Happy Friday! If you are starting to think about gift-giving and want some environmentally- and budget-friendly ideas, for today's Friday Five, I'm showing you five upcycled gift ...
Five Upcycled Gift Ideas (Friday Five)
The Christmas Rules
Being the former lawyer/type-A/rule-follower that I am, I have certain, ahem, “rules” about Christmas. These Christmas Rules are to be followed by all at HQ (and everyone knows it!), and now have become part of our family’s decoration and celebration. Rule #1: You don’t believe, you don’t receive. Neither of my children still believes in Santa….
Five Ways to Get Ready for Fall
I am over hot weather! I am ready for fall: cooler temperatures, brightly colored leaves, football season, and pumpkin bread! I thought, for today’s Friday Five, I’d show you five ways to get ready for fall in your home. Now that the kids are back in school and football season’s about to start, I’m ready…
Fall Pumpkin Planters
Who’s ready for fall?? ME! I’m tired of the hot, humid summer we’ve had! So, I thought today I’d move into fall and share a great project for adding fall curb appeal to your home. These fall pumpkin planters are an easy, quick, and inexpensive project. I got this idea when I had bought some mums, but…
Decorating for Fall
There are two kinds of people this time of year. Those who are hanging on to the last bits of summer… and those who are ushering in fall with open arms. I’m in that second category. Do you decorate your home for fall? I love adding a few touches to welcome the new season. Summer…
Solution for Framing Oddly Shaped Art
FYI, this post contains affiliate links. I was so lucky to have a beautiful Mother’s Day, filled with waffles in bed and cards and hugs. Both kids made cards for me, and I love them. So, naturally, I wanted to frame them. The problem is that they are not standard shapes to fit in a…
Passover Recipes
This year, Passover is taking on a new or somewhat different meaning. Passover is about persevering, doing with what you have, making the best of a challenging situation. Given the coronavirus, distancing, and quarantining, we are doing just that. We might not have been able to get all the components of the seder (I’m using…
My Favorite Spring Cleaning Tips
Hi friends. We are under a stay at home order now – and everyone should STAY AT HOME, even if they aren’t under an order. With all the chaos going on, I’ve felt a need to feel centered and to create order in our home. To me, that means cleaning up, organizing, and purging old…
A "recovering lawyer," I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.