LIFE IS SO BUSY that it does not have time to sink in. I have one child going away to college next fall and one year later, his little sister will follow…It is all lost in the shuffle. The hustle and the bustle keep it all at bay…and then, I will have Cooper…who will be… Read More HAPPY HALLOWEEN AND GROWING UP
Tuesday afternoon, I was driving my youngest son Cooper home from school. We had been chatting, catching up on his day and my day…and then we were in the home stretch, about a mile from the house and we both were just sitting quietly. I was just staring out the windshield when right in front… Read More ONE THOUSAND – ONE , ONE – THOUSAND – TWO
IF YOU GIVE A GIRL A NEW MATTRESS… She is probably going to want a NEW HEADBOARD …for her BED. ….and if she gets a new HEADBOARD for their bed…well it would make perfect sense that she would want… NEW BEDDING! …And it would stand to reason that if she got NEW BEDDING, well then she might… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – (MASTER BEDROOM) IF YOU GIVE A GIRL A NEW MATTRESS…
Yesterday…on a run to the grocery store to get trash bags…I whipped past the magazine aisle and saw it!!!!! I flipped the pages…I flipped and flipped and just as I sighed a big sigh…THERE… on PAGE 118….. ME!!! ……and BELLA…my sweet sweet Bella…. I have not decided if BELLA will be for sale yet…I might… Read More HOUSE BEAUTIFUL AND BELLA AND ME!
Affordable Kitchen Countertop options, including our Formica Calacatta Marble counters are getting some much deserved play time on APARTMENT THERAPY I thought I would update a recent post on the FINAL CHAPTER of our Kitchen Renovation! Whats that you say? Didn’t you finish your Kitchen makeover a year ago? Yes…we did. but this summer….our Formica… Read More FAUX MARBLE – FORMICA COUNTER TOPS & APARTMENT THERAPY!
Let me start by saying that I am a bit distracted by the disappearance of our Dog “Dash” and have been remiss in posting…but I know you ALL understand I sincerely appreciate the support, the Facebook shares and the postings of your own. *********************************************************************** A few weeks ago, I asked for your input…to repaint my… Read More MONDAY MAKEOVER – CLASSIC GRAY LIVING ROOM
Early this week we realized that we had not seen or heard from our oldest dog, Dash, since Sunday. He usually spends half of his time with a neighbor down the street so we assumed, due to the thunderstorms , that he and been bunking down with her. Then as if on cue, our neighbor… Read More DASH PLEASE COME HOME
HOLLY LANE was inspired by one of the barns on my regular carpool drives….I love red doors…you will see a few in my recent show! It is nice to see the sunshine out the window in this photo…we have not seen the sun here for days on end…The driveway is a lake and I keep… Read More NEW BARN – “HOLLY LANE”
You already know I LOVE COLOR.. And you might know that I LOVE PAINTED LANTERNS… Inspired by this one in House Beautiful… I took inexpensive LANTERNS FROM “SHADES OF LIGHT” and painted these for my upstairs hallway… Imagine my utter delight when I found…in ONE place…all of these and many, many more…gorgeous painted lanterns…in so… Read More ROOM MAKERS! – COLORFUL LANTERNS
I was at Target YESTERDAY and I ran into some great side tables…Lots and lots of Gold happening and I came home and went online and MORE GOLD!!! AND MANY, MANY OF THESE ARE ON SALE AND THIS WEEKEND TARGET HAS A GREAT SALE GOING ON…THE MORE YOU BUY THE MORE YOU SAVE!!!! Here are… Read More TARGET RUN – GOLD RUSH MEETS SIDE TABLES AND WOW! SALE!!!
