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The vegetable garden

As you might remember, we made the vegetable garden on the south side of the house bigger last year so that I could grow more tomatoes. I grew a ton of roma tomatoes, but still didn’t get enough at one time to do all my canning. So this year, I am growing primarily Cherokee PurpleContinue reading “The vegetable garden”

Gallery Wall

I decided to do a gallery wall above our bed because I had found some really great hand colored lithographs of some European cities (on EBTH.com) that had just the right colors in them, but they were WAY too small, so I got them some friends. I added a great oil painting of some cowsContinue reading “Gallery Wall”

Super Colorful Tablescape

I found a pattern by Villeroy and Boch called Bon Jour Monsieur. It’s orange, blue, yellow, and bright green on a white background. The orange on the rim is virtually the same color as my Persimmon Fiestaware. I used a bright green cloth to pull out the green in the plates with orange, yellow, andContinue reading “Super Colorful Tablescape”

Massive Mother’s Day Flowers

I went to Trader Joe’s to buy flowers for my mother earlier this week and to use for some tablescape blog posts that I planned to do, so I have a bunch of white flowers and pink spray roses and ranunculus. Then I picked up my double subscription bouquet because I was out of townContinue reading “Massive Mother’s Day Flowers”

Classic Mother’s Day Table

I found this Churchill Blue Willow on my last thrifting adventure and thought it would be perfect for this. I have this beautiful white linen cloth with gorgeous blue embroidery which coordinates nicely with the dishes. I used a molded glass ice bucket for the flowers–lenten rose, ranunculus, and spray roses. I put little tinyContinue reading “Classic Mother’s Day Table”

Another Room Refresh

I have struggled with my youngest son’s room to get it to look cohesive. So, I started over. Here’s what it looked like in the listing photo: Here was the first iteration: So, I kept the green coverlet, but changed all the rest of the bedding. I bought a new plaid rug–even my husband likesContinue reading “Another Room Refresh”

Budget Bathroom Refresh

I can hardly believe it, but we have had this house for 9 years already, and our bedroom and bathroom have barely changed during that time. This is our bathroom from the listing photos. Somehow, I don’t have a before photo of the bathroom after we painted it (and all the decor was taken byContinue reading “Budget Bathroom Refresh”

Bedroom Re-Do

I’m going to do a few posts about some of the redecorating that is going on around here–particularly in the main suite, and in my youngest son’s room–these spaces haven’t changed much in the past 9 years and I am really tired of everything. So, if you’ve been following along for a while, you knowContinue reading “Bedroom Re-Do”

Another Project

I found this cutie little vanity bench at the thrift store and felt sure that I could turn it into something neat for the garden. I had my husband use his angle grinder to cut all everything off the top except for the rectangular frame. I bought a small roll of plastic coated hardware clothContinue reading “Another Project”

The Finished Project

Here’s a reminder of where we started with this chair project for the charity auction in a few weeks…. I found a chair at a thrift store in Atlanta for $2. I thought that the shape was really pretty and it would make a good desk chair, or side chair. I didn’t think that itContinue reading “The Finished Project”