Christmas at Balsam Mountain Preserve

Once again, I had the pleasure of creating some Christmas spirit at beautiful Balsam Mountain Preserve. I added some holiday decor at the Boarding House, and by the front entrance which I’ll show later. The…

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What? You don’t like fruitcake??

If there is one food I cannot go through Christmas without, it is my mother’s fruitcake. Yes, I said  it — fruitcake. “Fruitcake (or fruit cake) is a cake made with chopped candied fruit and/or…

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North Carolina farmhouse Christmas porch

I was super excited to find out we were going to get snow before Christmas! It seems like forever that we actually had snow during the season.  The porch this year is a mix of…

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Christmas Home Tour

I’m so excited to invite you all in for the Christmas tour of our little house in the mountains of Western North Carolina and thankful to Marty for inviting me again. She’s the sweetest, and…

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Super simple Thanksgiving table

It certainly seems like this season is flying by at warp speed, so I got myself together and set my Thanksgiving table.  I went super simple this year, mainly because I wanted to use the…

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Setting the Thanksgiving table

Let’s talk about the Thanksgiving table, shall we?  I love Thanksgiving so much and always look forward to it. We have spent many Thanksgivings either with troops and families overseas, or sharing with neighbors in…

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Fall porch

 I struggled to get my porch decorated this year. With other design projects going on, combined with my own indecisiveness, I honestly thought I’d not get anything done. I had this vision of using different…

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Balsam Mountain Preserve — Fall at the Boarding House

I had so much fun creating some seasonal decor at Balsam Mountain Preserve again this year and wanted to share what I did at the Boarding House. Balsam Mountain Preserveis an exclusive mountain community with…

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