Because we’ve had such a dreary snowless winter, I’ve been cheering myself and my kitchen with a few spring flowers from Trader Joe’s. Unfortunately, none of my windows provide very good light. I have an old green cabinet that sits directly under the only kitchen window. Even being so near the window, the plants were not thriving because they sat well below the window ledge. … Continue reading adding space
Since gardening keeps me busy three seasons of the year, I save all my inside home projects for the winter months. I find if I schedule enough of them, I am scrambling to get them all finished before spring, and it makes the winter go fast. Over Christmas break, I repainted the kitchen. That leaves me the living room and the utility/laundry room to finish before … Continue reading repainting the living room
Between Christmas and New Year’s, I repainted my kitchen while I was off from work. The paint needed a freshening up and because the kitchen is on the north side of my house, it is often very dark and hard to take photos in. I liked the green color I had, but wanted to lighten it up a few shades in hopes of brightening up the … Continue reading painting the kitchen
I saw this idea in a magazine while standing in line at the grocery store a few weeks ago. I wish I could remember which magazine it was, so I could give them credit. I like how theirs turned out better than mine, but I changed up a few things. In the end, I like them enough to share them with you. I didn’t have … Continue reading my little pine forest
Every year I tend to do something different on my fireplace mantel, usually involving the traditional color of red. This year however, I chose to go all natural and very simple. I started with some beautiful faux greens that I found at a yard sale some years back. Then I added this lovely bronze moose that I purchased at the flea market last spring. I … Continue reading christmas mantel
In the corner of my dining room where my wine rack sets, this year I have decorated with a bowl of vintage ornaments in some rather unusual Christmas colors. This is one of my fall serving bowls, but I decided to use it because it was deep and would hold a lot of ornaments. I already had some orbs in it made of natural textures … Continue reading a bowl of christmas baubles
I thought long and hard about how I wanted to decorate this vintage tray for Christmas. It is the centerpiece for my dining room table and main focus of the room. Because it is rather deep for a tray, it was a bit more of a challenge. I decided to follow Miss Mustard Seed’s idea of using these little papier mache boxes. They were purchased at Hobby Lobby … Continue reading christmas table centerpiece
The last few years, I’ve been decorating my house for Christmas primarily in faux greens and pine cones. I have veered away from decorating with the traditional bright red other than my peppermint collection from years ago. I don’t really like the taste of peppermints, but I do love to decorate with them. To me, peppermints are cheerful and brighten up this end table in … Continue reading peppermint corner
I swear, nothing gets more simple than this week’s bouquet. It required no time, no thought, and no effort. And that’s really quite a good thing, because that is all I had the energy for. I found this gathering of leaves while walking the dog this afternoon, and they were stunning against the green, wet grass. It’s been a couple dreary, wet days, which … Continue reading this week’s bouquet
This was my first find at Springfield, or maybe I should say my first purchase. It’s not difficult to find things there you love, but need and price usually factor into whether it becomes a purchase or not. Now I can’t say I needed this item and looking back, it was more than I should have paid. But this lady’s husband made this tray from … Continue reading springfield finds
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