Crafts & DIY

Weekly Wishlist: Owl Obsession

I have a thing for birds when it comes to home decor. The Portlandia skit could have been written about ...

Grow Local!

This weekend I attended the Ohio Valley Greenmarket at one of Hamilton County’s local parks, Glenwood Gardens. The Greenmarket was ...

Town and… Country?

Ok, we don't really live in the country, but we do live a decent distance from downtown Cincinnati. Anyway, I ...

Purple Hearts Yellow

Remember the fabric sneak peek I posted a few weeks ago? And the new placemats I recently made? Well, I ...

Weekly Wishlist: Blingy Bedroom

Given the recent fashion trend toward "flashy neutrals" (which I'm completely in love with, by the way), I figured why ...

Best Dresser-est

After my recent crafting adventure, I had the itch to do more plate- and bowl-painting. So I thought I'd paint ...

Feathered Friends

My mom has always liked hummingbirds, and she has multiple feeders around their backyard. So it was no surprise when ...

Weekly Wishlist: Neon

Neon is definitely not part of the current color palette in my home, but that won't stop me from loving ...

Wild Thing

After 7 weeks, it has become pretty clear that I did not give my garden enough space. While my father ...

Chip It! by Sherwin-Williams

One of my co-workers tuned me in to a pretty sweet new widget by Sherwin-Williams (thanks Nick!). If you haven't ...

Instagram Friday

While I was sewing my placemats at my parent's house, I had to take a quick break to snap a ...

Placemat Project

The first plans I had for my new batch of fabric were new placemats for our kitchen table. Our current ...

My Skills of an Artist

(how many of you picked up on the Strongbad reference? Anyone? Anyone?) I have never been a particularly good artist ...

Weekly Wishlist

Lately, I've been admiring the Pouf Trend, and specifically, the Moroccan-style leather poufs. Whenever they pop up on Joss and ...

Just Call Me Mellow Yellow

I recently discovered Fabric.com... and happened upon this site just in time to browse a fabulous sale! So I went ...

Instagram Friday

Just thought I'd capture a few little characters around the house, inspired by the new ones we added to the ...

It’s Aliiiiiiiiive!

Thought I'd share another update on our veggie garden! It's been 5 weeks since we planted our garden, and things ...

Getting My Craft On

I have to confess something before I get on with this post. I have a love/hate relationship with crafting. (whew! ...

Garden Goods

My veggies have been growing out of control lately, but I have yet to get any produce out of them ...

Tool (Organization) Time

I think the garage is one of the easiest places for clutter to accumulate. We are spoiled by having an ...

Color & Character(s)

Remember my color conundrum in our family room? Well, I/we (Tom sort of voted) have made a decision! And the ...

Instagram Friday

I'm back on track this week! One of my favorite things about summer is all of the fresh, in-season produce ...

Inspiration for a Gallery Wall

Along with selecting an accent color for our family room, I'm also dreaming of creating a gallery wall of photos ...

Mail Call

I think it's safe to assume that pretty much everybody struggles with mail cluttering up their kitchen/office/home. In our old ...

Weekly Wish List

I'm trying out a new weekly feature I'm titling Weekly Wish List, where I can share the elegant, the eclectic, ...

Instagram Sunday

I realized the other day that I forgot to write my Friday Instagram installment. Ooops! So, please accept an Instagram ...

House Tour – Part 3

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Saturday. It's very hot here in southwestern Ohio, so it seemed like a good ...

Color Conundrum

I've been thinking that our family room palette needs an accent color. Don't get me wrong, I adore the eggplant ...

Veggie-tastic

I've been eagerly watching the progress of our veggie garden, and just in the last week, it seemed to explode ...

What’s Behind Wall #1?

One of Tom's aunts gave us great advice at the beginning of the building process: photograph EVERYTHING before the drywall ...

House Tour: Part 2

I finally seemed to have timed things right in terms of daylight and some much-needed kitchen cleaning. So, are you ...

Instagram Friday

Happy Friday! Hope you all have a fun weekend planned! I'm treating myself to a little belated birthday mani-pedi tomorrow! ...

House Tour: Part 1

I guess it's about time for a house tour, right? Since everything is better / makes more sense with pictures? Well, ...

Bright Ideas

By far, the room that I'm most excited to decorate and finish out is my office/study/library. And while I wait for ...

6 Months Old!

We moved into our home 6 months ago today! My, how time flies! Let's take a look at the progress ...

Instagram Friday

I'm completely enamored with my hydrangea bush, and have been taking lots of photos of it lately. I just love ...