What I Didn’t Tell You About Last Summer….
Does this picture ring a bell? You might think you recognize it from last year just after I broke my knee. If so, this is actually the photo your enviable elephant memory is conjuring: …
View ArticleDo You Ever Say This?
“I wish it was three years from now.” There are only two contexts I can think of when I’ve ever dared utter those “wish-your-life away” words: When I was fifteen. Whenever we make a change to the …
View ArticleEye Candy for Everyone! A Mackenzie-Childs Photo Tour
Oh, man, am I in trouble! You should never take an easily distracted person on a tour of the Mackenzie-Childs Store and Farmhouse the week before their annual Barn Sale. I’ve never been to the …
View ArticleMy 30-year Quest for a Kitchen Table Has Ended
We’ve had a 30-year love/hate relationship with our kitchen table. We LOVE not having to set our plates on our laps. Everything else about it… hate. Our original kitchen table was delivered at the end …
View ArticleMy Apologies, Burly Lumberyards Everywhere
This is my “How I Built My DIY Counter-height Harvest Table” story. But it’s not exactly a “take X pieces of wood, a bag of wood screws, and a lot of sandpaper” kind of story. …
View ArticleGoldilocks and the Broken Toes
Once upon a time…(HEY! I thought she said the next post would be about Kitchen chairs?) Yes, indeed. This IS about kitchen chairs…counter stools to be specific. Question: What’s a DIY counter-height...
View ArticleBack Hall Refresh with Crypton Fabric
I am PRIT-TY darn excited. I finally LOVE a space in my house! Our back hall/entryway/mudroom/dump-your-shoes-wherever-there’s-space entrance has needed a refresh for some time. I completed part of it...
View ArticleFrom Rug Mistake(s) to Rug Success!
For those of you with brains, you’ll likely read this post and ask yourself, “Did she not even remember the name of her own blog?” Truly, it was the exact thing I thought of when …
View ArticleBack Hall Reveal with Mac-Chi Inspired DIY Artwork
Hello, friends! Today’s the day! I get to put a checkmark on the back hall/mudroom update. Done. Finito! The rugs made me SOOOO excited about the back hall refresh….but there was one more thing I …
View ArticleArtwork on the Cheap! (DIY Botanical Prints)
I didn’t intend for cheap DIY artwork to be the first thing you see when you come into my house. I tried spending. I really did. But then I saw the word FREE and found …
View ArticleFalloween Home Tour
Wow…this sounds shockingly creepy: Have you ever taken a walk through your neighborhood in the evening…when people have the lights on in their houses and you can kind of see inside …then you’re so busy …
View ArticleWhere Basketball Bounced Us
Basketball. I live here because of basketball. And cigarettes. This is the second post in the Where Bloggers Live series. And while I’m simultaneously finishing my post about a very fun home dec/DIY...
View ArticleBuh-bye Boob Lights
“Of course, but that’s an upgrade.” “You have to get it from our vendor partner.”” It’s not within your allowance.” Fond memories of our house building days. I understand profit. I’m all for it. Like …
View ArticleAll is calm, all is…WAY over illuminated
This is how it goes at our house: I do something that earns a compliment from a member of my family, and I will take that one thing and blow it up to the nth …
View ArticleTry ALL the Colors for FREE
What? You didn’t know? You didn’t know you can see what that old dresser would look like if you painted it blue…BEFORE you paint it? You didn’t know you could try out hot pink pillows …
View ArticleShh. Let’s keep this on the down low.
Let’s call this a reluctant post. First, it’s been done by better than me. Second, I’m not sure I want everyone in on the secret. Maybe it’s best that you keep thinking Buffalo is a …
View ArticleEasy (really easy) and Elegant Dessert
“Oh, that Em is an unbelievable cook. I hope she invites us to dinner.” Ha ha ha. If this were a “Jeopardy!” answer, the question would be: “What are ‘Things no one ever says?'” So …
View ArticleI Have to Share?!!
Uhhh… SO MUCH ANXIETY! Decorating decisions..? No, I don’t mean those. How to grow oranges in a cold-weather climate? Nope. Writing posts on those topics is a breeze compared to this one....
View ArticleThe “State I’m In”
I’m pretty certain this month’s edition of “Where Bloggers Live” is SUPPOSED to be about the state in which I live. (That happens to be New York, by the way.) I drafted a nice article …
View ArticleThe Perfect Family at Home
What? Did you think i meant MY family? BAHAHAHAHA If you missed it, I wrote about us a couple of posts ago. It was a sincere post, from my heart. But perfect? Perfect enough for …
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