It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
I’m no laundry expert, I usually have a load or two patiently waiting for their turn in the washer but, laundry isn’t something I dread and it rarely builds up. I have three tips and I hope you have more. 1. Start a load right when you get up. Every morning I come down the [...]
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 [...]
This was this photo that started it all. I had no choice but to adore her. The lamps, the chandy, the mod chairs and table, the artwork that I copied more than once. I found Angela from the Painted House over two years ago. She has since moved her blog but there is still great [...]
And all of your family and pets are safe and you have 4 minutes to grab whatever you can, what do you get? Most people I know would say photos. And I used to think they were crazy for wanting photos. Until last month when Portrait Photographer Amber Herlocker came and did a photo shoot [...]
anyone who is tall want to come to my house and hang that top frame better? I’ve told you more than enough about my beloved silhouettes, right? Well, I switched out their frames and realized that I had 4 frames and only three boys. The agony was unbearable trying to figure out what to do [...]
wall color :: Sherwin Williams Comfort Gray I have this very breakable shelf that holds a very breakable and already twice repaired urn that holds a very heavy coral.. …that I got from ebay but it was a little pink and smokey and old and dusty… …so I washed it and then whitewashed it…. …and [...]
It killed me not to have these done in time for the Mantel Party yesterday. So I’m linking up to my own linky. Every time I paint a room, my boys beg to help. This time, I was prepared. I bought a $10 pack of 8×10 canvases from Michaels Craft Store and let them go [...]
click photo to enlarge I can’t tell you how long it’s been since we’ve had a back yard with trees taller than my husband. A tire swing in the back officially makes this rental into our home. It’s just too good. After you move, what is it that makes your house finally feel like home? [...]
Having one of those days? One of those weeks? Or maybe one of those years? Could you use some (in)couragement?
When we moved in the first thing I did was removed the weird fern patterned “privacy paper” from the front door sidelights. Y’all. This stuff is like contact paper for your windows only SUPER sticky. One day I walked up and found my boys pressing their hands and faces and well, other body parts up [...]
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…
