I've been taking a mini-vacation. You may have noticed; you may not.  For the last few weeks I've posted less, hung out with my kiddos more. After releasing the ebook, some down time was much needed.  It's important to me to remember why I started blogging in the...

I never knew I would open a space in an antiques shop, but it always seemed like a good idea...and a fun one.  That's sort of been the theme for me the last year.  Never would have imagined...but here goes. I wanted you to see the before of my little vault space...it...

There is more than one nook in my home that is screaming for attention.  For some style.  For my style.  But life...peanut butter & jelly sandwiches, dirty diapers, and rooms needing more help get more my notice. But yesterday, this little nook in my hallway...

Remember when I told you to come back to see how you could be featured on the blog? Well, it will soon be time for me to be gone on our mission trip to Honduras.  I hope to be able to pop in from time to time to show you some of the houses we're building (we're...

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...

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 exposed....

My sweet mom has been waiting on me for a while to get started on her breakfast room table, and it finally came time to start working on it.  Her kitchen was remodeled a couple of years ago, and she was ready for the breakfast room to tie in a little more.   She...

Thanks to all of you for your sweet comments yesterday on my spring mantel. As I mentioned yesterday, my favorite part was the repurposed flea market frame.  It's certainly not a hard project, but one that appears tricky.  Not at all, though. First, you'll want to...

There's something in this picture that I'm crazy about. And it's not the vintage seltzer bottle.  (although I'm crazy about that too.) It's my new favorite accessory...I've been getting questions from you guys and people all over town, people I bump into while...

After we finished the playroom last year, we knew we would continue adding accessories and functional pieces over time.  We desperately needed a table for school work, and for Ava's serious addiction to coloring. Instead of buying one, we decided we would build our...

  It's like I've got a fire under my pa-tooty.  Or toes.  Or, well, anyway, the fire's lit and I'm a woman on a mission.  There were some updates behind the scenes this weekend on the blog, and not being able to think about posting was good for the project...

  Well, it was time for this shady lady and I to head to some local flea markets.   We had major scoping out to do. I needed some mantel stuff. She needed a rug.   We didn't get her rug, which I now realize was quite selfish of me.  Because we spent all...

  Now that the dust from the ebook has settled, it's time for spring cleaning, stolen kisses between a mama and her babies, lots of chocolate chip cookie evenings. And chores.  Yes, it's time for chores. The little people are learning to love unloading the...

**I know you usually p.s. at the end of a post, but I thought we'd try the beginning.  Thanks to those of you who let me know my pics were going wonky...I had no idea.  Let me know if this post is better...and I'll work on changing the last 2 posts. Thx friends!**...

I feel like this post should be titled, "ebook: the good, the bad, the ugly."  It was SUCH an undertaking, and one I enjoyed every single second of.  I thought some of you might want a look into behind the scenes. It all began some time ago last July when I had an...