Before the rain came over the weekend, Jeff, my mom, and I worked last Thursday and Friday to make a sizeable dent in painting the exterior trim and siding on our house. The weather truly was...
I've had the exterior paint sitting in the garage since the beginning of the summer, but I just didn't want to paint in the heat. I imagined I would spend a day painting and then jump into the pool...
I have loved collecting shells since I was a little girl. Anytime we went to the beach, my Oma and mom would take walks and collect lady's ears, olive shells, whelks, sand dollars, and whatever...
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart. As always, all words and opinions expressed in this post are honest and my own. There are a lot of sponsored posts I get excited about. I don't work...
When I shared the ironstone breadbox last week, I teased that I found something even better during my next outing to some thrift and antique stores. What I found wasn't as rare, but it's something...
Between the rainy days, we've had some really lovely days and I've been getting out to do work in the garden to take advantage of them. I'm excited about getting more work done in the house, but...
Today I'm bringing you a cornucopia of all of the work we've been doing while the kitchen is underway. I will say that having people at your house working hard, getting dirty, and making progress...
Most of the things I love as an adult can be traced somewhere back to my childhood. Such is the case with concrete garden accessories. My Oma and Opa had concrete planters, a bird bath, and a...
A couple of weeks ago, we started working on cleaning up the yard. (You can read about that HERE.) As I've shared before, we have a great yard with some beautiful mature trees and bushes, but much...
One of the things I love about this house and this neighborhood is the mature landscaping. There are no scrawny saplings or yards covered only by a patchwork of newly-laid sod. Everything is...
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