backyard pool renovation | one year later
When we were first looking at moving back to the East Coast from Minnesota, I told Jeff I would have to have a pool if we were moving somewhere with hot, muggy summers. I didn’t mean that we had to have a backyard pool, but I at least wanted access to one through a neighborhood […]
blooms and roots | encouragement
I’m going all in on the hydrangeas in the backyard around the pool. I’ve planted mostly limelight hydrangeas because they are such reliable bloomers and, in my experience, seem to be pretty easy-going as long as they have enough water. So, I’ve planted some traditional limelight hydrangeas as well as a Little Lime hedge around […]
vintage ribbon & trim haul
Last Saturday, Jeff walked into the kitchen as I was making breakfast and said, “It’s too hot to do anything outside, but I don’t want to sit around the house all day. Let’s go somewhere. Let’s check out some antique stores you’ve never been to.” Now, I rarely sit around the house all day, so […]
summer shoe shopping with Walmart
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart. As always, all words and opinions are honest and my own. Just as I take a splurge and save approach when it comes to decorating my home, I apply the same philosophy to my wardrobe. I like to splurge on pieces that make a statement or will be […]
home editing | 1970 home renovation
When we live in a house for a while, it’s easy to become blind to things that should be obvious eyesores. Something that bothered us initially becomes something we don’t even notice. Such was the case with the basketball pole off our driveway. We walk past it almost every day and, occasionally, I would recognize […]
lessons from a whelk
I’ve already shared about my love of collecting shells that look like they have a story to tell. I like ones with holes, imperfections, and shells that have been repurposed by new owners like coral, barnacles, and bryozoan colonies until they were deposited on the beach. My sister-in-law called them wabi-sabi shells. One such characterful […]
a plush, pet-friendly wool rug
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Rugs USA. As always, all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. Almost ten years ago, I wrote a blog post sharing my decorating nemesis – rugs. I just always found them so difficult to get right! There are size considerations, materials, durability, comfort, not to mention […]
My painting in the McGee x Threshold collection at Target
On Monday, I was browsing through Instagram Stories and did a double-take when I saw a piece of artwork I recognized in a round-up of Liz Marie’s favorite things from the new McGee x Threshold collection at Target… Do you see it?! This is one of my oil still-life paintings and it was picked up […]