It’s time to go back to the mountains again for more of our tour there. This is a house we bought for retirement. It’s always been my husband’s dream to have a place in the mountains of NC. It felt like a crazy idea at the time, but that’s what we did. You can find […]
Changing out Fabrics for the Summer
I know a lot of you like to change out your things for the seasons. I don’t generally do that because you have to store so much stuff when it’s not in use. But when you find things on sale, then you do crazy things. I really didn’t intend to buy anything, but at Round […]
Remodeling a Dated Kitchen
So you may have seen the photos of the kitchen in our new (to us) home in the mountains of North Carolina. You can see the posts HERE. I’ve also shown the front of the house recently. Here it is if you missed it. You can even see the mountains from the street in […]
Painted Brass Candlesticks
Have you ever had an idea for a project, but you weren’t sure about it? Well that’s been me. I wanted to paint there candlesticks for a long, long time. These are antique and brass. They are very pretty, but I felt the fireplace needed a bit of a new look. I used the […]
Lace Grainsack Pillow Tutorial
This is a super easy pillow to make and I think it’s really pretty too. To make these pillows, I measured my pillow inserts first. They are 20 inches x 20 inches. So I knew that I needed 20 inches across and 20 inches top to bottom for each. I use a 1/2 inch seam […]
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 […]
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 […]
