Last week, I shared that our master bedroom was not quite finished and I was mulling over some ideas for how to take this beautiful room and push it over the edge. I received so many wonderful...
five recliners I’d have in my house
As many of you know, I've been having issues with my right shoulder for a couple of weeks. At first, it just slowed me down a bit, but then it stopped me in my tracks as the pain intensified and...
two cents on tidying up
I'm going to say right off the bat that I have never read Marie Kondo's book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. I read some reviews on it and a summary of it a few years ago and felt like I...
HGTV Dream Home Tour
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by the Delta Faucet brand. As always all opinions are honest and my own (and I would've written this post with or without the sponsorship!) From a young age, I...
a new standard of measurement
It's that time of year where we get our planners out and start to fill the pages with the goals and dreams and to-dos for next year. And, as I've been pondering my own 2019 and all of the promise...
No-Fail Apple Pie Recipe
I attempted to make apple pie many times and it never turned out quite right. The dough was tough or the filling was runny or there was a big pocket of air under the top crust or the apples weren't...
dining table makeover
Independent of one another, two of my friends from church asked me if I could give them advice on refinishing a table. It occurred to me that I have a table I want to refinish, too, so why not make...
butler’s pantry makeover | reveal
Thursday of last week was the last day the boys were in sports camp, so I had the house to myself to work uninterrupted. The butler's pantry was done and I allowed it to dry for a couple of days...
milk paint landscape mural | reveal
Unless you follow me on Instagram, when you last saw the milk paint landscape mural in the dining room, it was just getting started with the watery Lucketts Green base for the land. Well, Friday it...
kitchen counters reveal
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by HanStone Quartz. As always, all opinions expressed are honest and my own. I am so excited to finally share my new kitchen counters! More than one person...