Quick and Easy Christmas Decorations
Are your kiddos on Christmas vacation? How about pulling together a few supplies and giving them an afternoon of creativity?!? Or better yet, pull those supplies together and take an hour to nurture your own creativity! These quick and easy Christmas decorations can be used on your tree, but they … [Read More...]
Christmas Past
I thought I'd go through some of my Christmas past posts the other day. After all, having a blog is pretty much a chronicle of years. It's easy to look back at those entries and remember. Around the holidays everything is magnified, both the happy and the sad.I got very emotional looking back … [Read more... ]
Christmas in the Dining Room
I love decorating for Christmas in the dining room. I normally keep the theme either snowy or icy and some of my favorite little woodland animals are the focus...This year I went with a snowy feel by adding loads of snowy picks to the tree...The snowy picks along with my snow white … [Read more... ]
Christmas in the Kitchen
In our house, Christmas in the kitchen is decidedly simple. If any room calls for simplicity, I think it's the kitchen! With so much holiday cooking and baking we need space to slice, dice and roll out Christmas cookies!The one exception ...This little gingerbread village. I've always wanted … [Read more... ]
Christmas in the Living Room
The open den is the first thing you see when you walk into our home, so we enjoy focusing on Christmas in the living room.Because I'm so delighted to take a peek into other people's homes through websites and Instagram, I'm hoping that you might enjoy hanging out with me for a minute or two as … [Read more... ]
Hanging Snowflakes
I've been hanging snowflakes for several years. I love the magical element that a grouping of snowflakes brings to a space.This year Mike helped me hang a few (over 100!) in the entry...In past years, I added a few snowflakes to the playroom ceiling...In the entry, I picked … [Read more... ]
One Christmas Tree Three Ways
Using these beautiful ornaments from Balsam Hill, I played around with the tree in my studio and did one Christmas tree three ways!When I decorate any tree, I like to put all of my ornaments on a table...I divide them according to color and or style...Aren't these … [Read more... ]
Christmas in the Den
Christmas in the den from a couple of years ago! I know it's early and I know you're focused on Thanksgiving! But here's a bit of Before-Christmas inspiration from my den in 2016...I love Christmas decorating and Christmas in the den is my favorite. Yeah, it's the whole Christmas thing...the … [Read more... ]
Christmas at Biltmore Estate with Balsam Hill
Sources at the end of post- I was so honored to be chosen for a trip to the Inn on Biltmore Estate to decorate a Christmas tree with Balsam Hill's Biltmore Collection.This collection was over a year in the making! Balsam Hill and Lydia Vander Voort Licensing Director at Biltmore … [Read more... ]
Autumn Has Finally Arrived
She's been a long time coming but like a long overdue visit from a good friend, autumn has finally arrived. When I turn that calendar page from September to October, no matter what the temperature, I feel the need to nest for the cooler days that are surely on the way. Porches add a warm welcome … [Read more... ]
Fall Party Ideas
It's that time of year, the kick off to the holiday season, there's no better way to welcome in the best time of the year than to throw a fall party! I've done my share of fall parties (13 years), and I have a few fall party ideas for you...Probably. Maybe...okay, not better-than Thanksgiving or … [Read more... ]
Mail Art
I've had a strange year. Let's leave it at that. During the first part of the year, in addition to the "strangeness", I found myself in a creative slump. Creativity is really important to me, after searching for something to pour myself into I settled on mail art... In addition to using my hands … [Read more... ]
Rustic Chic Den Makeover
We've almost finished our rustic chic den makeover. In case you want to know, I'll source everything at the end of the post! This project took a long time because I had to pick out furniture and rugs. Those decisions tend to take me a while...We replaced the tables, the sofas, and all of the chairs. … [Read more... ]
Swing Beds
Last summer we had a screen porch built off of our bedroom. Shortly after, Mike made these two swing beds, and we love them. We sit out here almost every morning and sometimes after the sunset, the porch is a peaceful place for the pups, Reba-the-cat and I to slow down after a long day.Our bedroom … [Read more... ]
Reading Nook for the Littles
When I did a budget makeover on one of our guest rooms - ( Posted HERE)I kept the theme kid friendly and incorporated a fun reading nook...I had way too much fun putting this together and I thought you might want to jazz up a little corner for your little one just in time for Back-To-School … [Read more... ]
Sofa Table-Mike’s at it again
We did a little makeover on our living room this year and Mike designed and built a sofa table.He built the table out of 250 year old wood that he bought from a lumber supplier a few years ago. The wood has such an interesting history;It came from a building in downtown … [Read more... ]
Checking in…
It's been so long since I've posted and in these past months, many of my friends have emailed me to check in. Thank you for caring and touching base- I've been having some health issues and needed to step away for a season. I hope to be back soon- don't give up on me ;) Sending love xo … [Read more... ]