It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
My sister and I talk about this often. And it still is mind boggling. One of the main things that makes us feel like our day, week, month is going smoothly? Meals. Yep, if we have the meals under control for our crowd of hungry little people and menfolk, we somehow feel better about things, [...]
“Tell him his house is beautiful. That I have never seen one so lovely.” –ann voskamp Ann is one of five bloggers traveling with Compassion International in Ecuador. In the jungle. The posts have made me laugh and made me cry and Ann’s post reminds me once again, how much the letters that we send [...]
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I’m a craver of change in my home and I’ve come to accept the fact that it doesn’t necessarily mean I’m discontent but that I simply enjoy a little shift of scenery. I mean, it’s not like I go out and buy a new sofa and throw the old one away every time I get [...]
real living july 2009 I’ve been looking for a bookcase? shelf? whatever the current name of this thing is, for awhile now. I like the sturdy look of theses shelves. cases? I thought maybe I could find something similar at Ikea, since it reminds me of my expedit shelf but, nope, they discontinued whatever it [...]
I love this wall. I used to hate it. It was completely awkward and is the main wall in our downstairs area, it’s just a wall island with a closet and some kitchen cabinets on the other side. You can kind of see the wall in this photo behind the toile sofa before I moved [...]
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Are you so tired of me talking about this table? I wrote an entire post about how we use this table just a few months ago. We bought it for $40 about nine years ago. That was back when lots of KMarts were going out of business. It’s just your average inexpensive kitchen table that [...]
I've got a secret that will unlock creativity and hope for your home. Ready? Here it is:: It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Yep. That's it. All you have to do is believe it. [Read More …]
