making a beautiful, comfortable bed with brooklinen
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Brooklinen. As always, all words and opinions are honest and my own. Use promo code MUSTARDSEED to get $20 off your Brooklinen order of over $100. I was having a conversation with one of my good friends a couple of weeks ago and she shared that she just bought […]
family room makeover | painted fireplace surround
I finally made some more progress on the basement family room makeover in the latter part of last week. Jeff helped me hang the deer head and I finished painting the fireplace surround and mantel. It didn’t look bad before, but it just didn’t look like “me.” The shiny black granite tile specifically felt a […]
Feels Like Home | Giveaway for the Artist
I have another giveaway for you in celebration of my new book, ! It’ll be coming out in just over two weeks!! I’m am so excited that we’re nearing the launch date as this book has been in the works for almost three years. I finished writing it almost a year ago, so I have […]
“random miscellaneous company”
“Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack. Besides, in this random miscellaneous company we may rub against some complete stranger who will, with luck, turn into the best friend we have in the […]
antique watercolor palettes
Calls with my friend Julia in the UK have become a pretty regular weekly thing. She’ll give me a call or text pictures of some of the latest treasures she found for me. We’ll also just chat about life and family between talks about antique watercolor palettes and other fun art supplies. We are definitely […]
favorite things | marmalade crocks
I remember in my very early days of antiquing, I saw a little marmalade crock sitting on a window sill in an antique mall. I was immediately drawn to it and, at $8.00, it was something I could afford to buy. I used that jar for years to hold pens and pencils on my desk. […]
feels like home giveaway | for the antique lover with Liz Marie!
For Feels Like Home Friday, I am teaming up with the queen of cozy and my fellow lover of antiques, Liz Marie Galvan! We’re going to be on Instagram Live Friday, September 17, at 12:30 pm EST/11:30 am CST to chat about decorating with antiques! I am really looking forward to it and I hope […]
potato corn soup with dill
I am an unashamed soup lover. I don’t know why anyone would be ashamed of that, but I definitely am not. I think my love of soup started when we went to a family conference in Switzerland and they served the most wonderful pureed soups. I had no idea what was in them, but I […]