Month in Review and No-Spend July

Anyone else wondering where HALF the year went?? Can you believe it’s almost July? That’s nuts! I mean, I’ll be thinking about fall in just two weeks months! ;) Since the end of the month is here, yet again I’m recapping the last 30 days of projects just in case you missed one of them! I’m adding a little somethin’ from now on too – if I haven’t answered a question you have about one of the June

Learning to sew…again

Hello there! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! We started the Fourth festivities a little early and had a blast – I LOVE this week every year. :) As you may or may not know…if you have read this blog for two minutes…you know we just got a new sofa in the family room. And it’s created a snowball in the space (and the rest of the house, but more on that later) – but it’s the kind of snowball I

Love for The Ridge

Well helloooo! I’m writing to you tonight from our new SUPER comfy, super soft, just-the-right-size sectional. :) Couldn’t be more pleased with it, really. And I swear this is the last time I’ll mention it till I show you. ;) Soon!! Every once and awhile I find a store and I feel like I didn’t share it it with you I’d be committing some kind of thrifty shopping find. So share I do. This one just

Showing off Kristi

Well hello there! Hope your week is going smashingly. ;) I’m SO excited because we get our new sectional for the family room in just a couple of days. I am so giddy it’s just ridiculous. You’d think I was about to birth a sofa. ;) I’ve got a day of moving furniture around (yippee! I mean, really, yippee!!) planned tomorrow, and after a few more changes I hope to show you the space next week.

Master Bedroom Redo: Part Two

Hey hey!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend and a lovely Father’s Day. I finished up some changes to the master bedroom and I LOVE how it’s turning out. Yes…the master bedroom. The one I started redoing almost a year ago? Remember that one? I’ve told you before it takes me a while…and this room is no different. I’ve made some changes over the past few months and I’m SO happy with how it’s

Giveaway Weekend!

Hello hello! I’m back this weekend with a super fun giveaway! I was crushin’ on A Vintage Poster as soon as I clicked over to their site. Their designs are so fun, so unique, and SO affordable!They carry an assortment of graphics and typography posters in 25 (wow!) different colors – you just pick the design or quote, and then choose the color. I love these kitchen-inspired posters: How fun! You

Are you a piler too?

Do you ever have one of those moments…when you walk through the same spot in your house for probably the 50th time in a day and all the sudden it hits. IT is the STUFF. The I’ve been too lazy to put you away for the past week and yet I’m still surprised to see you JUNK. I swear it’s like I’m wearing glasses and someone finally cleaned them off. All the sudden I can see it all. And all if it

Caulk and Spackle, my BFFs

Helloooo there! Our gorgeous week of weather continues here, but I've been inside addressing a project that I’ve been avoiding for months. It’s the not-so-fun stuff of room redos that stall me out. I’d rather cut and install molding then do the finishing work – the caulking and spackling and sanding. UGH. These are the days I wish I hired out. :) I haven’t touched the office redo in such

Shaping Up The Deck

Hey hey! How was your weekend? First of all, I need to announce the winner of the Nudge Home giveaway! The lucky gal is Marisa Boney at marisabonney(at)hotmail(dot)com! Marisa, please send me an email and I’ll get you hooked up with your free bundle! I’ve started about 35 projects in the past few weeks that I was planning on finishing up this weekend…but then the the beautiful weather hit.

When Blogging Gets You Down

Well thanks so much for all of the wonderful comments on my black door disaster project! You all are the sweetest. I’m pretty smitten with it, and I am SO relieved for a happy ending. ;) About three weeks ago I celebrated three years of blogging – and by celebrated I mean I went “Wow, it’s been THREE years?” in my head. I could have at least made a cupcake to celebrate. Or a cookie.

When DIY Goes Oh-So-Wrong

This is the story of a fun, free DIY project gone very, very wrong. Fun…snort. Free? Whatever. It has a happy ending, thankfully. It was ALL my fault, and there may have been a few tears because of that. :) It started with my love of black interior doors. I’ve been smitten with them for years now, but I’ve always been just a teensy scared to get out the paint brush. But then I noticed a

Before and After Party: The Guest Room

Hey there! I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We had a great one…until a major DIY disaster hit. :) I’m smiling about it now (barely) but it’s taken a while for the twitching to stop. I’ll show you more about that soon (you’ll understand why I’m holding off when I show you). GAH. Anyhoo, a guest room redo has been on my radar for about two years now. Basically since stepdaughter went off to

Giveaway Weekend!

Well hello hello! It’s Friday, WHOO! I have another great giveaway for you this weekend! When the folks at Nudge Home contacted me, I knew this would be such a fun one to share:They offer “bundles” of art and pillows to help you to easily pull a room together in no time flat. The sets are in a variety of colors and prints, and they’re ALL gorgeous! And all of the coordination, fabric selection

Life with Peanut

I think it’s about time for an update on the Pup up in here. :) A few months ago I was so taken with this adorable little guy, I insisted we bring him home: He made me cry. :) My heart ached for him. He was just the sweetest. So we took him home and named him Peanut. Cause he’s just a wittle bitty NUT! His name has morphed into a few others over the past few months and they include: The

Month in review and the Blog Squad!

Howdy all! I’m back with a wrap up with the projects from the month of May. I like to pull everything into one post in case you’re new around these parts or a regular reader that just missed an oh-so-important post. Can’t have that. ;) I started off the month with the May Before and After Party, where you showed off about 375 ahhhmazing projects! Next up, I shared one of my all time favorite