Happy Thanksgiving week!  I just love this time of year.  I spent all of yesterday taking care of a sick Ruby, which makes me so sad for her.  Nothing is worse than being sick during the holidays.  I’m hoping today she is on the mend because we have some fun activities planned for the rest […]

Happy Thanksgiving week!  I just love this time of year.  I spent all of yesterday taking care of a sick Ruby, which makes me so sad for her.  Nothing is worse than being sick during the holidays.  I’m hoping today she is on the mend because we have some fun activities planned for the rest […]

You know when you learn something so simple that makes your life easier, you want to share it with everyone?  Yep, that’s exactly the kind of thing I’m sharing with you today: a Pillow Trick. My seamstress recently showed me a trick for getting pillow inserts into covers so much easier, I thought a video […]

Our family room has gone through quite the remodel.  Here’s a little before action from when we were walking through the house to refresh your memory… The room just felt so closed in, dysfunctional, boring, and blah.  I always envisioned built-in shelves around the fireplace, with our television mounted above, but I reallllly didn’t want […]

Happy Wednesday!  Today is the big day– the day I’m sharing the remodeled kitchen reveal.  We’ve been enjoying this space for a while now and it’s changed our lives, I tell ya.  And the best part?  The entire makeover cost us under $2000.  First, let’s look at a few befores, just for old times sake. (Previous […]

Sorry for the delay this morning getting today’s post up.  We spent a very long sleepless night at the ER with Ruby after she spiked a scary fever.  She is on the mend  now, but we all have hospital hangover.  I’m so grateful for modern medicine and wonderful facilities like the children’s hospital in our […]

Photo credit: Dave Newkirk for Daybreak If I were to build a dream home anywhere on the planet, with all of my wishes granted, lakeside would be on the wish list.  What’s more relaxing and peaceful than open water?  And I haven’t visited many places more beautiful than Lake Village in Daybreak. Daybreak asked me, […]

   One of my favorite features on the new deck is the hanging planter herb garden.  I love fresh herbs for cooking, and this planter is not only practical, it’s also pretty.  If I didn’t fill it full of herbs, I would plant flowers and add some color to eye level. It was easy and […]

There are many ways you can fill a room.  Anyone can fill it up with furniture, a piece of art or two, and call it good.  But when you go the extra mile and really think about the details and how each one flows with the rest, it takes your room from average to amazing. […]