It’s Friday so it’s time for my farmhouse French Friday tip. Today is a good one. I just love adding this to a room. Yes, today, I’m talking baskets. They come in lots of different shapes and sizes. I use a lot of vintage baskets like the one above and the ones shown below, but […]
Announcements June 2016
I have so many things I want to share that I thought I had better do a post with everything in it. First I wanted to mention that my house is in Country French magazine again. If you missed the Fall 2015 issue, it’s available again since the Spring/Summer 2016 is a reprint of the […]
Simplied Summer Style
It’s Summertime, so it’s a great time to be outdoors. I’m joining a few blogging friends today to share some ideas for making your outdoor space cozy. I started with the table on my front porch. I’ve had this table for awhile, but I don’t think I’ve shown it before. I bought it for my […]
French Crib Conversion
This is one of my very, very favorite projects. I converted this French crib to a settee. I had already converted two cribs before to settees, HERE and HERE. This one is a bit different This one is an antique also, but it is FRENCH, so the dimensions are different. The other cribs I was […]
Farmhouse French Friday Tip 7
Today’s tip is something I’m excited about. Well, I’m excited about all of the Farmhouse French Friday tips. These are the details I adore and add over and over again in design. There are certain elements I am just drawn to. Today we’re talking about silver. It can be sterling or silver plate, or maybe […]
Mountain House Kids Room
Today we’re going back to the mountain house and how we set it up. If you haven’t seen any of the posts about the mountain house, you can find them HERE. I took a bunch of things that weren’t really being used and brought them out to the mountains. The room below is our guest […]
Mountain House Bedroom
When I change things around I give away and sell some things and keep other things set aside. I liked this bedding, but when we got the new bedding for our farm bedroom, this bedding went in the closet. This was the new bedding we got for our bedroom. You can see what a difference […]
5 Ways to Bring the Outdoors In
The best part of warm weather is being outdoors, until it gets too hot. During August in Texas after about 9 am, I prefer to be inside looking at the outdoors through the window of an air-conditioned room. But there’s another way to bring the outdoors inside when you are inside. I’ve got 5 […]
