I’ve been keeping something from you. You know how I get to live on this amazing beautiful property, right? It’s the stuff that dreams are made of, this place. Even with a million foot garden hose in the picture. The thing is, I’ve let it get like this: It’s a junk heap and it’s embarrassing. […]

Remember back a few weeks ago when I was talking about ordering a slipcover? I couldn’t believe all the feedback and advice I got. It seems like everyone’s got an opinion on this matter. Well, I went ahead and ordered one, and I ordered one that most people suggested I didn’t get, which was my […]

This is kind of a “Hmm” project for me. As in “Hmm, I wonder if there’s some little tiny project I could make for fun for the front hall project before I do some more painting.” And, “Hmm, maybe some twine is in order here.”  Also, “Hmm, you know, the before picture actually kind of […]

Do you ever feel like you’re learning way too many big life lessons for a person your age? Do you always feel like you should know that already? We went camping this weekend and I did that again. We left on Thursday morning and by Wednesday, mid-day-ish I had already completely lost my composure and […]

Hi Everyone! I got to spend the morning on a field trip to a farm with Kennedy’s class today. Hay rides, ziplines, baby animals, the whole deal. As a little girl with a (soon to be) horsey/animal/farm room, you can bet she loved it. So I’m back. And a cup of tea and a painkiller […]

I found myself with my sign-maker hat on the other day again. We’ve been slowly working on making our back deck off the master bedroom a little more comfortable, so I had deck decorations (that sounds silly!) on my mind. There aren’t many easy projects that have as much impact as a happy little sign, […]

I change my perspective on this front hall project every five minutes, I swear. One moment it’s the most significant and symbolic thing in my life and needs to get done PRONTO and the next it’s no big deal. It’s just a hallway. Of course, now that Chris has done his (big) part to help […]

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve taken you outside for a little tour, so I thought it was time for an update. First of all, here’s the world out front. I won my little battle against the weeds in the path and we’ve trimmed up some of the hedges. There’s a fun hot-pink something-or-other […]

This, my friends, is an idea post. Not an execution post. Not a how-to. And it’s about my giant chalkboard that I made a couple of months ago. My giant chalkboard that I finally got hung up in the kitchen on the blank wall where I needed something cheery. And then I left it there […]

I was still feeling like I needed a little more of a Summer feeling around the house, just to cheer things up a bit, so I moved a few things around in the dining room the other day. Plus my peonies bloomed! So I needed to put them, well, pretty much everywhere. On the table […]