We had more snow in Virginia today which meant shoveling off the walk between the house and my Mom’s cottage. When I came up from doing my winter chore, I decided to snap a few photos of the back porch. The back porch is such a happy place in the summer with it’s cushions, pillows …
February is the month of RED and here a few more of my favorite red things. I have a few old record albums that I love – this one is special, it reminds me of those sweet days of homeschooling my kids. I’m a sucker for Magic 8 Balls, vintage board games and Etch-A-Sketch!!! I …
February is the month of RED and here’s a few more photos of a few of my favorite collections I’ve been collecting hot water bottles for years now. I keep them in an old enamel basin on the floor of my extra bathroom. . This is my mom’s chair that she treated herself to while …
In part one of Creating a Valentine Display I showed you how to decorate the mantle of your fireplace. In this post I’ll show you my step-by-step to decorate your hearth for Valentines Day. This may be obvious, but I do want you to know that you can ONLY do this if you …
Now that the Christmas decorations are stored in the basement, it’s time to think about decking my halls for Valentine’s Day. I’ve found that the easiest place to add a pop of festivity is on the mantle of the fireplace. In most houses, the fireplace tends to be the focal point of the room, making …
When it comes to decorating, I’m a little slow to hang things up on the walls. It’s partly because I’m afraid to hammer nails into a perfectly smooth wall; what if I miscalculated and it’s not in the right spot? It’s also because I want to be absolutely certain that whatever I’m hanging is staying …
When we remodeled our bathroom I needed art for the wall. I didn’t want to hang just anything, I wanted my wall art to be functional as well as pretty.
I became enamored with yardsticks back when my kids were little and learning to draw straight lines. It started off with rulers, and at the time I could only find flimsy plastic ones at the store. I found our first wooden ruler in a thrift shop and continued to buy extras each time …
Today was Brian’s last track meet of his senior year of high school, which made both of us a little sad. We decided that we needed some happiness to counter-act our blue moods so after the meet was over, we had cheeseburgers and milkshakes for lunch. After we were full & happy, we hit Black …