Make an iron and wood table in 10 minutes for free!

Seriously. I’m not kidding.  I have rearranged the living room furniture and needed a small table by my husband’s chair for him to set a coffee cup, etc., so I decided to repurpose an iron…

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Nature-inspired Dogwood setting…

As promised, I set a table with the Dogwood centerpiece I showed you a few days ago. I did, however have to cut new branches. Live branches do not tend to last long regardless of…

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Organic centerpiece…

If you have been by here much you know that I love to create centerpieces out of natural materials found on the property here. Now that Spring is here, I have been out gathering a…

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Home Tour…

Hi everyone! I hope you are having a great weekend! We are headed off to play/sing at a wedding this afternoon, and it’s a gorgeous spring day! I thought I would put together a little…

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Spring Cottage kitchen!

Hi all! I wanted to share a few touches of Spring in the kitchen. It seems like we are back in winter now, but at least the sun is out. The wind is blowing everything…

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Noritake for St. Patrick’s Day and Japan

It is a dreary rainy day here in Western North Carolina, but we are safe and sound and thankful for everything we have. I already had this table set for St. Patrick’s Day, and even…

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J & G Meakin Romantic England…

Hello everyone! As promised, I am bringing out more English transferware.  Today it’s J & G Meakin “Romantic England” in red! I am so excited about this pattern! Seeing them is like stepping back in…

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Blue transferware

Hi everyone! I am continuing to use more of my blue and white English transferware throughout my house as spring seems to be in the air, and it just seems so fresh and light.  This…

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