Adding Thrift Store Finds to a Classic Modern Home
If you want to bring a warm and rustic feel to a space, adding thrift store finds to a classic modern home is one of your first steps. Today I'm so excited to take part in a blog series called Thrifted Goodies. My blogging friends Rachel from The Antiqued Journey and...
Pottery Barn Gold Mirror Hack
So excited to show you this Pottery Barn gold mirror hack. Almost a year ago while strolling through a thrift store I scored huge, beautifully curved wood mirror. Leave it to a thrift store to make you start dreaming. I knew it called for a complete change if it was...
Life As Art
I'm sitting here looking out my bedroom window at the woods in back of our house. I see the encouraging fresh green that Spring brings beginning to spread across the foot of the woods. Thank God Spring is here! It wasn't a harsh Winter but it was a cold one and I'm...
How to Quickly Whitewash Wood Furniture
Looking to lighten up your home for Spring, but want to keep the cost down? Here's how to quickly whitewash wood furniture. If you follow my blog or have taken a look around here you know I am all about furnishing a home frugally. I shop thrift stores, Facebook...
Thrifted Buffet Furniture Flip Before and After
I'm excited to show you a solid wood furniture find. Take a look at this thrifted buffet furniture flip before and after. Thrifted Buffet Furniture Flip Before and After You know you've been thrifting for a long time when you can't remember where you got a large...
Life As Art
How have you been feeling lately? For the last few weeks, I've been making the time to eat in a healthy way, and get exercise every day. It hasn't been easy. Somewhere I read that whenever you decide to do one thing you're choosing not to do something else. The idea...
Spring Decorating with a Lemon Centerpiece
Not enough sunshine outside? Need some cheering up on a dreary day? Do some Spring decorating with a lemon centerpiece! Nothing says fresh air, new starts and warm weather like a bunch of lemons. At least that's what comes to mind when I think of a bowl full of fresh...
Transforming My Barrel Chairs with Slipcovers
When I found these chairs I immediately loved them, but transforming my barrel chairs with slipcovers made me love them even more. If you follow design trends then you know that the barrel chair is having a moment. Go to any furniture brand from Target to CB2 and...
Life As Art
The Power of Yellow Flowers can't be denied. It's the perfect cheerful combination of the sunshine yellow and the natural beauty of a flower coupled into an instant mood changer. These flower leave me feeling grateful. The birds are quite excited. At 7:00 am they're...
Decluttering and Styling Our Large Bookshelves
The music room bookshelf was getting very cluttered. Here's my process of decluttering and styling our large bookshelves. Spring is in the air, it really is! Today I went for a walk and saw the first robin of the year. As a kid growing up in Michigan, it was always a...
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Mini Fruit Tart Dessert Recipe
This past weekend my daughters and my son's girlfriend made this mini fruit tart dessert recipe, and they turned out so well. It was a fun project for them and I want to share the process with you! Mini Fruit Tart Dessert Recipe You're family and friends will love...
Seasonal Strategies – Adapting Ficus Care Throughout the Year
It's my ficus tree's 25th birthday! In honor of my fav plant I'm sharing my Seasonal strategies -adapting ficus care throughout the year. One of my prized possessions is our ficus tree. Twenty five years ago, I was grocery shopping in Connecticut and came across what...
Repurposed Planter Turned Indoor Flower Garden
When I first saw this piece sitting sadly at the thrift store, I didn't know it would become a repurposed planter turned indoor flower garden. I only knew that I was fascinated by the look of it and wasn't going to pass it by. Over my many thrifting adventures I've...
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