Our Backyard Reveal

  As part of Takin’ It Outside Week, today I want to share our completed backyard makeover. But first, I have to take you back to where we started –...

Colorful Vintage Screened Porch

  Our backyard was once unused and unloved. But now our porch lives where the blue tarp was. Now it is a place we spend a lot of time together...

For the Love of a Windmill

  I have wanted a windmill for some time now. One of those items I always had hoped to find. I even tried to buy one out of someone’s yard...

Finding Your Landscape Style – Part 2

Recently I shared Part 1 of Finding Your Landscape Style. I am really hoping that by sharing the mistakes we have made in regards to our landscaping, I can prevent...

Spring Mantel 2012

Bonjour my dear friends! C’est le printemps a Paris! Okay, I know you know its just my family room and not Paris, but a girl can dream can’t she? At...
Home Tour: Family Room

Home Tour: Family Room

Although you have already seen my family room several times and through several seasons and holidays, I have never done a true “Before and After” post. So, today, I thought...
Home Tour: Guest Bathroom

Home Tour: Guest Bathroom

I have been blogging for some time now, but there are still a lot of areas of my home that I have not share with you yet. Recently, I updated...

Decoupaged Map Ikea Desk

A few months back I shared the completed bedroom for my daughter. We call her Sunshine around these parts. Well today, I want to share the Ikea Micke desk we...

Photoshop Elements & Christmas

Over the last several months, I have been trying to improve my photo editing skills. I was gifted Photoshop Elements 7 some time ago, but I had always been very...

Our Blog Community

A few months ago I was feeling a little frustrated, for a whole host of reasons. I think we all have those points. Although it is never easy to see...

Our Christmas Home Tour

Welcome to our home! This is our entry… I have placed our Nativity here for the first time and I quite like it there. It is our tradition to not...

Merry and Bright Christmas Table

Christmas has come to our dining room and it is feeling Merry and Bright! To begin, I believe this is the first time I am showing this wall since I...