Have you ever looked at something and seen it all of a sudden completely different? I sit in my snow room (which is like a sun room, but in Indiana it has snow outside more than sun) daily. It's my favorite room to drink morning coffee and wake up for the day. As things have slowly winded down with our Spoonful Studio and the days of it closing are nearing, I have found myself with more and more free time. One day, I was sitting there and looking at the same mantel that I have every other Continue Reading
How to Make Your Own Wallpaper
For the past 18 months, I have been working little by little to transform our house into our home. If you have been following along, you know that I tend to shy away from conventional styles, colors, and methods. I got to a place some years ago where I became pretty comfortable and confident in my style. Rather than caring much about what people thought, I started to design around things that inspired and spoke to me. I think this little nook is the perfect snapshot of my process. It shows all Continue Reading
Welcome to Indiana! (our new house tour)
Do you hear Taylor Swift singing "Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you" as you read my title? Just image me shouting loudly "Indiana" over her as she sings New York. My poor family has had to put up with that for two months now. To catch you up quickly, we packed up our trucks a little less than two months ago and moved north. It's been a packed two months! We started off by putting all our stuff in storage and living with a sweet family for a little over a month. We found and Continue Reading
Transitioning
We have moved!! In my last moving post, I shared how things were moving fast, and we were trying to hang on. In some ways it's hard to believe we actually got moved and are now in Indiana! We couldn't have done it without the help of so many friends and family. Last Thursday we emptied our house and on Friday we closed on the house and started our travels north. This house was a part of a very special season in our lives. It is where we began being foster parents and was Continue Reading
Old Home Tour
We laughed with our realtor yesterday about the use of the term "house" versus "home." There is a difference between the two words. One seems matter of fact and the other is personal. Since we began this house attack process, our living residence was a "house" in most of my frame work. I had a list of to-dos and I just kept at them. This week, the list of to-dos got less and less until we were done. Now that I am not in task mode and breathing (and able to sit once again), I am getting sad Continue Reading