My life consists of two glorious weeks of cutting and arranging my peonies and 50 weeks of anxiously waiting for them to bloom again (obviously, I need a hobby). Peony season is fleeting but so worth the wait and if you have ever dreamed of growing your own make sure to read my Peony Growing post…
See how to plant the easiest succulents to grow! Unless you’re living under a moss covered rock, you’ve heard of succulents and suddenly they seem to be all the rage. I guess I’m ahead of my time because I’ve always thought succulents didn’t suck. I’ve had an old mop bucket planter filled with hen and chick succulents for…
I’ve never realized how many things I’ve used mason jars for until I gathered many of them together here. Some are old, some are new, some are green, some are blue (I’m such a poet), but there are so many uses for them. Here are some of my favorite ways I’m decorating with mason jars around…
I love Cape Cod. The cedar shake homes, the clear blue water, the hydrangeas around every corner. So when I discovered Sandra of Old Silver Shed on Instagram, I fell in love with her dream coastal home on the cape that is the perfect blend of modern and vintage style. This is one home in my Eclectic Home Tour series…
Here comes Peter Cottontail. Hopping all over my mantel and leaving little brown droppings behind. I’m hoping they’re chocolate eggs. Peter joins my family of dust bunnies and is a colorful addition to my mantel and really pops against an old window and Hip Hop mugs from HomeGoods filled with hydrangeas. Last year, I brought you my…
Kicking off my annual Eclectically Fall Home Tour with my home decked out for fall and sharing 15 other fabulous fall home tours filled with tons of creative fall decorating ideas. Fall! It’s pumpkin spice latte, jeans and boots wearing, pumpkin pie eating and Eclectically Fall Home Tour time! Three homes decked out for fall every day…
You know what they say about a picture. That’s why I love Instagram … scrolling through photos and seeing gorgeous shots – homes, travels, cute pets. There are millions of people on Instagram and since I haven’t discovered every single person (yet), I’ve done the next best thing and started a fun new weekly hashtag project. Every Friday,…
We all spend a lot of time in our bathrooms – primping, preening and prancing in front of the mirror – so while we’re there, why not surround ourselves with things we love. I’d rather stare at a blank space then fill up my home with things that I only marginally like. So when I saw…
These summer home tour decorating ideas will have you making your own home a cozy place to be in summer. Summer. The days are longer, warmer, brighter and just all around happier. Plus I love a good bomb pop from the freezer (and an ice cold margarita). It’s also the perfect excuse to decorate my house, so…
If you’ve always wanted a dining room wine cellar, but don’t want spend a ton of money to achieve your goals, these wine cubbies are the perfect solution. See how to get the look while being able to store all of your wine. To know me is to know I love wine. There have been…
These wall bottle drying rack display ideas are so creative. See how to use unique things to change out the look of your bottle drying rack. I love eclectic style and being able to change the look of my house in an instant. This bottle drying rack means I can hang it once but change…
2014 What a very good year it’s been. I’m taking a walk down memory lane (actually, I should be jogging to work off all the extra eggnog I’ve been consuming) and re-visiting my Top DIY Projects 2014 … I’m getting fancy and counting down in Spanish in honor of my dad. Diez Thrift shop…
The first gorgeous tour is my friend Lindsay who asked me to be part of this fun blog hop where we pop from home to home (virtually anyway – no need to dress up or bring a hostess gift) getting candy-corn-coated-eye-candy fall decorating ideas. The Nester was up before me sharing her fall home and…
Love fall? Love fall decorating? Tour this eclectically fall home decked out in all it’s fall finery. Get tons of creative fall decorating ideas too. What’s that I hear? Crunching leaves. What’s that I smell? Apple pie. It’s time to mix up two of my favorite things … Eclectic + Fall = My Eclectically Fall…
It started with a bang and ended with a thud. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen some of my pics from our Cape Cod vacation which was amazing (it was also painful but more on that later). Beautiful beaches, charming towns, bustling main streets, cedar shake cottages and hydrangeas everywhere you turn. Lots…
A Country Farmhouse
Whew, what a year 2013 has been! Rooms were decorated, projects were completed, dinners were cooked, homework was checked, cocktails were shaken… and I even made my TV debut! Drumroll please … it’s time to stroll down memory lane – 2013 style. My Eclectic House Tour – as dusty bunnies are swept away,…
I didn’t put fine china on my bridal registry. I’m not a formal china kind of gal. I mean, I love checking out the lavish table settings on Downton Abbey but prefer a simpler look … oh and I’m still shocked over poor Matthew’s untimely demise in that car accident. That’s why I love…
Acorn Vase
Charming Cottage
What’s not to love about a game where you can shout out words like “wicket” and “booby”? So put on your whites and join me on my lawn for a game fit for the royals. Yes, I’m officially a croquet snob (remember my first vintage croquet set find) since I found this musty, dusty old relic…
The sign called to me, with a French accent no less, from an estate sale basement. “Bon jour mademoiselle. You are so beautiful, and I am only $5 (or 4.10 euros)!” I was putty in his enameled French hands? I hemmed. I hawed. What to do with the sign? So I wired it to this basket,…
In my mind, my skin glistened in the sun. In reality, I was a sweaty mess! So what’s a patio-sitting loving, vintage glider finding, outdoor mojito drinking girl to do? Buy some shade! That’s just what I did to get some instant gratification. Now my shady outdoor room is filled with toolboxes and mop buckets…
Stepladder Bird Bath
Come on in, grab a cocktail or a piece of fruit cake (do people still eat that?) and have a look inside my home that’s all blinged out for Christmas! Make sure to check out my other Christmas house tour – it’s completely different but equally amazing! Welcome – the front porch is simple and…
Ladder Christmas Tree