Hello everyone, happy Monday, and I hope you’re all finding ways to stay cool in the sweltering July heat! Today is the last of the Fair Weather Forum summer link parties, and the topic is ‘Gardening’. I had big plans to build a planter and feature it today, but life got in the way, funny…
Hello all, happy Sunday, Amanda and I teamed up again to bring you another round of our favorite picks from around the blogosphere this week, enjoy! Shaunna from Perfectly Imperfect threw a picture perfect Vintage Makeup Party for her daughter this past week, be sure pay a visit of a lot of inspiration and eye…
Ever since the real estate market crashed a few years ago, there’s been no significant building where we live. Good news though, a few months ago a major building project began in my town, and I’ve been watching it for some time. The new townhouse models opened up so naturally, being the looky loo that…
Greetings all, I’m back today with another topic for your vote! Last week, it was Open Shelving in Kitchens, with “Trendy” edging out “Timeless” by a 54% to 45%. Most of you ended up in the “Like it, but too impractical for me” category (60%) with 15% not liking the look, and 24% loving it. …
Hey friends, hope you’re having a nice weekend! I couldn’t let it go by without a few of our favorite picks around the web. Abi and I bring you another round of ‘Best of the Blogosphere’, hope you enjoy! Create a statement twine light fixture with Carol at The Design Pages. Turn a coffee…
I have to say thank you to all of you for your suggestions on what color to paint the faux bamboo chest I scored last weekend while out thrifting. Quite frankly, it’s one of those pieces that would look really good in any color, but there were a few comments that coaxed me toward peacock…
Good evening! What a great conversation going on with yesterday’s article, asking how you all feel about open shelving in kitchens. I’ve read every comment, a few of them funny, many of them informative, and so many opinions on both sides, thanks so much for sharing and keep ‘em coming! With such great feedback, I’ll…
I participated in the Day of Thrifting event last Saturday, hitting up three of my local favorite thrift stores and visiting a brand new one that just opened in my town. Tucked away in a corner under a big pile of shoes I found a piece with a certain detail I’ve been wanting forever. Faux…
Wow, there are some really cool projects going on around the blogosphere lately, I’m so excited to share them with you, this week is full of goodies! Fist bump Amanda for helping me round up some of these inspiring links, let’s get started: This colorful bedroom designed by Jodi of The Simply Inspired Home combines…
So we took a little vacation last week up and down the California coast and we were gone for six days. Apparently, the moment we locked the front door our refrigerator decided to turn itself into an oven, both the refrigerator and freezer I might add. We came home to a dripping, gooey, moldy, horrible,…
I love getting inspiration from the most unexpected sources, and recently I found it in one of the most unusual places you could ever imagine: a dentist’s office. A few weeks ago, I took my kids to a new dentist for the obligatory checkup. The dentist happened to be the mom of a kid that…
Hello and happy Sunday on this long weekend! I’m back, bringing you another round of great projects found online in our continuing ‘Best of the Blogosphere’ series. Sorry if you missed it last weekend, I was on the road so I took a week off, but now the series is back with more good stuff…
Y’all were too kind with the comments on the cabana reveal last week, thanks so much. I finally updated last week’s post with sources as promised and by the way, forgot to announce the winner of the Home Depot gift card giveaway from eons ago. My bad. Congrats to #202 Emily Schloerb, I sent you…
Wow, so excited to be browsing 170+ links from the Favorite Destinations Party that began yesterday, with bloggers showing off their amazing getaways. I thought my “Need to Travel Here” list was long, now it’s so much longer. You’ve simply got to visit some of these links, filled with inspiring stories of places as exotic as…