I’ve been on a mission to get organized. Filling bags of unwanted stuff and hauling them to the thrift store or the dump. Difficult for a self professed hoarder like myself (my basement and garage are the stuff of horror films). Like the saying goes, big things come in small packages which is definitely true…
I’m exhausted. Too many trees, tinsel, garland, wreaths, ornaments (you get the idea) to pack away. When the last box was finally hauled down to the basement, I was confronted with a blank, empty, barren mantel. It mocked me and let out a little chuckle every time I walked by or sat by the…
I do, I do, I do believe in Christmas. Balsam Hill made me a believer. I never would have believed (until I saw it with my own eyes) how real my new tree looks! Gather around to hear my Christmas tale below and stay tuned for a special discount just for you! Once upon…
Have you taken the Holiday House Walk? Jen Rizzo gathered 33 creative gals (including me!) and we open up our homes for a little yuletide cheer. Here are some of my favorite creative Christmas decorating ideas and inspiration and general fun and frivolity … I have a huge old crock and this vintage…
Wipe your feet, take off your boots and come on into my decked out Christmas home. This is the next stop after the fabulous Paige Knudsen. Once again, Jen Rizzo has gathered together over 30 amazingly creative gals and we have been decking our halls and trimming our trees and you can see lots of…
Love Christmas? Here are 100 creative Christmas ideas and DIY projects for a beautiful home! Tis the season to be jolly and decorate for the holidays. See how to create a festive home for the Christmas season. From mantels to trees to easy to make and inexpensive gift ideas, this is the list for you…
Grain Sack Santa Sacks
Upholstery Webbing Runner
Only 7 Fridays til Christmas my little elves. So we can relax in front of a roaring fire in December, let’s get as much done now as possible! My friends and I are bringing you creative Christmas ideas every Friday until the day after Thanksgiving. If you missed my week 10, week 9, or week 8 projects,…
Come in my pretties. Helga is getting ready to party and she’s breaking out her cauldron and mixing up a poisonous brew of eye of newt. October 31 – time for my girls annual Halloween party. Tricks and a few treats to get the night started before filling up their plastic pumpkins with sugar…
Classicly Trendy
What says welcome better than a welcoming front porch? My porch may be small but what it lacks in size it makes up for in charm and it’s strutting it’s stuff all decked out for fall. You’ve seen my fall home tour – now it’s time to see the outside. Wreath – check! Vintage…
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…
FREE Wine Printables
You know my motto … simple projects equals more time for cocktails. So here are my favorite 5 all time ideas I’ve created for spring over the years … Burlap Bunny Table Runner – this family of bunnies is still hopping across my table and their pom pom tails are still making…
Remember when you were a kid and your parents would buy a case of soda and return the empty bottles to get 5 cents back? If I knew then what I know now, I would have hoarded all of those bottles away instead of returning them. So when I discovered these dusty, neglected glass…
I have a deep, dark, shameful secret that I need to confess because I know (or hope!) you won’t judge me. I’ve had the same comforter for 18 years – that’s 6,570 days with a few extra thrown in for leap years. After I walked down the aisle, we bought bedroom furniture from a…
Ralph Lauren Inspired
I’m decking my back deck with festive outdoor Christmas decorations so something festive greets my family every time we sashay through the back door. Why should my front porch have all the holiday fun? Remember my JOY Christmas mantel? Well, I liked that marquee sign so much that I had to hop on my sleigh…
It’s a holly jolly Christmas and there is so much talent and inspiration everywhere. Here are some of my favorite scenes from Christmas homes present. Ho Ho Ho, say the three jolly, vintage Santa mugs on Jennifer Rizzo’s kitchen windowsill. It was so hard to choose a favorite from all of the amazingness done by…
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens … these are a few of my favorite things. I’m (and 11 of my favorite gals) are giving away a few of my favorite handmade things! I’m thrilled to be teaming up with them for a fun giveaway … 12 handmade things to 12 lucky…
Welcome to my Christmas house tour! The next stop after the fabulous Beth of Home Stories A to Z. Thanks Jennifer Rizzo for inviting me to this week long tour of 30+ houses decked out in all their holiday finery. I’ve been decking the halls, trimming the trees (so many trees!), sipping an eggnog or two (spiked…
Creative California Cottage
Ring in the holiday shopping season at The Painted Home Pop Up Shop this Friday and Saturday (Nov 8 & 9, 2013). Denise invited me to join her and Dana of Circa Dee who will be giving a milk paint demo on Friday as well as a personal chef who will be cooking up…
My spider wreath is hung. The mummy votives are lit. I’ve even got pumpkins made out of paper! Tons of Halloween house decorating ideas here so welcome and enter … if you dare. Lefty can type 90 words per minute. Remember where Lefty was last year? These 3D spiders make my skin crawl ……
Glowing Eyes
Finally … the smell of burning wood … leaves crunching beneath my Frye boots … apple pie … chunky sweaters … fall porch decorating ideas! And a different look than last year’s fall porch. This pinecone wreath needed a little pizazz so I added a few pieces of faux berry garland from HomeGoods….
5 Simple Fall Crafts
Dreaming of a Simple Country Christmas
Christmas on the Lake
It’s business on my front door… and a party on my back door! Two wreaths. Both using vintage finds. Old wooden finials from a house so the rain could drip gently down the pointed tip… and my hubs little shovel that now makes me smile every time I walk through the back door. What…
Shake the snow off your boots and pick up a glass of glogg (or coffee, or hot chocolate, or wine). Remember my Christmas house tour last year? Well, I hope this tops it! Welcome to my holiday house tour, the next stop after the fabulous Beth of Home Stories A to Z. Thanks Jennifer Rizzo…
Up to my eyeballs in glitter, glimmer and glitz … unpacking bins, boxes and baubles … so imagine my surprise, when my girls came running over shouting to look outside. Two white horses hoofing it down my street … plumes flowing. Cinderella couldn’t have asked for anything finer. Here’s to a white Christmas. …
Metallic Pinecone Place Settings
Welcome my pretties! Enter if you dare. Or shall I say Keep Out! Would you take candy from this lady? Make your neighbors skin crawl by creating this Arachnophobia Spider Wreath for your front door. My witch loves bling so my DIY Copper Jack O’Lantern is right up her alley. Watch your fingers boys and…
DIY Spider Tablecloth