A Wilderness Dream Home {Home Tour}

I've mentioned this home in a few previous posts, and I'm so happy to be able to give you a tour today.  Our long-time friends (20+ years!) who we have vacationed with, served in church with, celebrated babies with, and laughed with built their dream home.  They call their spot "The Wilderness" and it is...as much of one that you can have in Oklahoma! They have carved the perfect spot out of the trees for the house, rearranged ponds, and laid out a beautiful homestead ready for lots of family fun.   This journey began over two years ago-just the building part-they've been planning it for much longer.  They have done most of the work themselves and I'm sure they know where every nail, stud, joint, and wire are located.   The Kitchen-includes a fabulous variety of countertops and cabinet finishes Kitchen Ceiling-Wallpaper painted and faux-finished to look like copper Kitchen eating and sitting area with incredible cat...

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Swimming...

I really hope I'm not the only one who starts one project before another is finished... Need to choose a color and be done with it! For upcoming projects Need to plant Almost done...I LOVE IT!! A friend let me borrow this and it's my new favorite tool!  How did I ever get along without one of these? And on top of all of that, I started reading this and do not want to put it down: Time to focus! ...

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Twiggy Outdoor Chandelier and a True Picture of Spring

Today I want to share a project with you that I made about a year and a half ago before I started blogging.  However, I was anticipating maybe starting a blog, so I took pictures of the process just in case.   We have a covered sitting area on our back patio.  I searched for months for some kind of chunky iron candelabra to hang, but came up empty.  Then, while thrifting, I found this.   I bought some glass votive holders that fit inside and some tea-light candles and used it as-is for a while.  But, it looked wimpy.  I wanted something bulkier.  I had seen some fantastic DIY twig chandeliers in the blogosphere,  and I thought it would be extremely fitting to try one, since this was outside and all!  I had previously painted it a few different colors, but spray painted the frame brown for this project so the frame would blend in with the twigs. Then, I hung it and started poking twigs in the middle.  The frame had a big open section in the middle which was really...

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Paint Your Walls-Digitally & Photo Editing News

While thumbing through a magazine the other day, I saw an ad for the Sherwin-Williams Color Visualizer  and knew the perfect way that I wanted to try it out.  Maybe I'm the last person to have ever tried it, but this was new to me. We have a room designated for an office in our house.  It's a nice size and it has evolved into not only an office, but a game room, play room, and music room.  After moving into this house almost 5 years ago, I painted the walls red, put in the leopard carpet, and tried to make it a little funky and fun.  I still love red and it has served us well, but it's time to freshen up the room a bit. I went to the website and found  the  Color Visualizer , and in just a little time was learning how to use the program.  I played around just enough to get this one picture for now, but I can see this being a very useful tool.  It really helps to have a strong visual of what your room might look like painted in the new colors that you are thinki...

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Sprucing Up For Spring

This post is all  Pam's  fault.  First, she showed us how to plant grass  for indoor decorating and made me want some too. We planted rye grass but Pam's was wheat grass.  The blade on the wheat grass seems thicker and I'll probably try that one next time.   Then, she got all "Spring-y" with her mantle  and made me want to brighten up my mantle, too.  I usually don't switch up the mantle much during the year other that for Fall and Christmas, but I had to do something with all of that grass I planted! After all of my grass was growing well I decided I wanted some for the kitchen table, too.  I used a few plastic bowls in my wooden dough bowl and am hoping that the spanish moss will disguise the plastic once the grass is grown.   Have you every planted grass for a table arrangement or indoor decor?  You still have time if you want some for your Easter table!  Ours was sprouting within 3-4 days and the kids have alread...

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Dapper Dining Drapes...Done!

How's that title for some alliteration? A few weekends ago Ray & I made a quick trip to Dallas overnight.  I went into one of my favorite fabric stores fully intenting to purchase fabric to make new solid, neutral curtains for the dining room.   These are the curtains right across the room- My living/dining/kitchen are all open so whatever I put in the dining room needed to coordinate with what I already had in the back.  My plan was to get a pretty, fresh solid green for the dining room.  And then I saw these at the fabric store- (really bad phone pic but that's a smaller scale houndstooth.) You know that  I love houndstooth  and could not get this idea out of my head.  I left the fabric store without making any purchases.  After returning home, I began the search for the perfect fabric.  I scoured the internet and drove all over town checking fabric stores for a houndstooth pattern that was just right.  I came up empty-handed...everything wa...

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