Gold Dipped Wooden Planter & Dresser Styling

You know when you're watching home buying shows on TV and the agent tells the client that you can make cosmetic changes, but the one thing you can't change is the location? Yeah. I sort of feel that way about thrift store shopping. But, instead of a bad location (like a house) something at the thrift store might be total trash or completely unusable. (Tell me I'm not the only one who wonders how some of that stuff has even made it onto the shelves). Other items might just need that easy cosmetic change.

[Project Notebook] Plants & Interesting Containers

I always get a teensy bit excited when it's time to head to the garden store to buy plants and flowers for our yard. 

 

We just made it there earlier this week and I  picked a pretty good assortment of herbs, perennials and annuals to dress up our space. Hopefully, this weekend I will get everything sorted, planted and displayed. 

 

I'm trying to go for a really cottage look this year and to me that means lots of chippy and interesting containers.  Here are some that I find really inspiring...

 

 

 

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[Project Notebook] Potting Benches

I've been so busy with painting furniture lately that I haven't even had a chance to begin decorating my back porch. (Which, is probably for the best since the pollen counts have been off the chart and I wouldn't last two minutes out there anyway!)

 

 

I have tons of ideas floating around in my head and one is to add in a small potting bench. I've been hunting for a table to fit that spot, but so far, not a lot of luck. (There is one that I like and have been considering...maybe I should just get it so I can stop thinking about it!) In the meantime, I have found lots of ideas that completely inspire me.

 

 

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Do you have a potting bench?  If so, stop by my Facebook page here and share a picture.


Have a great day!

 



Planter with Moss & Bark

 

 

 

Last week, my boys asked me to bring them down to the end of our street. This is seriously one of my favorite things to do. 

 

We live in a small city, so our yard it kind of tiny. Actually, it's tiny and hilly so not always the most conducive to playing and running around.

 

But, at the end of our street is this place my boys call the monuments.  It's sort of this large cobblestone circle with statues commemorating soldiers who fought in various wars. They like to go there and walk around calmly and examine each statue run around or ride their bikes like complete maniacs.  And attached to the monuments is this huge plot of land and a beautiful old school that is in transition.

{Frugal Fall} Entry & Tutorial

I really am a fan of autumn.  I've tucked in twigs, pumpkins and dried corn all around our home and our entryway is no exception.