I was checking out the Instagram Stories of some of my favorite accounts to follow and I had to take a screenshot of this question-and-answer post by @themisfithouse.  It caught my eye because this...

So, last year I shared a post about lovely surprises I was finding in our yard as bulbs peeked up in the Spring, perennials woke up, and bushes leafed out and bloomed.  I learned the dogwood trees...

I've been working in the yard and garden beds most days over the past two or three weeks.  It's that time of year when the longer days and not-too-hot spring weather draws me outside and I get...

One of my most frequently asked questions over the past year is, "What color are your kitchen cabinets?"  Since I paint everything, I think people assume I selected the color and painted the...

Warning, this is not a pretty post, but this is the reality of buying a 50+-year-old home that was mostly in original condition.   While none of the rooms in this house were ugly (I think the...