First of all, thank you so much for all of the sweet comments in response to the home tour I posted earlier this week. It was fun for me to share the entire house (except one bathroom and Jeff's...
Welcome to my Pennsylvania home tour! We worked hard on our home for almost eleven years and it was a true labor of love and DIY marathon. We've painted, built, repaired, installed, sewed,...
Our deck has always been an afterthought. There are times when the weather was beautiful and we would sit outside, but we've never been "outdoor living" people. As the boys are getting older and...
Between traveling last week and our photo shoot this week, Kriste and I weren't able to get a Design Ramblings filmed for today. We are getting back in the swing of things next week, though, so...
I don't know if I have ever cleaned this entire house, all at one time, so thoroughly. I've done a "super clean" of each room, but I usually tackle one or two at a time. This time, I was doing a...
While I was finishing up the slipcovers I shared yesterday, Kriste worked on giving a few pieces in my dining room a fresh coat of paint. (She was standing in front of the sink, mixing paint, and...
One project that's been on my to-do list for a couple of years was making new slipcovers for the wing chairs in the family room. When things linger on a list that long, it's because I don't really...
I said in my last post that I was going to be sewing up a storm and I definitely did. I finished four accent pillows and two pillow cases and glued the welting on the second bergere chair. A photo...
I've been cramming a lot of work into just a few weeks and I've only shared a part of it here on the blog. It's just the way deadlines, events, trips and things in my schedule stacked up, but I...
It's time for another upholstery series! If you missed my last one, I showed how to upholster a wood-framed, French-style chair. You can find it HERE. If you're scared of upholstery, you're going...