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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 […]
I’ve got flea market fever lately, y’all. Amazon When Kevin asked what I wanted for my birthday earlier this month, I told him something sugary, or something to read, and a couple of hours at Amy’s Antiques. 🙂 Well, lucky for me, and thanks to my thoughtful hubby, June 5th brought with it a coconut cream pie […]
Happy Monday, y’all! 😀 Did you have a good weekend? We sure did! We even finished up that DIY project I told you about last week. It was inspired by this mirror from Ballard Designs: That one sells for $549, which was about $500 over our budget, so I decided to see what I could […]
…and while we’re on the subject of floor tiles…have you seen with Mysha’s ‘How To Paint Your Tile‘ tutorial? Homegirl literally painted her existing ceramic tiles to mimic the look of cement tiles!!! How creative is that?! I scrolled to the bottom of the comment thread on her post and she said that it has […]
I stumbled onto a post at Calling It Home today that features nearly 200 pretty room reveals. It’s a part of their “One Room Challenge” series, and Vanessa Francis‘ before & after kitchen is one of my favs. Before… …after! Gorgeous, huh? 😀 Kris’ makeover (from Driven by Decor) was so fun to see too. Before… …after! Here’s […]
1. Have y’all seen these Smart Tiles? (CarnetsParisiens.com) I’m so intrigued! The Smart Tiles website says they’re specially designed for kitchen and bathroom environments (on backsplashes, not in showers), and are resistant to the heat of stovetops. They’re “lightweight, easy to handle, cut and maintain, and will remain on your walls for as long as you want them to” […]
“Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.” ―Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr I see some of the neatest design-related things on Instagram. Thought I’d share a few here in case you missed ’em or aren’t on IG! I literally gasped when I […]
“I must have flowers, always, and always.” ―Claude Monet I don’t know how my master gardener mother (who sells plant and flowers for a living) is going to feel about this post, but I must have flowers, always, and always- and this is one inexpensive way to have them every day, so I’m sharing. 😉 First, […]
“I am a crafty girl. I make things. Lots of things. I’ll keep making things until my fingers fall off. Then, I will grab my hot glue gun, reattach those suckers, and make more things!” -Kathy R. Jeffords I don’t really consider myself a “crafty girl”, but I do enjoy sitting down with my hot […]
I started taping out the gallery wall in the living room this weekend. What a mind bender those things can be! You’ll notice I ran out of green tape half way through, hence the two different types of tapes. 🙂 I’ve been collecting frames and art, little by little, for the past couple of years, and […]
“Friends are the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, sometimes they lean on you, and sometimes it’s just enough to know that they are standing by.” ―Merle Shain Remember that ($15) crackled old oil painting I blogged about last week? Well, I’m not *quite* finished with the wall grouping it’s now a […]
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” -Ashley Montagu Thank you for leaving so many kind comments on my last post! What a Gift to be able to share our adoption journey here! It’s hard to believe we’ll finally be able […]
Hi! Remember those mismatched nesting tables I blogged about last week? In that post, I shared that I had decided to separate our black metal nesting tables because I wanted to use a taller, wood table with the one of them, and find another smaller table to go with the other one. Well, I found the […]
I’m not super crafty, but when it comes to handmade Christmas ornaments, man do I love to experiment! I’m participating in an ornament swap with my fellow Three Angels adoptive mamas this month, so I had some fun putting together a travel-themed ornament for my secret Sister today. I started with some clothespins I got […]
Remember that twine-covered chandelier pole we ordered through our (interior designer) neighbor, Cindy, last year? The one we added to the chandelier in our sunroom? Well, that one normally costs $49.50 through Aidan Gray, and even though we were able to order ours for $20 from Cindy, we were determined to come up with an even less expensive DIY […]
