I just had to peak in on Cottage Hill when I saw HauteLooks Bird Event today. Remember these cuties?I had dozens of emails after *this Book Planter post* asking where to find t...
Okay, Im overwhelmed. Im working on a really big project and its sucking the life out of me. But, like a bad penny -- Ill be back...September 1stfor sure!!!If you enjoyed this post...
I started the "shake-up" today with the bookcase in our TV room. It was a pretty simple project and only took a few minutes to gather enough family photos to completely fill one of the ...
I spend loads of time in this room -- a smallish bedroom near the kitchen (thank goodness) turned TV room. Its where I watch Netflex and the news and where I kick off my shoes and prop up my fe...
My husband and I drink perked coffee. No fancy Starbucks brew for us. We take ours the old-fashioned way. So, we were really irked this morning when our second new percolator in less...
Ive had my grandson for the last couple of weeks so Ive "been away". Hes headed home today and has some dirty clothes to take with him so we decided to do this little project together b...
Two things I love (along with those Im related to and that cute guy I married) are anything with a bird on it and everything vintage. Hang around my blog very long and Ill prove it to ya....
This is my "before" -- a camper I received (begged for, really) for Mothers Day. It has only two redeeming qualities...it was almost free and it doesnt smell. It ha...
This pie safe belonged to my great uncle, Asia George -- "AG". It was handed down to my Mom who loved him dearly and who helped look after him in his later years. He was such a sw...
Im not "good" yet but I am "better". And, I was itching to post something. So I dug through my pictures (no wonder my computer acts like its stuck in reverse sometim...
My back is out.So am I. Hope to be "back" soon!If you enjoyed this post (and, gosh, I hope you did) please BECOME A FOLLOWER!
Ill spare you the picture of me butt-up and knee-deep in our local landfill but I will promise you if you ever get a chance to dig around in one -- youll be hooked! I was when I found this pile of he...
As boring as a brown paper bag? Not in my world.***Ive been making my brown paper bag baskets and delivering eggs in them for a couple of years. For a more personalized look (and to ident...
I can do that. I just hope I can stop once I get started. I have 13 chickens -- 5 assorted bantams and 8 Welsummers. I love them all. Even when they give me a little grief......
This super simple garden bench was made from lumber I pulled from my scrap pile. The 4X4s were pressure treated. The seat was a true 1X10x43 piece of cypress. My only pur...
Even though spray paint was technically invented in 1949 by a man, Edward Seymour, it was his wife Bonnie who asked him to come up with it. It wasnt clear what she hoped to do with her paint in...
Dear Gina,What a great plan -- rounding up a bunch of fun friends to remake two bedrooms in your cottage in three days.I heard you had one opening left and I thought Id write you this letter an...
Im trudging along...working on my list of 10 projects.This one is #8. Feels like #800, but no, its just #8. Im counting. I plan to hang this baby in my TV room where its needed for reading...
I admit it. I have fallen down and blackened my eye when it comes to my plan to complete ten thrifty projects in 21 days. Im not even going to count the number of days Im over my goa...
Thanks to Gail @ My Repurposed Life, I got a lot of sweet comments and made a bunch of new friends.Not bad for my first gig as a guest poster! We partnered up to give away one of my ...
I "borrowed" this idea from Ballard Design. I hope they dont mind...Ballard DesignLindy Design ***I love these vintage frames. They are two (in one) of the ten projects Id hoped to...
You can catch me today at Gails place-- Ill be guest posting and giving away one of my paintings... 16"x20" Oil on CanvasIf you havent already, check out Gails blog. This is one t...
My grandtwins, Aubrey and Chloe, have a birthday coming up. Because I always make them something, I decided to use the overnight case (the third of my, maybe a little too ambitious, 10 projects...
The clock is ticking, I know, on my plan to finish my 10 projects in three weeks. If I were the panic-y type Id be there. But, Im not. Im more the rollin with the punches type...
Yeah right! Sounds good but no way is it going to happen. You know it. I know it. The paint on the wall knows it...But how about 10 projects in 21 days? That sounds...
I grew up in the south where my next door neighbor was an elderly lady named Mrs. Ardis. She could grow just about anything and spent her days in her garden where I was always welcome.&nb...
I paid only $15 for this little kitchen table so I dont mind so much putting it outside on my shabby carport turned breezy patio and hoping for the best. The patio is covered but the ceiling is...
All my adult life Ive wanted a clothesline. My grandmother had one and I loved hanging clothes out to dry with her. "Mac" had a washing machine right in her kitchen and a la...
This is a good look -- if I may say so.But, when we have guests over, they sometimes look around, like a deer in the headlights, for a place to sit.I have to admit, with all those pillows, my sofa lo...
Our oldest daughter is in medical school. We are very proud of her. She has worked awfully hard to get where she is, weathering hundred hour days, sleepless nights, really gross anat...
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