We have had our chalkboard wall since we've owned this house. I've loved the idea even before having one. However, over the last few years I've sort of tired of the whole chalkboard thing. That was until I saw Amanda's on Perfectly Imperfect Living. I had seen the checkerboard calendar idea on Martha Stewart for an office, but I never really thought about making our current wall into a ...
Dreaming + Summer Vacation
Dreaming + Summer vacation--It's mid February and that means one thing---It's time to start thinking about summer travel. It might be that's it's cold and dreary, but about this time of year I can't help but thinking about a big family vacation. Our kids are seniors-- 17 and 22 so for the last several years I keep thinking this is the last one. And if this is the last big one, it has to be ...
Friday Link Love + Painted Stone Fireplace
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 ...