If you have shopped recently for window treatments and window hardware then you are well aware of how expensive they can be. I’m always searching for inexpensive ways to dress my windows on tight budget. We all have tight budgets these days, right? You don’t have to sacrifice style for savings! I’m going to share with you a few ways I fake my window treatments. I have several groupings of windows in my home that are over 7 feet wide. Now I love all the natural sunlight they bring in but ... Read More about A Few Ways to Fake Window Treatments
How to Install Board and Batten
The computer room is right off our kitchen and is the hub of our home. It is where the kids do their homework and is also my home office. It was also one of the most chaotic, neglected and unappealing rooms in our home. The room was in need for a makeover. Ever since we installed board and batten in our downstairs powder room, I was hooked with this classic architectural feature. Today I want to show you How to Install Board and Batten with decorative trim. This project will walk you through ... Read More about How to Install Board and Batten
Thanksgiving Tree
My house isn’t damaged, yet some lost everything. We have electricity, yet some sit in the dark with only candlelight. We are warm, yet so many are suffering in the frigid cold. My children have full bellies, yet others’ children cry from hunger, standing in long lines waiting for food. Hurricane Sandy didn’t harm my family. I have so much to be thankful for! To help our family focus on having an attitude of gratitude, we decided to make a Thanksgiving Tree, a fun and meaningful Thanksgiving ... Read More about Thanksgiving Tree
Marvelous Mudrooms: Big & Small Space Solutions
I’d like to say that my family hangs up their coats and keeps everything tidy when they enter the home, but sadly the muddy shoes get kicked off, book bags and purses dropped, and coats end up draped along the back of chairs. We need a mudroom to help organize our chaotic clutter! I gathered together some marvelous mudroom ideas for those of us with small spaces and a few large mudrooms that will make you swoon. My good friend Jessica from Four Generations One Roof transformed an ... Read More about Marvelous Mudrooms: Big & Small Space Solutions
Surviving “Sandy”
Hurricanes are par for the course living in coastal Virginia. We gas up the cars, make sure the generator is working (which we discovered ours isn’t), and head to the grocery store to stock up on supplies. Bottled water was scarce by Friday evening, but we did manage to get a few necessary supplies. Hey, a girl needs her chocolate and vino in stressful situations and I think a hurricane would qualify as stressful right? We cleared the backyard and deck of all the furniture and I cut myself a ... Read More about Surviving “Sandy”
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