sharing my passion for all things home
A couple of weeks ago I saw this gorgeous painted secretary at Miss Mustard Seed. It is painted her new "Artissimo" color in her milk paint line. Posted at Miss Mustard Seed Let me tell you, it had me at "hello." Gorgeous! If you've been hanging around here for any time at all, you know I love blue. I have just a few things... painted … [Read more...]
I am excited about the Getting Creative at Home blog tour. Yesterday, I shared the spotlight with four other crafty and talented bloggers: Today, five new blogs are up:Tuesday, Aug. 6: Designer’s Sweet Spot Design Dreams by Anne Country Design Style Shabby Art Boutique Cupcakes and Crinoline I hope you are enjoying meeting new bloggers … [Read more...]
Paint projects, decorating, DIY...those are just some of the fun things that were going on at the Haven Conference last weekend. In case you're not familiar, Haven is a conference for home and DIY bloggers. They get to laugh, have fun, practice DIY projects and meet other bloggers. I hated to miss it!So, 24 of us decided to have our own fun and … [Read more...]
I'm lucky to have a very sweet mother-in-law. She is nice, sweet-tempered and treats me like her own daughter. And, every so often she comes bearing cool gifts. This is what she bestowed upon me earlier this week: She got it a long time ago and never got around to fixing it up so she gave it to me! It's my lucky day! It's definitely … [Read more...]
What do you do when a bunch of your blogger friends (and ones you haven't even met yet) get together for a fabulous DIY/Home Blogger conference to connect and talk about home stuff without you?You get busy rounding up other blogger friends who are in the same boat and throw a "Getting Creative at Home" blog tour party! Yep. While the other … [Read more...]
Summer is always a crazy time with the kids. Camps, family trips, swimming, sleepovers, etc. We are always crazy busy. But, this summer, we welcomed a new kind of crazy. For some random reason, we decided to welcome a new family member into our home. Meet Cinder Ella. Cinder for short. We just adopted her from our local Humane Society and … [Read more...]
One of my favorite haunts for great things for my home is Anthropologie. True, their stuff isn't cheap, but they often have great clearance sales and every so often it's fun to splurge on a small cup or plate or something else funky and fun.I was surfing around on their site this week and stumbled upon some of their new things for the home and just … [Read more...]
So many of you liked my plate wall when I showed you my dining room re-do the other day. It's one of my favorite features, too.I received a question about how I hung my plates. Which made me remember a post I read on another blog when the blogger asked people how they hung their plates and what method they preferred.So, today, I'm showing you my … [Read more...]
When I go shopping I’m that crazy person who is constantly saying to herself, “I can make that,” or “I can do that myself.” That was the case with my dining chairs. I had long been admiring fully upholstered chairs but I couldn’t stomach the $400 + per chair price tag that I saw at many stores. Table and chairs at the Wisteria store in … [Read more...]
Happy Friday y'all! First, thank you so much for all your fantastic and uplifting comments about my dining room. I am honored that so many of you liked my room as much as I do. Second, I am so excited that today, Miss Kim over at Savvy Southern Style, has invited me to share My Favorite Room over at her beautiful blog! I have loved her blog for … [Read more...]
Well, it's been months in the making and, truthfully, I've had it mostly done for quite awhile now. The hold-up? DIYing the chairs. Six chairs. They almost got the better of me, but I'm happy and proud to say it's DONE! I was going to drag out the reveal...give it to you piece by piece and then, BAM! Give you the final reveal. But, I'm so … [Read more...]
Summer is such a busy, yet simultaneously, lazy time of year. Source Kids camps, vacations, laying by the pool... Pinterest I may not be blogging as regularly as usual but I still manage to peruse Pinterest almost daily - ha! An Urban Cottage Blog It's easy when there's an App for that! Waiting for your kids at the … [Read more...]
I hope you all had a fantastic Fourth of July! We went to the Texas Hill Country for a mini-vacation with the family so I've been a bit MIA on the blog lately. We had a great time relaxing by the pool and getting out on a pontoon boat on a nearby lake. The kids had a blast! Now we're home and it's back to reality -- like laundry and making … [Read more...]
Source: BHG Wishing you the best today and every day! Due to stolen content I cannot provide a full RSS feed. I work hard to provide fresh, original content and, unfortunately, there are sites that like to steal from honest, hard-working bloggers. Thanks for understanding! … [Read more...]
There's nothing quite as satisfying as taking an old, forgotten piece of furniture and making it look and function like brand new. It's amazing what a little bit of paint and TLC can do!One of my favorite furniture makeovers of my own is my little blue china hutch: (You can read about the makeover here and here.)Amazingly, my little hutch caught … [Read more...]
This summer, my kids and I decided that we would make something together every Monday. It could be a craft or a recipe. So far, we've been opting to make our favorite recipes because we love the edible results! One of my kids favorites is this recipe for "Garbage Bars." We made them this past Monday and have been happily nibbling ever … [Read more...]
When I showed you my grandfather clock makeover, I told you about how Mr. Longhorn (my husband) came with some inherited furniture when we got married. One piece is this old library chair. It is a chair his mother (who is still living, by the way, so it's not really an inherited piece) got from a former neighbor somewhere along the way. … [Read more...]
Last week I showed you the house from the movie, "Something's Gotta Give." I told you it was my very favorite movie house ever. Well, yes, that's true. But a very close runner-up (and I mean Michael Phelps in the Bejing Olympics close -- you know where there's like a milli-second between wall touches for the win) is the house from the movie, … [Read more...]
I was browsing through Pottery Barn the other day and spotted these: Pottery Barn Fourth of July burlap stars I had seen them in one of the catalogs, but thought they were even more stunning in person. They are much bigger than I expected...one is 16" and the other 18" in diameter! They're already sold out online. In the store, I think the … [Read more...]
A week or so ago, the movie, "Something's Gotta Give" was on TV. Of course, I watched it even though I've seen it a million times. Yes, the movie is good, but the real reason I keep watching it over and over is because I am absolutely, positively in love with the house. Oh my God!! That house! I could move in today. Leave all my stuff behind, … [Read more...]
