Mother and Daddy-O keep a basket for things that they need to haul up to us in Atlanta. It will have anything from coupons to funny paper comics to home decor in it depending on the week. Most recently, they brought me a fabulous brass lion head door knocker that they bought for their home… Read More
My old fireplace screen has been living a tenuous existence for about eight years. I picked it up at an “antique” store (code for junk store) back in our old house and had one side of it rigged for ages. (You can see the top isn’t even hinged in this picture from last March!) It… Read More
While I am far from a seamstress, I did teach myself how to sew a rectangle probably fifteen years ago. It has served me well, because a lot of window treatments, pillow covers and table runners are nothing more than a rectangle. Over the years I’ve made curtains, valances, roman shades and even balloon shades from the… Read More
UPDATE: This post has been updated HERE! After five years of enjoying our porch, I’ve been working on a few updates this spring and summer! To refresh your memory, or if you’ve just recently joined us, we originally had a deck in this space. We used most of the original footings, moved the stairs, and… Read More
You know when a bright idea just smacks you in the face and you can’t even fathom how you never thought of it until that moment? Well, that happened to me a few weeks ago. I’ve loved all the pieces of my kitchen table set since we placed it here eight years ago, but I’ve… Read More
May 2020: THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED It has been quite a few years since I shared the work that we did on the exterior of our 1964 home and answered what is hands down the most frequent question I get on the blog, on social media and in real life… what are your paint… Read More
I’ve shared this space before, but when I updated our bedroom and photographed the final look I realized how poor the pictures were that I took four years ago. Our closet is very narrow but runs the full length of our master bedroom so it has the potential to hold a lot. When we moved… Read More