Dinning Room

When we first found our home, one of the features that we loved the most was the original large pocket door separating the living and dining room.  It was still the original wood before we moved in, as were all the trim and built-ins in the house.  It also came with the original plates and glass door knobs.  Because we didn't really care for the dark stained wood trim, all of it was painted bright white right away throughout the house, which took weeks but it was so worth it.  The white really made the beautiful trim pop instead of just blending into the wood floor.  And we just loved how the pocket door looked with all the bright white paint.  One of the things we never thought to change was the door knob and backplate.    The current one was just not our thing, too Victorian and ornate, but it was one of those details that didn't really seem important so we left it there.  But it always bothered me a little.  I felt it didn't really go with our decor and it made me not re

Hey there!  Hope everyone is enjoying their day.  I thought I would share some photos of our backyard garden with you as that is where we are spending most of our time these days since it's SUMMER!  Yay! Gardening is a huge passion of mine.  Our kids have even been bitten by the gardening bug.  Hubby and I have had a vegetable garden since we first married 20 years ago, no matter where we live.   We kinda follow the square foot gardening plan in that we built 4' x 4' boxes for our vegetables.  That's about it.  I don't really plant something per square foot.  This works for us.  As you can see, we finally finished the privacy fence and oh how we love it.  We still have some landscaping to do in the back corner where our compost bin is.  All the veggies are coming along nicely, which is a far cry from last summer when everything completely burned up with the hotter than hades summer. The heirloom tomatoes blooms are setting and I can't wait to eat them.  It feel

Hey there!  I have been an absent blogger lately, right?  I've been so busy and the weather has been just lovely, so it's been hard to plop myself down in front of the computer.  Our kiddos are just about finished with school for the summer and I. Can't. Wait!  No more getting up at the crack of dawn to get everyone out the door on time.  Staying up late and sleeping in.   But best of all, spending time with my kids. We love summer!! So, I've been busy doing more fun projects around the exterior of our house.  See, after 6 years of wanting needing a privacy fence in our back yard, we finally put one up and couldn't be happier.  It looks so much better and as a result, I've been adding things we've always wanted to here and there.  Starting with landscaping the side of our home.  It's always been rather dull so we took the plunge there, too.  We waited until shrubs went on sale for half price so landscaping the side wasn't costly, just a little hard

Happy Monday everyone!  I hope all you moms had as wonderful a Mother's Day as I did! I had such a lovely day with my hubby and kids.  And they did all kinds of sweet things for me. But the most special had to be that they told me they loved me and gave me lots of hugs. Last week I was lucky enough to receive a wonderful little package in the mail from Daune over at Cottage In The Oaks and I was thrilled with what was inside. I love packages like this.  Don't they just make you feel so special?  Inside were these lovely vintage flour sack towels, available in her Etsy shop .  I absolutely love them both but I think the towel with the bicycle on it is my favorite.  It makes me smile every time I look at it.  I collect kitchen tea towels and was so excited to add these to my collection but even more excited to hang them on my kitchen island that I made from barn wood. Aren't they so cute?  They go perfectly in our kitchen because of the neutral color and I love the gray lett