Thrift Store Thursday- How to Recover a Bench Look at this bed bench I scored on a recent trip to the thrift store! It’s a Bombay Co.™ bench that I got for a steal. The finish is in good shape, but the fabric is, well, very dated! This is ‘Thrift Store Thursday’ so I want to show you how to recover a…
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Haven Conference 2013… Haven Heaven!
My Experience at the Haven Conference 2013 Hey y’all! In case you missed me, I just returned from the Haven Conference held last weekend in Atlanta. Oh. MY. STARS! Can I just say that I have never been so inspired by such an energetic group of talented women in my whole life! It was Haven Heaven for bloggers and do-it-yourselfers!! I learned so…
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Thrift Store Lamps and a Japanese Print
Before I reveal the thrift store lamps, let me tell you the preamble to this story… My husband and I were fortunate a few years ago to be able to visit Tokyo, Japan. Everything you see and read about their culture is true. They are an extremely gracious and genteel people, and their country is absolutely beautiful! We were there…
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How to Personalize a Tote Bag
T-minus 4 days and counting… until the Haven Conference in Atlanta! I’m already learning so much from my fellow ‘haven mavens’, and I’ve seen a couple of posts/tweets about custom tote bags. Some mavens are even coordinating their bags with their blogs! What a fabulous idea!! Today I’m going to show you how easy it is to personalize a tote…
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My Kitchen Table Redo
When our family moved into a new house a couple of summers ago, we needed several pieces of furniture. So we decided that our current kitchen table would have to suffice in our new breakfast room. It was a lovely solid oak round table with a leaf, circa mid-1980’s! Very dated, in other words. And the finish was pretty worn as…
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Haven
Haven… harbor, port a place of safety : refuge a place offering favorable opportunities or conditions This is Webster’s definition of the word Haven. Most of us think of our home as a haven. And we should. Our home is a harbor… a place to ‘land’, and should be a refuge from the world, definitely a place of safety. It should also provide…
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The Bride’s Corner- A Lovely Wedding Vignette
Weddings! Who doesn’t love them?? If you saw this previous post, you know that we had ‘wedding brain’ for months on end! At one of them, my daughter was determined to share her heritage, and she promptly put me in charge of the ‘Bride’s Corner’. The reception was held in an old train station which turned out to be a…
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DIY Mini-Coffee Table
Oh, y’all! I am having such a great time with this blog! Several new posts/projects are in the works that I can’t wait to share. But in the meantime, here’s a quick and easy project… a DIY mini-coffee table! Do you have need of a little bitty table anywhere in your house? I needed one for a sitting room just off the foyer,…
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Cherry Cobbler… the perfect July dessert!
Happy Monday Everyone! Today I want to share a recipe that I’ve already made 3 times since July 4th! Oh, my goodness. I often wonder if I love to cook because I love to eat, or if I love to eat because I love to cook so much! Sort of a chicken-or-the-egg kind of thing. Anyway. I discovered this variation of…
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Wicker Chairs DIY Redo
A while back, I found some dilapidated wicker chairs at a thrift store for $5 each. Since we had recently moved into our new home and needed lots of furniture for inside, money was tight for anything outside. So, I thought, how hard could it be, right? A disclaimer is in order here… this job is not for the…
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Service isn’t a noun… it’s a verb!
Yesterday, I sang with a small ensemble at the funeral of a sweet lady who passed away at the age of 91. I’ve sung at funerals before, and it is always such an honor to be asked. I would never refuse when asked, unless I had a prior commitment and wasn’t able to do it. I feel it’s the…
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