{right back where I started}
This phrase is usually about something negative. Oh, like…I lost 35 lbs, but now I’m right back where I started. Not that I have any idea at all what that feels like. But in this case, it’s a great thing. Many of you ask how I do all of the things I do. When I […]
FFF
Welome to FFF on the new blog. I’m assuming it’s all going to happen without a hitch…fingers crossed. Here are some favorites from last week… I absolutely adore this bench painted by Kim from Savvy Southern Style. The lines, the caning, oh…those legs. Just stunning. Whitney and Dustin from The Rooster & the Hen […]
Lucketts Holiday Open House
Yesterday was all about Lucketts. I went down there to get my room ready for the open house. (Minus the sofa. Poor Ruthie was up until 3:30am on Thursday working on that thing and just couldn’t make it to Lucketts in time, so she’s bringing it early tomorrow and will help me haul it up […]
DIY Farmhouse Table Tutorial
I received several requests for the tutorial on building a simple DIY farmhouse table (with just a drill) that was published in the October 2011 issue of Cottages & Bungalows. I just got the “thumbs up” to publish the full tutorial on my blog, so here you go! DIY farm house table | materials […]
barrel-back chairs
I bought these chairs back in January from an estate furniture shop. I loved the shape and, while the upholstery was done well, the fabric was not my thing. I intended to upholster them myself, but once Ruthie came into my life all of that changed. I turned over every upholstered piece I had in […]
welcome to wordpress
Believe it or not, my very first blog was started in WordPress. Had I just stayed there, I would’ve saved myself a lot of trouble, but I think it was a good thing for me at the time. I was on WordPress and felt pretty alone. I didn’t understand how to plug into the blog […]
shopping while hungry, snow & speculoos
You know the saying, “Never shop for groceries when you’re hungry.” Well, I went “shopping while hungry” so to speak. My space at Lucketts was empty and I was pretty anxious about getting it stuffed to the gills for the holiday open house (November 4-6.) Well, I shopped and sourced and scrounged and made bins […]
a clipper & a photo shoot
Some of you may have seen on the news that we’re expecting quite the snow storm today. In OCTOBER. In PENNSYLVANIA! Now, if you’re in Colorado or somewhere like that, you may be rolling your eyes, becuase you just had a foot of snow and that’s totally normal. But it’s not normal in PA to […]