We were recently in North Carolina visiting with Matt’s family. While we were there I took the time to visit an old dear friend of mine. This girl has known me for years! In fact I just realized it’s been 21 years since I first met her. Needless to say it’s important to catch up […]
I found a cute nightstand at an antique mall a while back. As usual it sat in the garage for some a few years time and then I decided it was time to re-finish the piece. The nightstand had been painted multiple times and needed some paint stripping. Rather than use any chemicals I opted for a heat […]
A few years ago, while driving back to work from my lunch break, I spied a very cool but sad looking vintage step stool sitting at the end of someone’s driveway next to their trash. I passed by, but it didn’t take me long to circle around the block and come back to pick up […]
Last spring we completed my raised bed stack stone garden. It served as an incredible place for me to try my hand at growing vegetables. I planted green peppers, strawberries, onions, basil, oregano, jalapeños, and 9 tomato plants. Yup, you read that right N-I-N-E tomato plants in three different varieties. To be fair, most of the plants […]
Last month Matt showed you all how to build a decorative shelf with crown molding for our half bath. The shelf is perfect for the space and I love it. Unfortunately something felt like it was missing from the shelf. After some thought I decided that our shelf needed picture frames! Beadboard picture frames to be exact. […]