I'm sitting out on our back deck with my cup of coffee and a book. Obviously, I'm not reading my book, since I'm writing to you. But I've been neglecting my friendship with you, so here I am enjoying my back deck with…
I have wanted to put French doors in our sitting room even before we ever closed on our house, and my husband has always said it would be nice. But I know unless he sees it, he won't get excited about the…
I transformed our ho-hum bedroom into a cozy retreat, and I didn't need to spend thousands for a complete makeover. I'm sharing some simple inexpensive ideas I did in my own bedroom that anyone can do to up the cozy factor of…
Merry Christmas! Jim kicked me out of the kitchen while he makes our family's traditional Krumkakes, so let's do a Christmas home tour. Come on in, and we'll try to stay out of his way! A couple years ago my best friend…
Well, they're mostly finished. I still have to paint the closet doors in Jim's office. I'm thrilled with how they all look, and I'm loving our bathroom barn door. So much better. Everything looks so much more elegant with a touch of…
I finally started painting our interior doors. It has been on my list of things to do since before we moved in, and I really wish I would have done it sooner, like before we moved in! Better late than never, they…
We've been living in our new house a little over a year now, and there are some things that I still love and some things I hate. Let me tell you about them. Love I still love my butcher block countertops. After…
Having two new kittens has meant rethinking some things we've never really thought about, like where to feed two cats instead of just one, and how to do it in a way that keeps Tia out of their food. An old piano…
I'm sure you've seen all the super cute signs people are hanging on their porches to add some curb appeal and make their porches more welcoming. I've wanted one for a long time, but none of the ones I found made my…
When we bought our house, one of the things we loved was the fireplace, but we weren't in love with the brass trim on the fireplace doors. Well, I finally got around to changing that and it didn't cost a lot to…