August! It’s crazy how quickly August arrives after the 4th of July holiday. I was at Kroger the other day and saw decorative pumpkins. Crazy! So I am jumping on the back to school bus with a few of my favorite cooking gadget finds. Because, as moms, we can all look ahead at how important it is [Read more…]
Kitchen & dining room wall tear down…and the wall comes tumbling down…
I credit the weather for this early morning decision to take out the shared wall between our kitchen and dinining room. This is what happened in Colorado when we got two back to back weekends with snow in April! The snow and dreary skies threw us off our game. When rugby and lacrosse games got [Read more…]
Sharing favorite aprons for the summer grilling season!
aprons Today I am sharing a few of my favorite aprons for the summer grilling season! Remember Alice from the Brady Bunch who wore a white apron around her hospital blue uniform? The only time Alice wasn’t wearing an apron was when she had a date with Sam the butcher. Well these cooking “bibs” have returned to the kitchen and they [Read more…]
Cute Pig Serving Bowl for the Kitchen
~serving bowl~ Hi there! I am so excited to share this cute pig serving bowl! He is the newest addition to the family! I love his shape and cute face! I named him Wilbur in honor of the cutest pig ever from the classic children’s book Charlotte’s Web! I found this serving bowl online a few weeks ago here. I [Read more…]
Oven Envy
Tis the season for baking and cooking. I love the idea of a home cooked meal. The issue is I notoriously fail to follow the recipe: I get distracted, I start following the recipe below the one I started, I notoriously substitute one herb for another herb that starts with the same letter (Thyme & [Read more…]
Pantry Painted Hale Navy
Hi Everyone- Who is rushing around their house trying to make changes before the holidays kick into overdrive? Well a few weeks ago I showed off my island after painting it Hale Navy by Ben Moore. I love it! I just had one problem: the updated island clashed with the previously painted (black) pantry door: [Read more…]
Benjamin Moore Hale Navy
~hale navy is my Hail Mary ~ I am so excited to show off my new favorite paint color for my kitchen island ; Benjamin Moore’s Hale Navy. After painting my kitchen the classic Revere Pewter by Benjamin Moore (do I need to credit Ben Moore)? I was desperate (like desperate housewife desperate) to find an accent color [Read more…]
A Return to the classic kitchen table
Hi everyone~ How many of you jumped on the high top kitchen table trend? I wouldn’t say my {first} husband and I are always at the forefront of a trend, but we were on the high top table’s 15 minutes of fame a couple years ago. While participating in our neighborhood’s annual garage sale I [Read more…]
Ikea Hack: DIY Serving Board
I found this wood lazy susan at Ikea. I think it was $7.99 ish so I bought two! Originally they were a blond oak color. I painted them white and had plans to put them in the pantry. But, they took up more space in the pantry than what each lazy susan could store. And, the kids would spend [Read more…]
Leviton Motion Sensor Light
Hi everyone- Let me acknowledge that this idea was my {first} husband’s suggestion. And, when I first heard him mention it I was like, “Yeah, that sounds great… don’t forget to pick up primer at the Depot.” So the last phase of our pantry makeover project was the installation of a Leviton Motion Sensor Light: : [Read more…]
Vintage Mailbox
vintage mailbox I found this vintage mailbox at an antique shop called “The Barn in Castle Rock. The Barn is a collection of boutique booths or spaces contained in a heat controlled environment with coffee ready for sipping. The truth is I am not so sure how vintage the mailbox is, but I did find [Read more…]
No sew window treatments
I am sharing my no sew window treatments. Here is a simple technique to make window treatments in 1/2 the time. A quick trip to Joanne’s and I found this Waverly print (and it was 50% off). Confession: I am a little out of my league in the fabric department, but after a 2nd trip [Read more…]
Spring Plates in Minutes
I am so excited to share how I created spring plates in minutes! I love this very easy spring plate idea. I am a bit of a dish freak. I have used stronger language to describe my dish obsession, but this is a family friendly blog. I love plates, mugs and salad plates. With every season I [Read more…]