UPDATED 2017 PORCH >> CLICK HERE for recent changes and sources! AS SEEN IN: Ever since we first finished the porch last year, we hemmed and hawed over whether or not to screen it in. That was the original intent, after all, but we loved how open it was without the screens so much that… Read More
SPRING 2017: FOR UPDATED EXTERIOR INFORMATION AND PHOTOS, LOOK HERE! As evidenced by this little blog, we’ve spent the last four years working room by room to update and decorate our forty-something year old house. On the inside. We tried (kind of) to keep the exterior looking as tidy as possible, but there was just… Read More
I’m still chugging along on my living room update. The latest thing checked off the list was to figure out how to get some temporary color on the bookshelf backs. They were just too heavy and brown and have always bothered me a little. But I hated to paint them because I might want them… Read More
The third time’s a charm when it comes to my garage doors. Case in point… Look 1: The original garage door was a beastly, forty year old solid wood door… until I backed into it a couple of years back and knocked it off its track. I’m not gonna lie and say I wasn’t excited… Read More
I was beyond excited when I showed up in Savannah last month to find a stack of DIY crab screens in Mother’s garage!! Isn’t he just the cutest, most summery thing you’ve ever seen?!?! I love the bright pop of orange from the street!! You can also see a little peek of the new shrubs… Read More
It’s been raining cats and dogs, but our landscaper and a crew of at least TWENTY swooped in this morning and by lunch time we had GRASS! (They worked on the sprinkler, beds and grading for the last week.) I stepped out for a sec in the break in the rain to snap a few… Read More
The porch has finally been decked out in red, white and blue for the impending holiday. The itty bitty hydrangeas and jasmine I planted last year have just exploded. So rewarding! It’s pretty much the same as last year, but you just might notice… we’ve got SCREENS! Much more on that later. A few flags… Read More