Dining Room Chairs

You know how I said I would breeze through the dining room update in a quick series and move on to organization?  Well, that hasn’t happened now has it!!  Hopefully I’m back on track now, but I’ve been doing what a lot of you have probably been doing...

DIY Cornice Boards

As I shared in my last post about our dining room, I wanted to add some interest to the room with window treatments, without spending a ton of money on custom roman blinds.  I decided that making a cornice board for each window would be the best way to add some...

Unpacking After a Week Away

The kids and I spent the last week in Colorado with my family.  I am truly “a Colorado girl at heart”!  I love the mountains, gorgeous weather and all the outdoors have to offer… fishing, climbing rocks, camping.  The only thing better than a cup of...

Big Changes Ahead!

It has been busy around here! and I don’t just mean summer busy… baseball, swimming, VBS, spending time with friends…  We’ve been doing all that too, but I’ve also been working away at some big changes in our house!  Those of you that...

Summer School

Summer is in full swing, but as we get more into the lazy-lack-of-a-schedule summer days, I always find myself feeling a little overwhelmed by the consuming role of motherhood.  I know I am not alone in this!  We want to have fun with our kids and maximize on the...

Creating a Functional Coat Closet

Summer is coming!!!  I committed to the end of winter last week and washed my kids’ winter gear to store for the summer.  Of course we needed winter coats at my son’s baseball game last night, but luckily my kids don’t think they need a coat unless...