I gave a mini-tour of my parents home all decorated for the holidays and thought it would be fun to share pictures of what their pretty place looks like the other eleven months of the year. I adore the creeping fig trained on the rise of their front steps. I also adore their extremely manicured… Read More
I’ve had this ghastly chair lurking in the corner of my bedroom(s) for ten years. circa 2004 (there are so many tragic elements to this picture) circa 2008 And finally, at long last, I have had the darned thing recovered. It’s asinine that I spent just under 30% of my life fretting over picking a… Read More
Although I never actually pinned one myself, I’ve been seeing mason jar soap dispensers popping up all over Pinterest for ages now. So, when Sister and I came across two vintage blue mason jars in the Habersham Antique Market, we hastily snapped them up. (It’s a good thing there were TWO or a cat fight… Read More
(Updated 7/8/12) As y’all well know, we’ve been working on a few updates in the den (painted mirror, repaired fire place, hung oyster plates, un-hung oyster plates when my decorating demons took over, updated corbels on bar) and it’s finally all wrapped up! Just for kicks, here’s the before before. Loads of room for improvement,… Read More
On the first chilly day after moving into our house two and a half years ago, I bee-lined to the fireplace to turn it on. And nothing happened. Nice gas fireplace they touted on the MLS listing, huh? So, two winter’s later we finally got it all inspected and returned to working order. I did… Read More
Artist Alison Evans creates the most swoon-worthy, sea inspired ceramics. Each unique piece is hand molded, hand glazed and totally gorgeous. After falling in love with bestie R‘s Alison Evans oyster plates, I started a collection of my own abalone and tortoise plates Christmas before last. Since then, Honey has been a doll and slowly added to… Read More
While digging around in my craft closet for the lacing for our 100 Day necklaces, I unearthed these pom poms purchased last year for a Valentine’s Day craft that never came to fruition. So, I grabbed a couple of supplies and set to work turning out a pom pom garland to use in my Valentine’s… Read More