Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a little quieter than usual here lately. Unfortunate, I injured my left thigh exercising (why does everything happen to my left leg?) which resulted ...
I finally finished painting my living room Moonlight by Benjamin Moore (Yay one project I can check off)! I made a few changes to the window wall (cleaned the very dirty blinds for one thing) . Took ...
I always like seeing what people have on their bookshelves or book recommendations. So every now and then I share what I’m reading because I figure most of you are like me! Normally, I always h...
I love hydrangeas and if they weren’t such water suckers I would surround my house with them. I always thought “Hydrangea House” would be a lovely name for a home. As it is, I have ...
Here’s a really quick project I recently did. I painted this mirror that used to hang over my sofa. My faux fireplace is now where the sofa is with a different mirror over it. That big mirror i...
I’ve been wanting to paint at least one of my garden gates ever since I did that post on Colorful Garden Gates! Here’s a look at one gate leading into my vegetable garden that I painted r...
I got tired of working in the yard so I decided to come inside and work on some indoor projects but got distracted by my wonderful hoop art from etsy (Sparrow Mercantile) that came in the mail.  ...
I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with my back fence line since all my trees and bushes were cut down by Colonial Pipeline during their vicennial right of way maintenance. Since I can...
We have the Ektorp sofa (actually we have two – a white slipcovered one in the living room and blue slipcovered one with chaise in the tv room). So I guess it’s fair to say that we’...
Hi all! I got these chippy shutters for $14 at a neighbor’s garage sale last month (yes it’s garage sale season here already). They are very very, extremely chippy and unfortunately fores...
Mostly a new attitude Thanks everyone for your comments & advice on my last post. I have contacted the Georgia Public Service Commission and the other parties involved (as have numerous other pe...
I started straightening up my screened porch over the weekend now that the horrible yellow pollen isn’t everywhere. My porch is divided into a dining area and a seating area so I started workin...
As many of you know, I’ve loved and used toile de jouy (simply known as toile) in my home for many many years. So I found it very funny that Pottery Barn is now carrying toile kitchen towels, ...
Yes, I finally, finally have a red barn of my own! I started Phase I of this project last year (to paint the barn) and now it’s done and onto Phase II! Here’s how it looked July 2008. I ...
Thought you all might like to see my tentative garden plan for this year. My husband built me two new beds which are great! They’re 3 ft wide and 11 inches high which is perfect. I can sit on m...
One decorating trend that I’m loving is hoop art. Do you know about it? It’s been around for awhile but I seem to be seeing it more and more lately. Hoops make great instant & inexpen...
It’s true that I have quite a lot of space to garden but I still like to grow some things in containers. I love having containers of my favorite cooking herbs right outside my kitchen door. I a...
This is my Spring/Easter mantel (mantle?). But honestly it’s so hot here I feel like I should be doing sunflowers and seashells because it feels like June! My one chalkboard that I’...
I’ve been thinking about all the outdoor projects that I need to do. Too many to list but on the top of my list is building a small garden tool shed to house my most used garden tools (so I don...
The winner of the $25 Amazon Gift Certificate is announced at the end of this post. Thank you to all you entered! I wanted to show you two things that I got at the thriftstore recently. One thing I...
I like to celebrate the holidays by adding some special seasonal touches around the house. It’s tradition in our home. I think my family would think there was something wrong with me if I didn&...
**This Give Away is now closed*** I’m celebrating 5 years of blogging! Before I get into the give away I want to say thank you to Michele Bergh of Be Inspired Design for my smooth transition f...
Hi everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that my blog is being moved to another server (oh the joy of WordPress). So if you have trouble accessing or it appears to not be available - it’s t...
Ever wonder what to do with that empty wine bottle or jam jar? Here are 10 great ideas for taking something you’d normally recycle or throw out and making something pretty and useful out of it....
Actually, it’s my garden yesterday Another summery day in the ATL! I spent most of the morning weeding this bed & refreshing the pinebark mulch. Take a look - My yellow Lady Banks Rose is ...
My husband made me a pretty window box to use in my garden out of some scrap lumber we had and an old window frame. For the time being it’s siting on the buffet in the screened porch and is hol...
Many of you know that I used to edge the border in front of my veggie garden with plates. Then we decided to move and in the process of neutralizing the house and garden I removed all my plates and...
Decorating a small foyer is a challenge! A foyer should say something about the people that live in the home as well as being a welcoming place. Hard to do in a small space. I don’t have much...
I’ve gotten a few emails from people who want to get going with planting their gardens. So I thought for this week’s Gardening 101, that I’d answer some of the most common questions...
My birthday was Sunday and as a present to myself I got a Ladybug Wheelbarrow! I love it! It is so so cute! We really needed two wheelbarrows. This one is easy to maneuver and it’s perfect fo...
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