And another “It’s Fall Y’all” project is under our belts. This time around it’s an outdoor project. And I knew exactly what I wanted to do yet I had no idea what I wanted to do. Does that make sense? Let me explain. My aunt texted me (see mom…people your age text!) a picture she … Read more
And the “It’s Fall Y’all” festivities continue, this time with a fall-themed mantle. Now, since I don’t have a fireplace and thus don’t have a mantle, I had to get a little creative and decided to decorate the top of the shelf in the kitchen. And like yesterday with the fall themed tablescape, I had … Read more
First up on the docket on the “It’s Fall Y’all” fall decorating festival, the fall themed tablescape. Thar she blows: When it came to putting together the fall tablescape, I had two mandates upon myself. One…I wanted to have a harvest theme. Afterall, this is the start of harvest vacation up in the county and … Read more
Now that I’ve let your eyes rest for a few days from the neon-ness of my good ol’ nightstand (read more about it back here) that’s been with me since high school, you’re ready for the big reveal. Now you can REALLY appreciate the nightstand’s new “outfit”. Ta-da: Shiver me timbers…thar she blows! And it’s … Read more
The neon nighstand’s gots to go! But it’s not going down without a few tears…actually…no not really. It’s just that this nightstand has been with me, and that color, for a LONG time. We’re talking circa 1998 here. The nightstand was one of the crowning achievements of my high school bedroom, which I decorated myself … Read more
We ended last week by ripping bark off clay pots, bark that I had painstakingly hot glued to the pots and carved the pots with Colby’s and my own initials for our wedding reception centerpieces. But I managed to salvage one piece of bark and had planned to frame it and add it to the … Read more
It’s memory test time. Ready?! Do you remember how way back when we decided to use ferns as centerpieces for our wedding? And made birch bark covered pots with our initials carved into the sides of them? Here’s a refresher: Well, post wedding we had to figure out what to do with all the ferns. … Read more
Shortly after the arrival of our new couch (shortly as in we had to have a nap on the couch first…obviously) we put our curtains back up. And since we’re working on upgrading the living room overall, it was time to update the curtain rods from those basic, costs a buck curtain rods to something … Read more
Another 30 Before 30 task is officially crossed off the list…the new “big girl” couch is in the house and the too small love seat is officially outta here! Booyah! Well…technically the too small love seat has been relocated to Colby’s shop aka man cave in the basement. Without further ado, I introduce you to … Read more
And another 30 Before 30 item bites the dust. The task…hold a yard sale. We’ve been planning on having a yard sale pretty much since the day we moved into the house and we FINALLY pulled the trigger on it this weekend. After months of pulling “merchandise” we were ready and had a little free … Read more
Confession…sometimes I add things to my to-do list just so I can cross them off two seconds later. Like I did this evening when I wrote down “paint living room trim” on my to-do list and promptly crossed it off. Ding dong the trim is done! And the furniture was moved back into its rightful … Read more
I have been planning this blog post…well more like the blog title…for nearly two years now. I always wanted to do a blog post about throw pillows and call it “Pillow Panache” ever since I was running to some rap tunes (weird…I know) and this song came on and rapped about “that girl’s got panache” … Read more
Neighbors rejoice, we now have blinds in our master bedroom. Cue up the band! I know, they’re hard to see and equally hard to photograph with sun streaming through the natural, bamboo shades. But trust me, they’re there and the neighbors are rejoicing that they no longer can see into our room. Here’s the room … Read more
Have you ever had one of those moments when you just get all tied up in knots? Or your laundry does? Yeah, that happened. And that was after I spent about an hour cutting away at some of the knots. Those are the table runners from our wedding that I had sent through the washing … Read more
Lately, I’ve been up to my eyeballs sorting through wedding stuff. Packing up stuff, putting it all away, bring order back into our lives, and most importantly trying to re-purpose leftover wedding paraphernalia. Everything from house plants to table runner fabrics and even these table numbers. What in the world am I to do with … Read more
Or more like prime, paint repeat. It feels like the hundredth time that I’ve painted the living room, even though in reality it was only the second time. But I have amassed a whopping six coats of paint in the room. After stripping all the wallpaper and patching the plaster walls during our first month … Read more