Are you looking forward to a bit of vintage treasure hunting this Spring? I know I am! I’ve always been intrigued by antique furniture and I’m a sucker for vintage treasures. I guess my love of vintage finds really took off when we purchased our first home. My mom would take me out to estate sales bright and early Saturday mornings, and I couldn’t believe what great pieces we would come home with!
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Time for a little switch-a-roo! With all of the painting, repainting, and rearranging going on there is never a dull moment around here. A friend of mine recently admitted that she has never seen my living room the same color twice. Every time I think of this it makes me laugh! I’m happy to say the mocha latte shade in the living and dining room is feeling right, it’s here to stay. And man, am I glad. I don’t think […]
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Well, sometimes no matter how hard you look for comfortable, reasonably priced vintage chairs, you end up having to buy brand spankin new ones instead. We have been needing new dining chairs since we moved into our cottage. Our new dining room is smaller than the one we had before and the old wicker chairs just didn’t quite fit. In order to make everything feel like it fit, we would keep two in the corners of the room and pull […]
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Out with the old and in with the new. I don’t know about all that, but I have managed to get all of the Christmas chachkis back into the attic. Thank you kiddos — you are great helpers! And I’ve been trying to refresh the living room and sun porch a bit. Our house looks dreadfully bare without all of the glitz and greenery of Christmas. In the living room I added a little tablecloth across the front of this […]
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I can never seem to get enough of fresh pine roping at Christmastime! One of the cottage style homes down the street from me drapes it across their white picket fence adorned with red bows and it looks classic and beautiful. It is one of my favorite outdoor holiday decorations for sure. My dad picked up a bunch of fresh pine roping for my mom and me at the big box store. I was so excited to drape it […]
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Christmastime without our two year old teenager puppy is just not the same. Our family is trying really hard to find our smiles and allow some happiness back into our home. It’s a little bit better when we are all out of the house and aren’t having that feeling of something being missing. It is dreadfully quiet so we have been trying to play more music and clown around some. That crazy Derby energy and enthusiasm was fun to have […]
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The holiday madness has begun! The shopping, baking, decorating, and of course the crafting are all in full swing. Did I mention the shopping? I have certainly been doing my part in stimulating our economy! As much as I love to shop for gifts I happen to love making things even more. The kids and I have been holiday crafty crazy since they were just tiny little guys. We made candy covered Christmas trees and glittered coated stars, paper chains […]
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Don’t laugh! The armoire that I painted gray a couple weeks ago is now showing off a soft shade of sage green. What can I say? It happens! It takes me forever to make up my mind and I often drag decisions out for as long as I absolutely can. After months with no sofa, I picked out our family room sofa under a threat from my hubby “either pick out a sofa in 15 minutes or I’ll pick one […]
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