Category Archives: Decorating

Tabletop makeover

Well kids, that was a long and not always pleasant/easy month… but I am still here and have some fun things to share with you! A couple years ago, when we first moved into this (rental) house, I shared a … Continue reading

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My new source for fresh flowers

Do you ever want to just kick yourself for letting your preconceived notions get in the way of discovering something new? I swear I could start a whole new blog category just for these types of forehead-smacking moments. So recently … Continue reading

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Your social painting: why would you NOT keep it?

A gal on Twitter whom I’ve followed for some time, who is a loving mom and an extremely creative homemaker (among many other accomplishments), recently posed this question: Having attended one social painting class (and having kept my painting, and … Continue reading

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Farmhouse step-back cabinet built with love

My sweet boyfriend Greg (if you are 54 years old do you still get to use the word “boyfriend”?) spent many hours recently, building me a piece of furniture that I had been hoping to find at auction for a … Continue reading

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Collecting old lady cabinet plates

Do you see what these are? These are beautiful hand-painted decorative cabinet plates which I swore I would never collect. Or at least, I swore for a long time that I was too young for them, because, you see, the only … Continue reading

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