Blogging Without Borders {Ugly Duckling Dining Room}

dining room windows

  It's here!  Time to reveal my project for our Blogging Without Borders project! The idea behind this project was to encourage us decor DIYers to break out of our comfort zones when transforming a space in our homes.  We can all paint a room, right?  But what about those project ideas you pin but in the back of your mind you're thinking it's probably too complicated or over my head?  I know you have those thoughts.  Or maybe I'm … [Read more...]

June’s Favorite Things

Haven

Gosh I thought May was crazy, but June has been a little nutty, too!  I secretly enjoy the revolving door days of summer with all the kids home and their friends in tow.  And then there's the sky high grocery bills and endless dishes and laundry.  But I'm willing to overlook those things to enjoy our summer time together. :) I've got some exciting things planned around my house in July, so stay tuned for those, but in the meantime, here are … [Read more...]

Front Porch Progress!

porch detail

It feels so good to share progress on a project!!  I'm close to wrapping up my front porch freshening (or "freshly" as my friend KariAnne would say), so I thought I'd show you what I've done.  If you missed the before, click here.  This is a lesson in how small changes make a big difference! I've added fresh mulch to the beds where I planted my little drifting roses...   Those little roses are so happy now, they're … [Read more...]

True Blue {Flea Market Find}

blue chair

She had me at "hello." I knew exactly what I wanted to do with her.  And where I wanted her to go.  I even envisioned a vibrant color. Source: alittlebitoshizzle.blogspot.com via Heidi on Pinterest   And I had an inspiration photo (thank you, Pinterest!). And that is how this $2 girl went from this... Are you ready? Are you sure you're ready? Are you really, really ready??? For this... I am … [Read more...]

Progress on the To-Do’s & Boredom Buster Bags

front left bed urn

You kind of get two posts in one today, in the effort to hold myself accountable for my To-Do List.   It was growing fangs (my To Do List, that is) over the weekend and all I wanted to do was sit on my back deck with a stack of magazines and enjoy the breezes.  But I battled through and with the help of My Teens we got quite a bit done.  Progress!! We spent a good bit of time taming the ivy that was taking over the front beds and providing … [Read more...]

The {Outdoor} To-Do List

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I finally have a little lower key weekend ahead and it looks like the weather will cooperate this time!  Woo hoo!  I've been ready to get outside and get working on my outdoor spaces for weeks now, but the triumvirate of pollen, rain, and kid-tivities have been standing in the way.  And Lord knows, the weekdays are way too crazy busy to do anything more than a bit of list-making. Yesterday, I took 15 minutes and surveyed the front porch and … [Read more...]

Mom Cave Progress {Sneak Peek}

Mom Cave Nana's chair

I haven't had many projects to share lately, but I have made lots of incremental progress on a few rooms in the house.  My Mom Cave is truly an evolution of a space, more than a year in the works.  Am I patient or what?? :-) Getting the paint done was huge progress. And very time consuming.  But I love it more every day.  The gray is Behr Silver Sateen, the cream is Porter Velvet White. Then I hung Inslee's art … [Read more...]