I’m going to share a little bit about my homies and some crazy emotions I’m going through today. So brace yourselves!! A parent child relationship goes through many stages in the 18 years or so they live together. The relationship goes from the child needing everything from his parents to the child wanting to be […]

We painted the staircase spindles a bright white and the railings black. Our next project….tear out the carpet and redo the stairs in a dark red chesnut stain. I painted the front door the same black as the staircase railings. Then I made the pretty wreath to break up the black. The LOML found the […]

This is our very first year doing Elf on a Shelf with our girls. I’m always late to the party. And as you might know already, I can copy some of you creative wonders out there. I have found many great ideas on Pinterest. Very creative!! This is what our Elf “Elfie” was up to […]

Because we celebrate Christmas with my in-laws at Thanksgiving, we get to decorate the house pretty early in the season. Not as early as the stores do, but still way early in my mind! Here are some of the fun decorations in our home  My Thrifty Decor Chick centerpiece filled with some pretty sparklies and […]

When we first moved into our present house, I was in a hunter green mode. My kitchen a hundred years ago Our master bedroom I call this stage of our bedroom the JC Penney room. Almost everything you see I bought at JC Penney.  When I got tired of all the flowers, I changed to […]

I LOVE before & after pictures!!! Today, I have some for you, my devoted fans (or you people who accidentally tripped onto my blog!). I’m so happy you’re here 🙂 For the last few weeks, I have been planning and implementing my plans for my friend Miss T’s office space. A couple of days ago, […]

Just because they’re called “Little Projects”, you’d think you don’t get as much satisfaction from doing them as, say, finishing a complete kitchen redo. BUT…I love finishing the little details. It’s not as overwhelming, AND it sure feels good!!Well, that’s what has been happening around here. PROJECT #1 I told you in my last post, that […]

About a week ago, I was having breakfast with a dear friend of mine. Breakfast was wrapping up way too quickly, as usual, and we were heading out to our cars. As we were hugging and saying goodbye, my dear friend (I’ll call her Miss M) asked if I would ever want to go to […]

 In my kitchen reveal I titled the post “The Kitchen is Complete ~ but is it really ever done? I knew we would continue to organize, simplify, and pretty up little spaces FOREVER!! This morning, the LOML opened one of our large drawers that holds all of our large utensils and pot tops and it fought back. […]