Paint on a wall.

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Pin It Looking for a simple way to add some oomph to an otherwise boring wall? Here’s a simple idea that you can customize to your style and need. It’s kinda like hand stenciling without the hassle of dealing with a stencil. It’s all freehand. I’m not sure where the idea came from that inspired me to try it.

Citrus Spring Medley in a Pot

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I can’t tell you how many times in the past few weeks I’ve passed these grapefruit and other citrus and caught a whiff of their crisp, clean scent. It’s a happy smell, a quick lift in my day, a prelude to what spring will bring. If only I can enjoy it in other parts of our home. But alas! I can! How many times during continue reading …

Funky Sway

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Have you ever had a purchase just mess up your whole groove? Or throw off your feng shui or what I like to call “funky sway”? Funky sway is easier to spell and speaks to me people, it just does. Anyway, whatever you want to call it, this messed mine up: a brown sectional sofa. The low down? It was purchased as a solution for continue reading …

Can you help a girl out?

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I’ve mentioned to you before that I like junkin.’ Whether it’s a garage sale, thrift store, antique shop – you name it, I’m there. And every now and then you find a treasure that was just meant for you. Here’s one of those… About two years ago I bought this curved rocker at a garage sale in Charleston, S.C. for about $90. It reminded me continue reading …

The leftovers and a green thumb.

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A few months back we dismantled a piano. And again, when I say “we,” I mean my handy dandy hunk of a husband that I love so much. Anyway, I wanted to recycle some of the pieces left over from the piano. The piano keys were given to my sister for Christmas. She plans on putting them in a large apothecary jar or vase on continue reading …