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I’m a few days late in posting this (busy week!) but I’m so excited to show you how the top of our dining room table turned out! The table (which has 10 leaves) was originally purchased by my great, great Grandfather August in 1900 as a wedding present for his bride. I think it lived […]
Happy Friday, friend! I thought I’d share another Let’s Go excursion video here today in case you missed it on Instagram the first time around. A handful of folks have had trouble viewing these here, but after doing some troubleshooting, it always has to do with what internet browser they’re trying to view it with. […]
Happy Monday, friend! 😀 I thought I’d share some Spring decorating inspiration here today. Ya know, before it’s Summertime- ha! 😀 First up, a peek at our dining room… I don’t keep the table this decked out like that all the time, but it was fun to spruce it up for Easter and to […]
One of my favorite things to do is style shelves and mantels. Something about clearing off, cleaning up, and creating a new look just relaxes my spirit. “Like a folding chair let out by a pool”, as Pat Conroy would say. 🙂 That’s what I had fun playing with the other day. Lots of […]
It’s “Vlog Vandredi”! For all my French-speaking readers, yes, they spell Vandredi with an “a” in Haitian Creole. For all my English-only speaking readers, Vandredi means “Friday” in my Sweet P’s birth country. 🙂 Today’s vlog is about the curtains around our front door. Click the play button to watch… I also should’ve mentioned that since […]
“It’s a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.” -Walter Winchell It’s beginning to feel a lot like au-tumn. ♬ Did you sing that sentence? I hope so. 🙂 I think I might love the first hint of the next season even more than the actual season itself. Is that […]
“Anything that is worth being written on pretty paper is worth being written on ugly paper.” ―Elevetha Houre You should’ve been here this afternoon- it was 89! In Alabama! In AUGUST!! Who knew we’d luck into such a cold snap this week? 😉 And where did this week go anyway? Feels like time drags by sooooo slowly […]
“Sister Parish, I think, was the originator of making mattress ticking what it is today. In the ’40s, she was already using it as upholstery. It’s like the most beautiful simple cotton dress. We once did a whole room in it.” -Keith Irvine I decided to pair August’s blue jeans with a classic blue & white […]
“These bib overalls were his favorite for a time…they were his work pair, but he also had dress overalls that he would wear to the fair.” -William McKale I gave a couple of our new (old) dining chairs a little makeover this weekend. (The front door is behind those drapes. They provide privacy at night, […]
“I’ve always had a keen sense of history. My father was an antiques dealer and he used to bring home boxes full of treasures…each item always had a tale attached.” ―Sara Sheridan There’s a new table in town… …and by “town”, I mean, our dining room…and by “new”, I mean, new to me and Kevin…but […]
“Inside a barn is a whole universe, with its own time zone and climate and ecosystem, a shadowy world of swirling dust illuminated in tiger stripes by light shining through the cracks between the boards. Old leather tack, lengths of chain, rope, and baling twine dangled from nails and rafters and draped over stall railings. […]
“Collect things you love, that are authentic to you, and your house becomes your story.” -Erin Flett Happy June! I forgot to include a photo of the cover of the Country Living magazine in the post I published about it on Friday, so I thought I’d do that here today…this is it: The red truck […]
“The art of feeling happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.” -Henry Ward Beecher I decided to go for it. No charcoal gray though. Nope- I decided to go with a sort of “dusty blueberry” instead. It’s called Distance (Sherwin-Williams) and it sure makes me feel happy. 🙂 PS- Just a quick heads up, Kevin’s running […]
“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning sun can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day – like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.” -Anne Morrow Lindbergh I think the same goes for potting a plant. What is it about sinking our hands into the soil, you know? 🙂 I got the […]
“Think about making do, and doing what you can with what you have. Think about finding value in what already is.” –Carmella Rayone I found some value in what already was this weekend. 🙂 That secretary that used to be in our kitchen? I dragged it into the dining room. It was just the right […]
