the new bed
My new bed was delivered yesterday!! For those of you who have ordered lots of pieces of furniture and had them delivered, this might not be very exciting to you, but it was thrilling for me. I usually dig my pieces out of the back corner of some barn and have to put a great […]
shopping for a rug
Other than a bathroom mat or something to catch drips at the kitchen sink, I haven’t really shopped for rugs until recently. I’ve never had large expanses of hard flooring until we moved to our current home. My decorating budget was always non-existent or super-tight, so the rugs I had were freebies from family, carpet […]
a lesson from the dust bowl
I am going to admit right away that I am a bit of a nerd. Not as much of a nerd as my husband, but we do enjoy the somewhat nerdy pastime of documentary-watching. Our favorite documentary maker is Ken Burns. His documentaries move me, bring to me tears, make me want to travel the US, visit […]
Who’s who?
Thanks so much to all who played along with the “before they were bloggers” contest. I was seriously laughing so hard I cried at some of the pictures. I submitted my 7th grade school picture… I don’t know if you can tell, but aside from my four front teeth and back molars, I didn’t […]
ruggallery
A few weeks ago, I went on a shopping trip to HomeGoods (and posted about it HERE.) It was an amazing opportunity. I was armed with $1000 gift card furnished by HomeGoods to shop for my master bedroom. I came home with a bunch of things, with the big splurge being this rug for $500. […]
Furniture Feature Friday – Favorites & A Link Party
Good evening, everyone! It’s time for another round up of some of the best furniture on the blogs. I hope you enjoy my favorites from last week and the links for this week. Diane from In My Own Style created this home center with an old card catalog, a shelf, some bun feet and […]
A Good Laugh & A $300 Lowes Gift Card
***We have a winner! Thanks for playing along everyone. There will be a follow-up post soon.*** Brittany from Pretty Handy Girl had a very fun idea that involved several DIY Bloggers submitting pictures of themselves in their awkward years. The frizzier the hair, the better. It sounded like a blast, so I decided to play […]
Shopping at HomeGoods | Take Two
A few weeks ago, I went on a shopping trip to HomeGoods (and posted about it HERE.) It was an amazing opportunity. I was armed with $1000 gift card furnished by HomeGoods to shop for my master bedroom. I came home with a bunch of things, with the big splurge being this rug for $500. […]