We’ve been chit chatting with our fab builder friend S about trading in our worn out deck for a Southern summer-friendly screened in porch for a couple of months now. And work is FINALLY underway!!! Here’s the before all decked out for Independence Day… Here’s the look as of last week – one side of… Read More
If y’all are anything like me, you have a kitchen drawer full of pads, pens (who am I kidding…make that crayons) and crumpled up, crossed out, barely legible notes. Said notes contain pertinent information like the meals you’ve planned for week and random kitchen staples that you’ve run out of and don’t want to forget… Read More
Before she broke her foot, Sister came over this way and worked her planting magic on my front pots. (The very same day that the littles deconstructed the basement and the big oak fell out of nowhere, in fact.) Sister also put the basket of french tulips together for me eons ago and I still… Read More
It will probably take me all week to wrap up Easter…so bear with me. Besides, I’m too exhausted from Spring Break to do much of anything new :-) The table was set with an ivory and white linen monogrammed runner and coordinating napkins. The china and candlesticks are Lenox Butler’s Pantry, silver is Gorham Strasburg… Read More
The baby left his sweet crib this week for a big boy bed. *wipes tear from eye* So before we start work on the next era of Whit’s room, I wanted to forever document the sweet little nursery that I’ll miss so when it’s gone. Here’s the before before: And here’s the sweet nursery where… Read More
Yesterday dawned the first day of spring and, in addition to playing the yard all.day.long., we pulled out our Easter bins and prettied the house with all things bunnies and eggs! The entryway received a basket of white french tulips and the dogs donned their white double faced satin ribbons. In the foyer I simply… Read More
SEPTEMBER 2019: SEE AND UPDATED VERSION OF THE RENOVATED MUDROOM HERE The last owners of our house installed a laundry room upstairs, in addition to the one right off the kitchen. And while two laundry rooms sound awfully enticing on laundry Mondays, the allure of bags and jackets smartly organized in a mud room had… Read More