Hot Mess or Control Freak
“Isn’t it frustrating that we can’t be God? … Sometimes I wish I could just be good enough and do enough to make it all better, to never make mistakes, and to heal all the hurts that stretch so wide and deep in the world. But alas I cannot. I never could.” ~Gwen Ford Faulkenberry This was the opening of my devotional, and oh how true it is! I can never fix it all or do it all. None of us can. Some of my clients are truly a hot mess. Other clients aren’t even close to a hot mess, but they want it ALL under control. Neither personality is all good or all bad. Those that are a hot mess are often the ones that are so focused on the world outside their walls that their own house is a bit out of control. But they adopt babies, take in foster kids, serve endlessly at their school or church, help support amazing charities… Those that want it all under control often have homes where they welcome others in and love their little part of the world inside their own walls. They keep...
Dessert Plates, Salad Plates, Dinner Plates & Platters
It’s funny how God works sometimes. At the beginning of 2017 I started to feel like God wanted me to reprioritize my life, and refocus on myself a little. I was loving my work, my clients and employees; but my joy tank was feeling a little low. You see I’m an...
A New Chapter
It has been a looooong time since I've written a blog post. I guess you could say I fell off the wagon. I lost my passion for it. It just didn’t seem to make it to the top of the priority list. I have been thinking about that a lot lately, and have had numerous...
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 too.... ...
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 coffee in the...
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 follow me on Facebook got a...
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 it is in the 30's!...
Adding a Little Bling
As I've been talking about organizing a master closet, I have shown you many pictures of mine. I am definitely happy with my recent improvements and feel like adding a simple stack of drawers has given me a brand new closet! As promised, I'm moving on to ideas for...