAmanda.com, I was in handwritten font heaven! If you’ve never visited their blog before, you’ve gotta check it out! … Continue reading
Tudor Style
Hey there! We’re back with a few more shots of our neighbors kitchen today! If you didn’t see the ones we featured in our e-zine, you can check them out here. Here’s a shot of what the kitchen looked like … Continue reading
Mary Engelbreit
First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH for all the love on our last post! We’re in the process of organizing each and every bit of information that everyone submitted, and it’s absolutely awesome to know that so many folks … Continue reading
Calling All E-Friends
Greetings! We have some exciting news to share today! We’ve been working on something “design TV-related” for a while now, and we’re really excited about the direction it’s moving in. Think: our blog in 3D…meaning, low-dough/high-smile room redos, real-life DIY … Continue reading
Cottage By The Sea
Now that our e-zine is officially done, we thought we’d share a few of the photos that didn’t end up fitting into the magazine. Kev shot so many great ones, but my hand was about to fall off from laying … Continue reading
The Lettered Cottage E-zine
Hi. We’re Kevin and Layla Palmer. We like to take road trips, and chances, and photos of people’s places. Late last Summer, we started putting some of our photos together in our own own little e-zine, and we’re so excited … Continue reading
