Slowly but surely we are wrapping up our year long endeavor of designing and finishing our basement, from the rooter to the tooter, all by ourselves! Once again, I’ll reference our vision and goals for the space…we wanted an area set aside for food and drinks when entertaining and an area for dining, crafting, school work,… Read More
If you remember back to when I laid out our vision and goals for the space, we set out to construct a cozy tv area that would comfortably seat four and still allow room for the three boys to play the wii. This part of the basement has been in the works the longest. You… Read More
When I promised a tutorial on crafting your very own embellished pillows a la my finally finished banquette, I didn’t realize that I hardly had enough photo documentation to truly deliver on that promise. However, I shall certainly try. Here goes… Fabric Flower Pillows Using a bowl, I traced a four petal flower shape onto… Read More
Our basement gussy-up project has been in the works for a YEAR this month. My, how time flies when your having fun husband is slaving away in the bowels of the house for hours on end, week after week, month after month. We’ve been busy as bees finishing up the corner of space that I’ve… Read More
There is an activity Mother, Sister and I all adore *almost* as much as we relish our pots of Paris Tea. And we call it “birding.” It all started a few Christmases ago when Daddy-O gifted Mother a set of binoculars for bird watching in their coastal backyard. Well, before those telescoping glasses ever focused… Read More
We made a whirlwind tour of the Savannah today, headed all around town for this and that. Everyone was up bright and early seeing as my parents roofers showed up at the crack of dawn, stomping around like a heard of elephants right over our sleeping quarters. So after a motley breakfast of muffins, pancakes… Read More
Just when you thought one of your favorite, glossy paged, simply scrumptious reads couldn’t get any better, IT DID! Today marked the much anticipated launch of TRADhome, the indescribably ingenious “love child” of Traditional Home and Lonny. With mother keeping an eye on the littles, I spent the late afternoon luxuriating in the all-original content… Read More