Beige, plain, and no storage. Not a good combination. When we moved in, our laundry room had nothing in it. Not one shelf. No hanging bar. Just one beige rectangle with some outlets and a water hook-up. Not a big deal in a laundry room, right? It's easy to add those things. However, this ...
Textile Tuesday: Tea Towels
I love kitchen towels. I always see so many possibilities for kitchen towels. When I look at them I see throw pillows, place mats, lining for drawers, liners for baskets, and cafe curtains, among a few. So it should come as no surprise I have an abundance of kitchen towels. I rotate them out for ...
French “Hutch” with MMSMP and White Wax
I finished the second big painting project! I absolutely adore how it turned out. I painted it with Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint in Boxwood and then white waxed it with her white wax I bought from the nice ladies at Cottle and Gunn. If you remember, this piece started out as two ...
Textile Tuesday: It All Started With HGTV Dream Home 2007: My Buffalo Check Obsession
HGTV Dream Home I always had an affinity for buffalo check, but it was solidified when I saw this guest bedroom back in 2007 in the HGTV Dream Home. I had used buffalo check in tan and cream in our first ever master bedroom and I always thought the buffalo check chairs in Talbot's (so iconic) were ...
How to Decoupage a Bookcase to Give it New Life
Let me just start out saying...I'm desperate. Desperate for storage that is. This house has made me excited and has made me want to pull out my hair. Did I mention we used to have a much larger house? One that had a bonus room over the three car garage to hold all of the kid stuff that seems to ...