This antique punched-tin pie safe has always been one of those pieces I just didn't want to let go. I purchased it a few years ago from an antique store in Maryland with the intention to sell it,...
the melodeon
You caught a glimpse of the melodeon I purchased from the old schoolhouse/music hall in yesterday's post, but it was buried under a bunch of stuff. Here is where it ended up in our house and how it...
green & white summer tablescape
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart. All opinions and ideas expressed in this post are, as always, honest and my own. Last week, I shared a tutorial for some mini landscape "place cards"...
Master Bathroom Ideas
It's looking like we'll start working on our master bathroom in late fall. We're just in the early stages of getting quotes and figuring out what we'll do ourselves and what we'll hire out. ...
Bathroom Shutters
I'll warn you upfront... This is not a post filled with pretty pictures of a finished space. This is a post about making a small change that improved the looks and function of the window coverings...
parsons chair slipcovers
The time has come to make some slipcovers for the parsons' chairs at either end of our kitchen table. Well, technically, they are sort of hybrid mini-wing/parsons' chairs. I lucked out when I...
cow/calf pair
A couple of weeks ago, I painted a cow-calf pair. If you follow me on Instagram, you would've seen some of the process as well as the final painting shared on the grid. For those who don't follow...
two years ago today…
Two years ago today, we moved from Biglerville, PA to our current home in Rochester, MN. Can you believe it's been two years?! In some ways, it feels like we've been here longer than that and, in...
quartz counters one year later
Last May, we had Hanstone Quartz countertops (in the pattern Monterey) installed in our kitchen and I thought I would give an update now that we've been using them for over a year. Of course, a...
office shutters
I was combing through some photos taken earlier this year while I was working on cleaning up my hard drive and making backups and I realized I had pictures of a project that I never shared! I took...