Hi, Friends! Thanks for joining me today for Part 2 of my Fall Tour. Today, I'm sharing a few different Fall Table Settings with you. Those of you that follow me on Instagram, are aware of the fact that after 20-something years, I am not a lover of cooking anymore. ( occasionally I post food pics, but they are usually super easy & don't require much prep! ) Not sure if I ever really … [Read more...]
Fall House Tour-Part 1- The Porch
Hi there, Friends! Hope your Tuesday is going well. Today, I'm sharing my Fall Porch Tour with y'all. I thought I would break up my Fall Tour posts into 3 separate ones, so as not to bombard you with tons and tons of pictures. ;-) Part 1 will be the porch, Part 2, Fall Dining Table Settings, and Part 3 will be Fall accents added to our home. For the most part, I used what I had in my Fall … [Read more...]
How to Make a Ruffled Skirt Slipcover for a Bench
A few weeks ago, I posted a few fabric inspiration pictures for our family room on Instagram. The existing fabrics were getting tired and dull, and I was ready for a change. I grabbed a few fabric swatches at one of my favorite local fabrics shops, Design Finds, and took them home to see how they looked with the existing fabrics. I decided I liked the black striped linen to cover a $5.00 bench … [Read more...]
Dwell With Dignity Atlanta House Reveal-Part 2
As promised in my last post, today I'm going to share some pretty, inspirational pictures with you of the second Dwell With Dignity Atlanta house installation! Last post, I shared with you the chairs that I had the pleasure of painting and reupholstering for this project. Today, I'm going to show them to you in the new home makeover of a very deserving young Mother and her 2 precious little … [Read more...]
Bentwood Kitchen Chairs Makeover for Dwell With Dignity Atlanta- Part 1
Last Spring, an amazing Dallas, Texas based non-profit organization called Dwell With Dignity chose Atlanta for one of their new design installations/locations. You can read more about it here. While I had a little more time with my design and painting business to help with the one last Spring, I had a few more things I was doing this time around, and couldn't volunteer that much downtown, … [Read more...]
Spring To Fall Table Setting: How to Style Five Different Looks from One Table Setting
Good Monday Morning! We have been having the nicest Fall-like temperatures in the Atlanta area for the past few days: upper 60's in the mornings with an average in the low 80's for the high each day. This time of year is tough for me because I'm such a Summer girl. It takes me until the first of October before I really want to get my Fall stuff out and decorate. My geraniums are just now … [Read more...]
Boys’ Dorm Room Inspiration Boards
Hi, Friends! Hope your Monday is going well. :) I'm just getting around to sharing on the blog about some of the items we bought for my oldest son, Wesley's, dorm room ( if you follow me on Instagram, you have seen posts about items and some inspiration boards already ). Last month, my first born son, went to college. Yes, I have really dreaded that separation for most of his senior year, but … [Read more...]