6 simple ways to refresh your home for summer just in time for house guests. Summertime always means friends and kids from the city visiting for long weekends. We live about 45 miles from Manhattan, yet it feels worlds away. Our home is on a small peninsula along the Long Island Sound. Many of our neighbors live here because they can dock boats just steps from their homes. We are not boat ...
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Add Some Simple French Style to your Dining Room
Last Sunday, it was all about the cottage look. But really, I like to mix that and add some simple French touches to the dining room. Much of what I love about the cottage look is also quite French—a little rustic elegance from a few key elements. The French Dining Table I love a mix of old and new. The dining room table could be a rustic vintage piece or a modern table mixed with chairs ...
Now is the time to Plan Your Outdoor Spaces
Now is the time to plan your outdoor spaces to get the most use out of them this season. We can't wait for summer! What we love most is spending time in our outdoor spaces: the porch, the backyard, and the garden. But if you don't order outdoor furniture now, you may miss out! Outdoor furniture sells out quickly! We bought outdoor furniture from Target that we used at our former home in New ...
Easy Birch Twig Spring Wreath
Let's make an easy birch twig spring wreath. While out for a walk after a few days of strong winds, I couldn't help but pick up a ton of birch twigs. There's a large birch tree in our neighborhood on the path to the beach—a walk after the heavy winds led to armloads of freshly fallen twigs from the ground. Today, I am joining eight blog friends and we all have a different take on spring ...
Step-by-Step Guide to Art Mode on Samsung Frame TV
A surprising number of you have direct messaged me asking how to use Art Mode on the Samsung Frame TV. So I decided to write a quick step-by-step guide to use art mode on your Samsung Frame TV and share it as a Sunday Favorite! I join Cindy and Mary Ann every Sunday to share our week's favorite finds. Getting Started...a Few Important Things to Know What is the age of your Samsung Frame ...
How to Decorate a Small Porch for Christmas
I've had big ideas for this small porch since we moved to this house. It took Brent about a day to tape and paint the diamonds or squares (depending on how you look at it), but it's exactly what it needed and just in time for Christmas. Every week I join my friends Mary Ann and Cindy to share our favorite things of the week. This week I had to start with my little porch and Lynch Creek Farms ...