It wasn't that I didn't like the sage color of my new bathroom. Green is my favorite, and the shade was really lovely. I just didn't have a thing to match it! The bathroom in my old house was red, black, and cream on a canvas of sand-colored walls. It was a clean … [Read more...]
Do-It-Yourself Faux Metal Letters
Anybody else find it interesting that in such an image-driven society, one of the biggest home decorating trends is displaying WORDS everywhere? Granted, they're usually words displayed in a very attractive fashion, but they're still just words. Eat. Gather. … [Read more...]
Five Things Tuesday: 5 Household Cleaning Products I Make Myself
I read that the average family in America spends somewhere between $40-$50 per month on cleaning supplies. That number seemed really high to me, at least until I started thinking back to what I used to spend on laundry detergent alone! What I used to spend. I say that because I … [Read more...]
Do-It-Yourself Book Snowballs
While I'm trying very hard to acclimate myself to the world of e-books, there are few things I find warmer and lovelier than an old-fashioned hard-copy book. I love the look. I love the feel. I even love the smell! And the more the pages yellow and become dog-eared, both … [Read more...]
My Bathroom Vanity Makeover
Before we moved into our house, we painted our bathroom red. Yikes. Big mistake. It's not that I don't like bold color. I do. Really. And red is one of my favorites! But bold color has to be used in the right space or it can get very old very quickly. … [Read more...]
