2010 July

Bird Watching

July 31, 2010 Filed Under: bird watching

Think my husband will notice if I paint our newel post? via House of Turquoise. And this room is beautiful yet quite simple, I think it could be replicated on a budget.

Britt is the proud owner of a Baby Grand, find out how she got it for FREE.

This is one of the most ingenious tutorials I’ve seen in awhile. Amy was inspired by this Niermann Weeks chandelier and she replicated the texture on a thrift store find.

Also, I had a great time guest judging and picking the winners of the Roadkill Challenge for The CSI project. It was SO hard not to just pick all turquoise dressers as the winners.

Wonderful Etsy Finds::

13 Comments

Frame It

July 30, 2010 Filed Under: dishes, thrifting

Old weathered frame for $3 from the Goodwill, white serving dish. Have I told you how much I hate the placement of the light switches in this house?

39 Comments

How to Make a Rag Bag AKA Ragamuffin Bag

July 29, 2010 Filed Under: fabric, quickies, thrifting

When I take this bag out, I get nothing but compliments on it. I made it in about 12 minutes. Here’s what you need:: A thrift store bag with bamboo handles kind of like this: Strips of all types of coordinating fabric–I like stringy, imperfect textures, but I just used leftovers from my Ragamuffin Garland [...]

38 Comments

There’s A Baby on My Desktop…and other important things {Updated}

July 27, 2010 Filed Under: decorating dork, giveaways, sisters

Have you discovered the CSI project yet? Three talented bloggers thought it would be a fun idea to create a challenge every week and then have people link up with their entry and then, a guest judge picks their favorite and top 10, and the top winner gets a prize. This week the category is [...]

33 Comments

Jeanne Winters :: Living the Dream

July 26, 2010 Filed Under: giveaways, nesting

If you are visiting from SimpleMom, welcome. Today’s post happens to feature beautiful wall art as well. This post is the last in a miniseries of summer giveaways, tomorrow the winners of the TJ Maxx and HGTV giveaways will be announced. It is downright encouraging and inspiring to find people who are following their passion. [...]

585 Comments

HGTV Like Totally Wants Us

July 22, 2010 Filed Under: decorating dork

It’s about time HGTV smartened up and figured out that the people who hang out at Nesting Place are the smartest, designyest, funniest, brilliantest, wittiest, most beautiful people on God’s green earth. And we are, aren’t we what with our hot glued mistreated fabrics, our Goodwill coffee tables and our embracing of all things imperfect? [...]

55 Comments

Grandy Camp

July 21, 2010 Filed Under: boys

This week my husband and I are staying at my parent’s house. My dad took a week off from work and he and Mom {Grandy} took the train 2 hours to go pick up my sister‘s 3 children, then they all got back on the train to come back to my house to meet my [...]

51 Comments

Where to Buy Lamps :: and Other Cute Stuff

July 20, 2010 Filed Under: budget living

I forgot to tell you, every lamp I talked about and showed you in yesterday’s post was from TJ Maxx or Marshalls. Even the lantern. Even the thrift store lamp had a tag on it from our local Marshalls/Home Goods. I figured out years ago that they always have the best selection of on trend, [...]