I was rearranging and switching up a few decor items and had some cotton stems with no place to call home. So, I decided to use them to refresh our front door wreath for the season. All materials I used I already had on hand. But, they are very inexpensive. I got the medium sized… Continue reading DIY Cotton Wreath
My girls love to play outside (what children don’t, right?). Since our front yard has more running room and openness than our backyard, they play in the front more often than not. And since I (and/or my husband) have to be out there with them, I wanted our front porch to be a comfortable place… Continue reading Outdoor Porch Couch/Bench DIY
After I built my wooden window cornices for our kitchen nook, I had plenty of scrap wood leftover. I used some of it to build another cornice for my baby girl’s nursery and more to build a couple of planter boxes for my succulents. I mirrored the planter boxes I made for my oldest… Continue reading Succulent Planter Boxes
Did you know that plants can get the blues too? Me neither! Ok, not really…but maybe they do? I don’t know if it’s been scientifically proven or not, but I noticed this “blues behavior” in a couple of my indoor plants. 7 years ago, I bought 2 Croton Petra plants (that’s what Google told me… Continue reading The Plant Blues
When we bought our home, I thought we were so lucky because all of the windows had some kind of window treatment already. Although they were definitely not my taste, I was satisfied because 1. the house looked a little decorated and not just an empty space 2. I didn’t have to tap into my… Continue reading Wooden Window Cornices Upgrade
The piece of furniture that started my woodworking obsession! AND that inspired me to start my blog. This beautiful desk I built for my daughter! I’d seen this desk on http://www.shanty2chic.com (my woodworking best friends in my head lol) a while back and dreamed of the day I could build it. Well, one day something… Continue reading Genesis…My first woodworking project
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