Giveaway Weekend!

Hello there! I hope you have a wonderful fall weekend planned! Maybe some pumpkin patching? Apple picking? Leaf jumping? ;) Ohhh, that all sounds just PERFECT. Whatever you are up to, I have a great giveaway today to kick if off right! ;)Attiser is an online store with a collection of Bohemian and Indian-inspired bedding, table linens and accessories:All of their items are hand crafted, and all

Paper Fall Wreath

Well hello!! Thanks so much for all the wonderful comments on our deck and patio over the past week or so. We are just pinching ourselves – everything turned out so beautifully and we couldn’t be happier. I am so not worthy of the awesomeness. :) The next party on our Autumn Linky list is the Door Decor shindig over at Rhoda’s! I had an idea for a couple DIY fall wreaths this year, and

Our new backyard!

Well, I’m kind of cheating. I’m not really showing a fall mantel for Layla’s party. Just a fall fireplace. An outdoor fireplace. ;) I figured I can show you the indoor mantel any time – but the final touches on the backyard and the new patio were made today, so I just couldn’t wait to show you!! Is this allowed Lay? :) I hope so! Cause it rocks my world!!! OK, there are a serious

I want to hug my fridge

Hey hey! How was your weekend? We had a wonderful time in southern Indiana in a cabin with my family – we had such a blast!! Indiana in the fall is my very favorite place to be! Well, it’s my favorite place to be any time of the year, but you get it. :) Well, it’s been a month since our fridge died on us and caused water damage in the kitchen. We’ve since gotten the island installed and put

Candy Corn Love

Well HEY! First of all, thank you for the lovely comments on our deck! You all are the sweetest!! We are just so pleased with how it turned out. Sooo, last week I was trying to get some crafty mojo going up in here. (That would be up in hea if you’re hip. I’m not.) I had a GREAT Halloween craft in mind, and I got all the way to the end…and it was just, well. Wrong. :) Since I had all the

The Deck Reveal!

Well, it’s been a loooooong time coming! Our outdoor spaces are finally wrapping up and we are THRILLED. The mulching was finished today, and a few minor patio projects are being finished up this week. I’ll show you that as soon as I get it cleaned up, but for now, I’m excited to share our deck space! Warning: Picture overload. Don’t say I didn’t tell ya. ;) It started when we decided to

Last Minute Landscaping

Heya!! How was your weekend? Good I hope – the temps were pretty darn great around here and I took advantage of it! All of the activity we have going on in the backyard has kind of spilled over into the rest of the yard – but not in a good way. Our front and side yards have looked like the back for the past month or so – AWFUL. With all the workers walking all over and all the STUFF

A beadboard island…again!

Well helloooo! Thanks for all the thoughts on the flooring – it’s helped a LOT. I’ll keep you updated on our progress. (Which I hope happens soon!) Last week we saw some progress of another kind – we got our kitchen island reinstalled and I was so happy to have it back! The guys doing the work had to pull off all of the beadboard and the corbels in order to get the island up and

Picking out the floors

Well hello! I’m happy to announce we have some progress with the floors in the kitchen and family room. Nothing is torn up, nothing is laid down, nothing is even picked out. But the insurance company has given us the green light to move forward and that is AWESOME news! I’m clicking my heals over here! (OK, in my head…I’ve tried doing it for real and it ain’t pretty.) I told  you a couple of

DIY or DI-Buy?

Hey hey! How was your weekend?! We had a great one! I worked on a project I’ve been wanting to try for awhile now. Our backyard redo is finally finishing up this week…and it’s been a long time coming. :) The landscaper and his team have done an incredible job and stayed right on track, but we’ve had many, MANY issues with the deck and staining it (which I’ll tell you about soon) and it’s pushed

Never Forget

Many of you have noticed that I love New York City. It’s deep. I love it like I love a friend – I knew even before I ever visited that I would love it. I just knew. And I was right. On my first trip to NYC almost exactly ten years ago, I feel in love with the city. Hard and fast. We were there two weeks before our country was attacked. My hubby got a shot with the impressive towers behind me

The Hardest Easiest Fall Wreath Ever

Well, I’ve been at it again. It’s been a while. Almost two years – if you’ve been with me that long, you remember the hardest, easiest Christmas DIY wreath ever:I had moved on from THEDWE (short for the hardest, easiest DIY wreath EVER, if you didn’t know). I had finally put it out of my mind. The ornaments popping off. The hot glue madness. The wire hangers that would. not. bend. And I lived to

Comfort Foods

Can someone check my temperature? For real – I have been a cooking fool over the past week. Like, using my crock pot more than I have in the past year. In a week. And this, the week we have no kitchen. Well, we have one, but it’s kinda half of one – I have to walk across the house to get to the fridge in the garage. Which makes cooking way more exercise than usual. Maybe I’m burning off the

September Before and After: A New Light

Well HEY! Hope you had a great weekend! We did a lot of bumming around and being productive – a little of both extremes. :) Tonight’s before and after is brought to you by the continued science fair that is our kitchen. I showed you the mess the water damage has created, and last Friday, the madness continued. We had noticed a few weeks ago that the framing around our back door was rotting

Showing Off Tracie (and Winners!)

Well hello!! I’m back this weekend to show off another fabulous DIY blogger – I know you’ll love her! But first, I need to announce the winners of the Two Broads Design giveaway! The two lucky ducks are Hope with The Thrifty Queen and Elyssa with I Create Beauty! Ladies, please email twobroadsdesign (at) yahoo (dot) com to get your $40 credits! Have fun with them! Okey dokey – it’s been waaaay

August in Review!

Well hello! Another month has come and gone and THANK GOD, it’s September!! Although Mother Nature got all sassy pants and our temps went from comfortable 80’s to 100 degrees every day for the next three days. Har har…very funny Mo Nature. Hilarious. The good news – next week we’ll be in the 70’s! Ah yes, temps fluctuating 30 degrees in a matter of days – that’s Indiana for you. The end of