a puppy and a teapot

January 16, 2012

That title almost sounds like the title of a children’s book…but it’s not.  It’s a real story of vintage pottery found in my stash. I’m still putting things back in place, slowly but surely this too shall pass and things will be back to normal. Who am I kidding, normal is boring. Let’s just say [...]

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the new hearth

January 10, 2012

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 [...]

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Last Friday was “First Friday” and a first for me

January 9, 2012

About 2 weeks ago my BFF Christy called and asked if I would like to go with her to hear a guest speaker at an event called First Friday.  She explained that the guest speaker would be non other than author Lysa TerKuerst!  Of course I didn’t know she was an author, but I did [...]

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my new daily grind & a giveaway

January 6, 2012

coffee. yum. i love coffee. i’m not a coffee connoisseur. but i do grind my own beans. just the smell of the fresh ground beans, makes me smile in the morning. i drink my coffee in a really big cup with one or two tsp. of raw sugar and then i add half & half. [...]

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inspired by need and laziness, I made my own curtain rings

January 5, 2012

During the recent upheaval of our den/sun room/entry many things were dismantled, removed and some things were packed away to make room for decorations during the holiday season.  Needless to say, my house is still in a state of unrest.  But little by little decorations are working their way off of the walls, shelves, nooks [...]

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10 little monkeys sitting on a couch….

January 4, 2012

Presli. Park. Camden. Haley. Paisley. Haven. Will. Joshua. Caleb. Sterling. It was a fabulous Christmas celebration with my 10 little monkeys Many thanks to my son and daughter in law who hosted our family Christmas party We ate until stuffed and laughed until we hurt It was so fun! Happy New Year belated but sincere!

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a complete 360 and a Merry Christmas

December 24, 2011

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

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a door frame for Christmas…and more!

December 24, 2011

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 [...]

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there’s more to it…the big reveal continues

December 19, 2011

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 [...]

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Ready to reveal…enter here

December 18, 2011

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. [...]

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a bit of equality in my Christmas decor…

December 14, 2011

or at least more equality in my blogging about my Christmas decorations… whatever! but I suppose that I could spent a few minutes showing you how “one” area of our home is decorated for this time of year.  It really doesn’t qualify as Christmas decorations.  More like wintery and seasonal decor.  Winter because they are [...]

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bead’n it up, bouncing around & chimming in

December 12, 2011

Back in October during the 31 Days of Before and After, I choose one day to take a few things lying around my workroom, create something fun and different and use that as one of my blog posts. Since that day I’ve received several  inquiries about those funky little bouncy bell chimes?   They are kind [...]

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on second thought…

December 10, 2011

maybe this table looks better here than it did behind a couch. and maybe it might look good painted black or left this way. i did get my plate shelf painted and it will be put up tomorrow…i think. it sure seems to open up this space more. are you wondering where my cedar chest [...]

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what do you call it?

December 8, 2011

Any idea what this is? What it was used for? Why did I buy it? What would you do with it? Any thoughts? It’s about 7″ in length and each hole is about 15mm. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts! peace. love. rust.

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visual aid

December 7, 2011

I’m on the fence.   I need help so I’m pitching this one out to you. Here’s your chance to speak.  Have your say. Lay it out there. Indecision.  A terrible place to visit. It’s usually not a big deal for me.  Just jump in with both feet and don’t look back…right? You know those words [...]

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