design ramblings | mixing fabric patterns

Once Lucketts was over, Kriste and I turned our attention to the finishing details of my house. We have a big shoot coming up and I really wanted all of the half-done and 3/4-done and almost-done projects to finally be DONE. I’m really enjoying having my house as just my house (now that we […]
furniture feature friday | favorites & link party
Good evening, all! I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to make my picks tonight, but I squeak them in. Kriste and I have had a full day of upholstery, sewing, painting and then she and her husband hung out with us for dinner. We were all laughing and the boys were highly entertained and […]
furniture feature friday | favorites & link party
Good evening, all! I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to make my picks tonight, but I squeak them in. Kriste and I have had a full day of upholstery, sewing, painting and then she and her husband hung out with us for dinner. We were all laughing and the boys were highly entertained and […]
blue & white

bolster pillow cover

I said in my last post that I was going to be sewing up a storm and I definitely did. I finished four accent pillows and two pillow cases and glued the welting on the second bergere chair. A photo shoot is happening in my house next week and I’m using it as an excuse […]
latest HGTV.com tutorials…

I’ve been cramming a lot of work into just a few weeks and I’ve only shared a part of it here on the blog. It’s just the way deadlines, events, trips and things in my schedule stacked up, but I have one more big thing to get through and then my schedule opens up a […]
decorating with plants | design ramblings

Yes, I know it’s not Friday, our usual Design Ramblings day, but our week was pretty out-of-whack with our trip to Wisconsin! I was planning to edit and post the video on Friday, but… 1.) I was totally exhausted and had a 4:30 wake-up call the next morning, 2.) iMovie wasn’t launching, and 3.) I […]
design ramblings | decorating with plants

Yes, I know it’s not Friday, our usual Design Ramblings day, but our week was pretty out-of-whack with our trip to Wisconsin! I was planning to edit and post the video on Friday, but… 1.) I was totally exhausted and had a 4:30 wake-up call the next morning, 2.) iMovie wasn’t launching, and 3.) I […]