Today I’m sharing a post about painting my claw foot tub over at Live Creatively Inspired. One of the things that made me decide to buy my house was the claw foot tubs in both bathrooms. I have always loved these simple but glamorous tubs. Unfortunately, they were both in need of a little face…
Here I was thinking I wouldn’t freshen the front porch for summer until we painted the house, but who was I kidding? I’m always anxious to add some color with flowers, whether it’s hanging baskets, containers or flower boxes. So I went ahead and started planting and primping. We’ll just have to be careful when…
For many years I’ve been in love with country style decorating … whether it’s modern country, farmhouse country, eclectic or shabby. Country style decorating conjures images of days gone by that were more organic. Making foods from scratch and using everyday items for decorating the home. I think the soul of country style is what…
When I think of summer I think of time spent outdoors and summer fresh food like fruits, vegetables and a plethora of summer salads. When I’m not outside, I’m spending summer days in the kitchen canning tomatoes, making potato salad, cutting up watermelon, and more. I like to keep my kitchen bright and airy through…
Today my home is being featured at The Cottage Market, which is a delightful blog chock full of home decorating eye candy. Andrea is a sweet soul who features a different cottage style home every week and also includes posts about junk finds and other wonderful cottage type stuff. Even her logo is cute! Head…
The two biggest decorating seasons in our country home are Christmas and Summer. Christmas is an obvious choice, and since summer is the time when I can bring flowers in from the yard, it ranks right up there with our favorite December holiday. Farmhouse decorating is really quite easy because the style is unpretentious, economical,…
It’s funny how one day life is going along as it normally would, and then the next day the scenery of your world changes! I’m sure we’ve all experienced this in our life’s journey … giving birth to a child for example. One day life is peaceful and you go through your daily routine and…
When you have a house full of kids and pets, you need home decor that’s both economical and provides easy living for a busy life. In our 16 years of living in this old house we’ve seen a variety of pets and people come and go, along with the wear and tear that accompanies an…
The day I’ve been patiently waiting for has finally arrived! The lilac bushes are blooming and that means I can bring these delicate beauties indoors to fill our living space with their sweet fragrance. Decorating with lilacs is so easy to do because they are perhaps the easiest of flowers to arrange. Lilacs naturally spill…
In my attempt to give our old farmhouse a legitimate farmhouse look both inside and out, I wanted to build up a collection of white ironstone. I seem to be drawn mostly to pitchers in all shapes and sizes. Large ironstone pitchers in pristine shape are quite pricey so I decided to collect a range…
Have you ever felt a little lost when decorating your home if there’s no holiday in the near future to focus on? Seems I feel this way every time Easter is over. I mean, it’s easy decorating for Christmas, Valentines, and then Easter. But once the Easter Bunny hops his way outta town … what’s…
A light snow is falling today and my soul yearns for spring. I miss the smell of fresh dirt and newly mowed lawns. I want to see green leaves sprouting on the trees and colorful pops of flowers in the garden. Hubby and I have deemed this summer as the season of working on the…
Daffodils are peaking through the dirt while small piles of snow still dot the landscape here in Illinois. I grow impatient for spring and warmer weather. Last year we were blessed with an unusually warm spring and I was hoping for the same this year, but no such luck. But since it’s Easter season I…
Have you seen the new Simply Shabbilicious magazine by Kerryanne English of Shabby Art Boutique? It’s amazingly beautiful and is available to view online for absolutely FREE! Kerryanne is the writer behind the Shabby Art Boutique blog and is the creative mastermind of Woodberry Designs, an online boutique. She hails from New South Wales, Australia…
While we were getting 10 inches of snow outside, I was fluffing the living room with a few touches of spring. The longer days are cheering my spirits despite the fact that Old Man Winter is hangin’ on for dear life. I brought in a few greens and changed the arrangement on the shelf above…
Ever since we moved into our circa 1875 house sixteen years ago, I’ve struggled with the living room. It’s somewhat long and narrow and has a lot of doorways in it. It’s stuck in the center of the floor plan so you really have to think about traffic patterns in this room. The living room…
