I am a Halloween failure. I have not put one Halloween or fall decoration in, on or near my house. You won’t find so much as a pumpkin donning our front stoop. I’m not a… [Continue Reading]
Archives for October 2012
Putting plants to bed for the winter
I hope everyone had a good weekend. For anyone on the East Coast I’m sure your weekend was filled with hurricane preparation and I’m crossing my fingers for all of you that it’s not as… [Continue Reading]
A skeleton key to the rescue
I once read that bloggers should never apologize for posting bad photos. Instead they just shouldn’t post them. That is probably good advice, but I’m going to completely ignore it for today. These photos deserve… [Continue Reading]
Back to the garden
You won’t catch anyone here complaining, but two weekends ago it rained from Friday night to Sunday night almost without stopping. It was a nice, steady rain that added up to 2.5 inches over the… [Continue Reading]
Art at last!
We’ve been looking for a new sofa sort of off and on and a few months ago I walked into the place where we bought our last sofa and talked to the same designer who… [Continue Reading]
Darling dots: How to recover a chair
I’m absolutely delighted to be bringing you this tutorial today. I have to say this is one of my favorite projects ever and I couldn’t be more pleased with the results. This wasn’t even a… [Continue Reading]
A sneak peak of the latest project
I’ve been working on a few projects, some more exciting than others and I’ve finally finished a pretty exciting one that I’m pretty stoked about. BUT … it’s gonna be a long post (you’re gettin’… [Continue Reading]