Let me just tell you, there are so many good reasons for me not to decorate my dining room at all this Fall. -The floors look really bad next to my nice old rescued wood floors in the front hall. And that makes me a little crazy.-The walls are still a weird turquoisy color that […]

Somewhere around the end of the school year in June, I got really really bad at taking care of things outside around our property. I mean worse than I already was. I had no idea what I was in for with this property, and we’re probably in over our heads in a lot of areas. […]

I’m starting to work on some of my Fall decorating to get ready for all the fun Fall parties coming up. Not like I was in August, messing around with Halloween crafts and stuff, but the real, serious, nitty gritty type of Fall decorating. Yes, this is serious business!  Well, I was starting to lay […]

We have a mudroom off of our kitchen side door, but it’s not quite there in terms of… well, anything really! I use it for adding some seasonal cheer at the entrance that we use most, and for muddy shoes of course, but that’s about it. I dream of filling it up with built-ins and […]

I just love a good low-cost/no-cost DIY pillow solution to add a little cheer to my day. There are so many great ideas out there to turn unexpected things into pillows and I admit I may be developing a bit of an addiction to these easy crafty tricks. Place mat pillows? I was all over […]

Happy long weekend, Everyone! Hope you’re all having a superbly great one! I wanted to show you these pictures I took near our house the other day while Chris and I were on a bike ride. We have this 10k loop that we do every once in awhile and every time I’m on it I […]

Last week we decided to throw together a little “party” for Kennedy and a couple of her friends. It was a good way to keep them occupied and happy for an afternoon, and since her friends agree that Halloween is the most exciting thing ever and it’s totally appropriate to do Halloween crafts 2 and […]

Yup. Another Halloween post comin’ at ya! Are you ready for it? I don’t know why I felt like I needed a Halloween themed pillow this year, but I was craving one. I guess this is my new go-to quick-fix easy-peasy solution for those times when you just gotta have an oddly themed silhouette pillow […]