Have you ever noticed how different you look and feel when you apply just a touch of mascara, some blush and lip color. It doesn’t have to be much, just a hint. Most of the time I go without makeup, I will even curl my hair and feel wonderful and refreshed. I mean if I [...]
I’ve come to believe that wicker may never go out of style and even if it does or it seems as if it comes and goes over a span of time, it really never goes out of style, it’s always there, we may not choose to pick it up and add it into our decor [...]
After the curb appeal. After the front porch. After the front door comes the entry area. The area where you welcome your guests into your home. This has always been a favorite of mine in home decor. I like to look at photos of pretty entry ways. Some are defined as entry halls, some are [...]
What a fun day we had. Mr. Rust and I were up and ready to go Saturday morning. The one thing we wanted to get done over the weekend, was get my cross collection up off the floor. When we began the den redo back in November, we removed everything from four rooms. I had [...]
One year ago I received a gift. Today I finally got up the nerve to use it. Well…okay, not nerve. I finally picked out a place to use it. Vinyl lettering for walls; a test in patience. I passed the test and the wall turned out nice. We have this small alcove in our den [...]
Considering it took me 25 years to remove something that I didn’t like in my home, the fact that it took me a few months to complete the new hearth is like… a blink of an eye. It all began one Sunday morning when the desire to remove the brick hearth around my fireplace, moved [...]
one final click to the right and we’re done! The corner where it all began… and then… and now… from our family to yours… MERRY CHRISTMAS Linking up and Sharing my style @ Savvy Southern Style: Wow Us Wednesdays #46
West Wing…Sun Room…Library, it’s a room with many names. A room that was once the back patio, a door way that was once a wall one window and a door to the back patio. Since we needed more room and more light, we removed the wall, enclosed the patio, added french doors (for light) and [...]
After writing yesterday’s post about the entry reveal, I stumbled upon this photo of the “real” before of our entry plus all the junk we piled into this small space when we were beginning this tiny little renovation. We started in that corner to the left. This was then… this is now… and off to [...]
We’re finally in the home stretch with our den renovation. Since our entry, den and small sun room areas all flow together, we redid all three at the same time. All three were painted different colors. They all blended but it was time to lighten things up a bit and tie the three areas together. [...]
Creating vignettes are one of my favorite things to do. Dusting is not. So creating seasonal vignettes is a really fun thing for me because I can two things done at once and the chore of dusting is pretty painless when visions of primping and fluffing are swimming in my head. Today I’m dressing a [...]
I bought new boots…well they’re really black suede booties to wear with my skinny jeans. That cracks me up typing that. Skinny Jeans, wish they made me look skinny Any who…this is the box they came in. Check out the bottom! pretty cool. see it says recycle. so I did. I also bought some new [...]
Last Monday I headed south to my daughter’s house, with a weeks worth of clothes, a huge roaster, a turkey platter, electric knife, a decorative plate, a can of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint in Antibes Green, a can of AS dark wax and a brush. We had much to do in two days. My jobs [...]
and she’s gentle, kind, loving, adorable and amazingly… C.R.E.A.T.I.V.E. Do you buy TOMS shoes? We do. Although I don’t have any yet (Note to self… Add TOMS shoes to your wish list) Riley (adorable daughter no.2) has several pairs and every pair she buys a little TOMS bag comes with the shoes. So cute but [...]
Today’s Before & After is pretty obvious… I got a make over. Well my blog did. It was time for a change and many more are coming but in small steps. Below is what my banner looked like for quite awhile, bye, bye old Hello new! But the biggest and best before & after is [...]
