My most popular post on this blog and on my Pinterest has to do with painting our stone fireplace. I have loved getting all your emails and photos of your stone fireplaces. And know that any advice given is with a lot of consideration. Painting brick or stone is fairly permanent and of course I don't want to steer any one in the wrong direction. I have seen some pretty terrible before photos ...
Friday Link Love starts with hot tea
Friday Link Love starts with a new tea kettle. An electric one which is a first for us. Years ago my friend Gemma from the UK was surprised that I still made tea from a kettle on the stove. Well we've now updated to this really cool SMEG tea kettle and I have no idea what took us so long! ...
7 mirrors to mix up your style
I love to mix styles in home design. Modern with traditional, bohemian with modern and a little modern with cottage. Mixing styles gives it a more layered and collected feel. I never want my home to look like a catalog, but I also don't want it to look like a flea market. One way to add in a different style is with a mirror. We have a traditional style home built in 1900. I can't go ...
DIY Valentine Art + Lucite Frames
Here is a simple project for diy Valentine art using lucite frames. I love these Lucite frames from Crate & Barrel. For the large piece I cut the watercolor paper to the right size (6 x 8) and then painted stripes. I usually paint and then cut the paper, but I wanted it to look like it was for this specific piece. For the small frame, I used a heart punch and cut out hearts creating tiny ...
7 ingredient healthy cookies
When Madeline was home over the holidays she was baking and cooking up a storm--and using things I typically don't have on hand. Nothing fancy, but not stuff I generally use--almond butter was one of those items. This post explains the health benefits of almond butter and all nut butters. I'm always reading labels and trying to use less processed foods. So when we first started using Almond ...
DIY Valentine’s Day Cards
I grew up where every holiday meant a Hallmark greeting card. There is nothing wrong with a store bought card, but why not make them? This year I saw that Dunkin Donuts has new premium teas and one called Hibiscus Kiss. I purchased a box and then got out my watercolor paints. Using inexpensive watercolors and watercolor paper, I quickly painted messy stripes in shades of pink on ...