“Mom, you said I never had a chance at winning!” This is the accusation reminder my son shouted at me as I was loading the dishwasher and counting the minutes before bedtime. Last night after I had just said good night to my boys, my middle son {MS}** comes running down the stairs shouting: “Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom [Read more…]
Dresser Makeover

A 40 year old handmade dresser that was made by my husband’s grandfather. I can’t part with it, because it is a connection to my husband’s family. It’s most recent color was black. And, of course I don’t have a photo. So here is the color palette I selected for my son’s dresser makeover. [Read more…]
Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars {5 ingredients}

Shh.. don’t tell anyone these peanut butter chocolate bars are sooo easy and a great year round treat. Plan a workout after diving into these peanut butter chocolate bars: no oven, 5 ingredient chocolate peanut bars! My sister makes these for our family every time she visits: Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars 1 box powdered sugar [Read more…]
Updating Door Handles and Hinges

I am in love with our new ORB {oil rubbed bronze} door handles and hinges from Home Depot. Our door handles were previously the brassy builder stock when we purchased our house 10 years ago. Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over 10 years. So over the past year we siphoned a little from our paychecks and to purchase and install [Read more…]
Monogram Wreath

I finally created a wreath that looks half way decent! I am so excited to share this monogram wreath! Of course, this wreath was done last year, but since I took this picture I painted the front door! I decided to re-post because it was a so popular. I am going to update this for winter with [Read more…]