Back porch living…

One place I really enjoy during the summer is our back porch. I really didn’t change much from last year but it was sure nice to get it pressure washed and everything clean and back…

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Romantic Homes feature

I am excited to have a sweet feature in April’s Romantic Homes Magazine… They have replaced the blogger feature with “My Home” and used my story and photos from last summer as part of this…

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Making wood countertops…part III

Let me warn you now, this is not going to be pretty. But if you want to learn to make countertops the hard way, this post is for you:-) We started the day with our…

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Countertop progress…

Even though the weather looked like rain, we were able to take all the wormy chestnut boards we needed for the counters today before the sky opened up. It’s amazing how something that seems so…

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Progress on the back porch

It seems like we have been working on the porches for months.  We had to pressure wash, then I stained the decking and re-painted the back railings. I wanted a more vintage, country kind of…

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Ruffles, burlap and lace

A couple weeks ago I shared on my facebook page a peek at some slipcovers I had made for my Duncan Phyfe chairs, so I thought I would share them here.  I wanted to make…

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Making the cabinet…

 Yesterday I showed the cabinet my husband made for me and how I filled it with family treasures HERE. So today, I wanted to share how he made “something from nothing” using a tree, reclaimed…

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The Christmas Church

Hi everyone! Church has always been the most important part of Christmas for our family. Being a musician also meant that so much of Christmas has been centered around the beautiful carols of Christmas. To…

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