It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
I can’t stop myself from hanging more and more and more. Pretty soon our garage walls will be covered with white dishes. The big platters are hung with these extra large plate hangers. They were 99 cents at the Goodwill. You can probably find them online for $3 each. I get my regular plate hangers [...]
Freestyle. It started with this. Tight and symmetrical. my usual way to hang white dishes. I thought maybe I’d keep my eyes open for more and fill the entire wall. But I didn’t want to wait for it to be done. So I stopped right there and placed all my white hanging dishes on the [...]
Here’s that keeping room I told you about. This is the view from the kitchen. I love this room. I think it’s supposed to be the dining room. But then what would I do with this big empty space in my kitchen? Plus, it sounds so fancy to call it a keeping room. We have [...]
Here’s our room. Yes, I know that my skirt is poofy. No, it’s not always that poofy, I poofed it special, for you. I made the skirt and duvet cover myself with a sewing machine. I am very proud. One of my sons even barfed on it and it held up in the wash. A [...]
Here we are. This is what you see when you first come in my house. Have I mentioned there is no foyer? You can see our fireplace. Love having a fireplace. But, do you notice something? NO MANTLE!! Isn’t that weird? Please tell me all of your great ideas for this issue! We have one [...]
Several of you left a comment on yesterday’s post about my beautiful, rare, delicate, highly sought after, expensive, limited edition, rich people, and other snooty references, china. Doncha wish your china was nice like mine? Doncha? Look at that photo above and meet my $2.50 serving platter from a yard sale and my dollar store [...]
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 …]
