Remodeling a Vintage Farmhouse in the Middle of the Country
The day I decided to make spray painted numbered baskets…..
…..was the day all the turtles in the county decided to cross the road.
I’m still not really sure what prompted the mass exodus to the other side of the street….but they were everywhere.
Little ones and big ones and tiny ones.
All making a trek across the black top.
Have you ever seen a turtle in the middle of the road?Continue reading
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I wish you lived down the road.
I know I’ve said this before.
But it’s true.
I wish you lived in the white house with the picket fence and the roses and day lilies and the herd of goats in the front yard that are always escaping.
Okay…..maybe just the picket fence without the goats.
And when you stopped by the house to see the roses and drink sweet tea on the back porch and listen to me tell you all about how I made the monogrammed mason jars and listen to my sad tale of woe about how “nobody” broke one of the moss-covered urns last weekend…..
….you would bring a pie.Continue reading
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Happy Saturday!
I missed you yesterday. 
We were painting and cleaning and patching and taping and sweeping over at the gatehouse.
And I loved every minute of it.
I can’t wait to show you everything….but in the meantime…..
…..here’s 5 diy furniture projects for the weekend.
Happy day to you!Continue reading
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I can’t help it.
I know you’re here to learn about how to to build a fold-up pallet desk.
After all….that’s what the title says….
….and it is an amazing project that you can build in an afternoon (and you don’t even have to take the pallet apart).
But I need to interrupt this regularly scheduled post…..
…..for this.Continue reading
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The other day we had a yard sale.
We sold a claw foot bathtub and an old trunk and a Ho Ho Ho pillow and two chairs missing spindles and a bunch of old trophies and a yellow train track set and box full of cassette tapes.
High dollar stuff.
Aren’t you sad you missed it?
And during the frenzy of shopping activity…..
……my mother told everyone about my blog.Continue reading
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I spent part of last week figuring out how to paint a dresser with numbers.
It’s been on my to-do list ever since last fourth of July when I first painted it gray and distressed it and put it in the upstairs playroom.
It never really looked right.
It looked….well….it looked….gray.
Gray with red numbers is so much better.Continue reading
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I love a good project…..a topiary project.
Actually….I love making a good topiary project and telling you all about it.
If you lived next door…..I would be knocking right now….holding my coat hanger topiary and a pitcher of sweet tea.
Especially if you were grilling hamburgers.Continue reading
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Happy Saturday.
Welcome to the weekend.
Looking for a gift idea?
Here’s four fun stamping projects that would make a perfect gift.
And you can make them in a Saturday.
Any Saturday…….just like today.Continue reading
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