the process of living in a house while refinishing floors
Well, we’ve made it to the other side of having new wood floors installed in the living room while also refinishing the kitchen & eating area floors. And, we were living in the house through the entire process. In fact, every time we’ve either worked on floors ourselves or had them done, we’ve stayed in […]
favorite recent online garden purchases (and savings)
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Wikibuy. All opinions expressed in this post are honest and my own. I shared about Wikibuy a few weeks ago and have continued to use it while shopping online (which I’m doing a lot more these days!) I say “use it”, but I really don’t have to do anything. […]
five tips on shopping for fabrics
As I’ve shared pictures of my inspiration board and sewing room, I’ve been asked multiple times where I shop for fabrics. The short answer is everywhere! Since that answer isn’t helpful at all to those asking the question, I decided to write a blog post about shopping for fabrics that is a bit more specific. […]
sewing room walls & a cabinet
I finished hanging the fabric in the sewing room late last week. I have enjoyed taking a more relaxed approach to projects…bouncing from one to the other, working on each in small pieces, but that did mean that it felt like I’ve been working on this sewing room for an eternity! I made a final […]
hardwood floors in the living room
A couple of weeks ago, a stack of hardwood flooring was delivered to our house to acclimate before it’s installed in our living room! I have been wanting to replace this carpet with hardwood floors from the time we moved in, but I was in the minority. Jeff and the boys like that it’s comfy […]
Toni’s beautiful but boring dining room | Decorating Dilemmas
This post has been in my drafts for mooooooonths. That means a long time! For some reason, I just kept feeling like it wasn’t enough. I needed to put together a cohesive and completed design before this would be ready to post and that’s just not the case! These Decorating Dilemma posts aren’t about me […]
gold leaf frame & office details
I was supposed to be cleaning. Let me say that right upfront. It was a self-imposed task, but my home projects have distracted me from basic housekeeping. I gave the kitchen a quick cleaning – wiping down the counters and the stove, emptying the dishwasher, vacuuming. I even got as far as cleaning the toilet […]
A huge announcement about Miss Mustard Seed’s Milk Paint
I wrote a post almost 10 years ago entitled “Everything is for sale“. At that time, I was becoming known for selling pretty much anything including furniture we were actively using in our house. It was a common occurrence for Jeff to come home to a large hole that a piece of furniture occupied that […]