Our House: A Little Bit of Bird Watching
I love birds… now.
When I was younger, I remember my mom and dad getting such a kick out of seeing this bird or that, and I have to admit, I didn’t get it.
Our House… A Year in the Life of a River
This post has been a whole year in the making.
Really.
I started it last summer, during the dry season, when the grass was crisply waiting for a drink… and the river, still flowing being spring-fed, yet more shallow than normal for lack of the extra fill of runoff from the rain.
Summer 2012
This is the river at the foot of the meadow down the pasture from ‘Our House’.
It is a class 1 trout stream. You can see how closest to the camera, the bottom of the river is visible, it’s only about a foot or two deep there, but that curve to the far right is a deep spot, between 8-10 feet deep, and the ‘sweet spot’ for catching trout.
Then came Autumn… Click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House: Master Bedroom Eclectic Furniture Finishes
I love a room with a mixture of furniture finishes, painted, distressed, wood grains, all of them. I find that if a room has all the same wood finishes, I get bored to death, and it’s impossible at that point to bring in something different, because it’s the only thing that is different, so it’ll stick out like a sore thumb!
So instead, I constantly mix it up. The key is to figure out how to balance those different finishes within the room. And to balance it with what the room itself has going on.
So for example in our master bedroom, the walls, ceiling, doors and trim are all painted wood. So if all my furniture finishes were painted wood it’d be just as boring to me as those rooms where people have all wood grain finished trim, doors, floors and all their furnishings are wood… (I have friends that have that, and I have a confession to make, when I go to visit them sometimes I get lost imagining painting their trim and some of their furniture!) click here to read the rest of the story…
Someone Else’s House: Bungalow Living Room
Last time we were in this living room, I showed you the fireplace and mantel area that was transformed with paint and fabric. (click here to see that transformation) I also showed you how the saddle is displayed by the fireplace, and the wonderful sign they made from old fence boards featuring a horse theme with parts of a verse from the book of Job. (click here to see more about that)
On the other side of the living room…
Just like the rest of the darling antique craftsman style house, the ‘after’ pics speak volumes to the click here to read the rest of the story…
Alaska Fish Fertilizer and Another $25 American Express Card Giveaway!
Disclosure: Post and giveaway sponsored by Central Garden & Pet, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure.
This giveaway is now closed.
This is the 2nd in a series of 4 posts I’m featuring about products from Central Garden & Pet.
(If you missed it, the first post was from the Ironite products line featuring ‘Ironite Plus’, which is a liquid lawn and garden spray.)
And as exciting as it is to learn about fertilizer options for the garden, this 4 part series is doubling exciting due to the $25 American Express gift card giveaways!!!
Yay!!
All you have to do to be entered in this random drawing is be sure to leave a comment below to be entered in the first $25 American Express gift card giveaway. If you ‘liked’ my facebook fan page, followed me on Pinterest, &/or Linky Followers, &/or Bloglovin’ tell me in your comment and for each ‘like’ you’ll get another entry!! Then Central Garden & Pet will send the first winner a $25 American Express gift card!
***In your comment be sure to tell me all the ways you follow me, so you don’t miss extra entries!!
(this giveaway ends Sunday, June 2, 2013) click here to read the rest of the story…
Someone Else’s House: Bungalow Dining Room Details
So far in this dining room, I’ve shown you the difference in the chandelier, from dated to a more fitting style for the house, as well as the big before and after pics of the room.
So let’s get into the details… It is the details that can sometimes make or break a room. click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House: These Chalkboard Labels Aren’t What You Think They Are
We just finished the wet bar in the family room at ‘Our House’, and I’ve had a lot of fun with the accessories. I already showed you how I installed the shelf with a vintage candy box and soda pop collection above the counter. (if you missed that, click here)
So for on the counter, I wanted just a few cute things, that I didn’t have to spend a bunch of money or time on. When I saw these retro jars at Target the other day, I thought, ‘perfect!’
This is what they looked like before the labels: click here to read the rest of the story…
Someone Else’s House… Antique Craftsman Style Home’s Dining Room ReDo
The dining room in this antique craftsman is now gorgeous!
This is the dining room that belongs to the young couple of the home which I’ve already shown you the Master Bedroom, the Anthropologie Styled Bathroom, the Creatively Numbered Stairway, with the Amazing Closet Transformation, the Amazing DIY Wall Pot Rack, the Living Room Fireplace, with Horse Inspired Details, and now here is the before and after of this now gorgeous dining room.
The dining room has through the decades click here to read the rest of the story…
Spring Fling Must-Haves
Disclosure: Post and giveaway sponsored by Central Garden & Pet, but all opinions are my own. Please see below for additional disclosure.
This giveaway is now closed.
Whoo-Hoo!!! This is the first in a 4 part series featuring two great things…
and…. giveaways…
A total of 4 separate $25 American Express gift card giveaways!!!
Yay!! All you have to do is comment below to be entered in the first $25 American Express gift card giveaway. If you liked my facebook fan page, followed me on Pinterest, &/or Linky Followers, &/or Bloglovin’ tell me in your comment and for each ‘like’ you’ll get another entry!! Then Central Garden & Pet will send the first winner a $25 American Express gift card! Seriously, how great is that? (the other 3 giveaways are coming up in future posts, so be sure to watch for them)
So this first Spring Fling Must-Have Ironite product is ‘Ironite Plus’. It is a liquid lawn and garden spray. The bottle claims it will not burn, and greens up quickly. That’s good because with as long as this winter was, we are ready for some quick greening.
Want to see an amazing before and after? click here to read the rest of the story…
Our House: Wet Bar Cabinet Stencil Project
Right in the middle of painting my new wet-bar cabinets, I was contacted by Royal Design Studio to post a little something about their stencils.
Well, perfect timing! I wanted to add a little bit of something to the two cabinet doors, and they offered me to select one of their lovely stencils…
(yesterday I showed you some details I decorated on the shelf above the wet bar, click here if you missed that post)
I selected the Wicker Stencil because I thought it sort of mimicked the click here to read the rest of the story…
