Linen Bolster Pillow Today I’m revealing how I made this linen bolster pillow. You may by now know that I’m a bit obsessed with bolster pillows. I got a fabulous blue velvet one, CLICK HERE, and I made a lavender velvet one, CLICK HERE. I had these two bolster pillows that I didn’t want any […]
My Favorite Amazon Items
Favorite Amazon Items I’m new to Amazon Prime. I know, I’m late to the party. I love the free shipping and often the prices are really good. So I thought it would be fun for us to share our favorite Amazon items. I recently shared a post about gorgeous Country French decor items for under […]
Matelasse Slipcovered Ottoman
Matelasse Slipcovered Ottoman Today I’m sharing my matelasse slipcovered ottoman with directions on how I made it. This was a simple and quick project. The instructions are to make a slipcover for a round ottoman. I started with the cute furry ottoman. First I measured my ottoman across the top, the height and circumference. I […]
Mountain House Updates and Survivor Guilt
MOUNTAIN HOUSE UPDATES Today I’m sharing the latest mountain house updates and I’m sharing a bit about what it’s like to go through a hurricane. I’ve always thought that survivor guilt was something I would never experience. After all, why should someone feel guilty because they survived something others didn’t? It certainly isn’t because of […]
Budget Friendly Country French Decor
Budget friendly Country French Decor I’ve been asked to do some posts on low cost country French decorating, and so I’m sharing 6 budget friendly country French accessories for you home. This post contains affiliate links. If you have an unlimited budget, it’s much easier to get a rustic luxe country French look, but when […]
Purple Pillows and Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey sure did a number on Houston. I had a headache that that lasted from Saturday until Wednesday. Yesterday was the first day I’ve felt normal in days. I actually fell on my stairs during the hurricane too, and strained the muscles in my chest, so that every time I picked something up, it […]
Hurricane Harvey Update
Midnight Tuesday – I wrote this post early on Tuesday. Since I wrote it, the sun came out, and we walked around the neighborhood. After being stuck in the house for days, it was great to be outdoors. Everything is still wet, but it was great to get out of the house. There were no […]
Painting the Mountain House
Painting the Mountain House It’s time to start painting the mountain house. I’m going over our painting plans today. If you keep up with the news, then you know that we have a Cat 3 hurricane headed our way to Houston today. It’s probably not going to be a direct hit like Ike and Alicia, […]