painting the stairway wall

A couple of weeks ago, I finally started painting the wall and trim in the back stairway. It had been bugging me for a while, but the idea of painting those spindles and taping off the carpet seemed like an annoying, tedious project and I kept putting it off. I knew that once I pinned […]
distressing the farmhouse table | all about the “chippy look”

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! Jeff was on a backpacking trip, so I busied myself with the boys and doing some work around the house. The combination of warmer weather and creative inspiration from Junk Bonanza has me excited and motivated to cross things off the to-do list and start to add some […]
farmhouse white table progress

Remember this table? Well, I got around to working on it again over the past couple of days. This is how it looked when I bought it… I knew that I wanted to paint the base, because brown-painted furniture isn’t really my thing. I also wanted to smooth out the top and hydrate it with […]
better than black friday

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by and contains affiliate links. Happy Way Day! I bet you didn’t know today was a holiday! Well, it’s the newly proclaimed “Way Day” by Wayfair. What that means for you is savings better than Black Friday and free shipping on everything from an online resource that has everything under […]
training rosemary topiaries & other garden things

We almost broke into the 60’s in Minnesota last weekend, so I had gardening on the brain. We’re still waiting for all of the snow to melt and the ground to thaw, but the warmth and sunshine gave me the itch to get my hands dirty. It’s going to be a while before I can […]
small changes

I knew that attending Junk Bonanza would be fun, but I didn’t realize what a creative pick-me-up it would be! (Well, after I slept for 12 hours and lounged around for half a day.) Once I was rested, that creative spark got me going. I was ready to rip up carpet and jack out some […]
Junk Bonanza Buys

Oh man, oh man! If you follow me on Instagram, you know I’ve spent the last day and a half at Junk Bonanza in Shakopee, MN and I am pooped! It was so much fun, though, and such a great event. I took lots of pictures and I’ll tell you all about it next week. […]
sleep number bed review

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Sleep Number®. As always, all words and opinions are my own. If you remember, back in December we went to our local Sleep Number store in Rochester, MN, to select a new mattress and foundation. Jeff and I have very different mattress preferences and this had led to one […]