As I mentioned in my last post, we are READY for spring around here. Sunshine. Warmth. Color. Anything to get beyond this cold grey reality. While the weather around here isn't totally cooperating with my desires, I'll continue to take matters into my own hands and create something to introduce a little warmth and pop of color. Take that Old Man Winter. If you've been around here for a while you know that I love to make flowers out of all kinds of materials for different projects. Burlap. Continue Reading
DIY Plank Wall
I am not a professional decorator in the slightest bit. Walking in a store and trying to pick out items for a specific room and putting them all together stresses me out. What about you!? However, I do love to craft, so that takes over in my decor. I usually start with a project that begins to give the room character and I just keep adding (and sometimes subtract) until it feels done. I have one goal when I work on a room - I try to make it my favorite space in the house. I want to walk in 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
Our First Vlog
Today, I am so excited to share with you my first ever vlog. To be completely honest, I LOVED the idea of this video and interview, but I felt quite awkward with a microphone clipped to my shirt. I'm so not good at being the one in FRONT of the camera, so special thanks to my amazing husband for his skills with this piece!! Please take a look at my interview with two of the inspirations behind a lot of what I do. Simply click on the video to watch, and afterwards scroll below to find out Continue Reading