chalk paint winner & spring decorating

After working on my spring mantel, it was time to lighten up the entire living room. For me, that meant cleaning off LOTS of surfaces, and letting go of some of the heavy accessories.   I added some pops of blue and green into by pulling throw pillows from other...

becoming, chapter two

To say that I was overwhelmed by the response you guys left after I wrote Becoming’s Chapter One last week is an understatement.  I tried to sit down that day and reply to each of your 150+ comments, and I just honestly couldn’t.  I felt so raw, so...

chalk paint and a giveaway!

Remember the coffee table preview?  And my new profession of love for a certain paint? Here it is.  Annie Sloan’s Chalk Paint.  The lovely and talented Miss Mustard Seed revealed it on her blog and we had spoken that week…I was sold to try it.   And...

Becoming, Chapter One

Well, I’m doing it. I’m going to share something very private and very real with you here.  I was very convicted a while back to tell my story.  Not because it’s great, or I am.  But because it needs to be told…I learned that last week. For the...