Hi Everyone- It’s getting close to Halloween! Here is an updated tutorial on my diy floating ghost project from a few years ago. It is one of my most popular posts. In the past I used a ball shaped foam to drape the cheese cloth over the “foam head.” I would then add sticks or wood spoons to [Read more…]
DIY Headstones
Hi everyone~ This is fun DIY project you can do in an hour if you (or a neighbor) own a jigsaw! All you need for these DIY headstones are thin sheets of plywood and craft paint! Oh, and alphabet stencils unless you have great hand writing skills on rough plywood! I made my original headstones a few years [Read more…]
Clearance Perennials at Lowe’s
Hi everyone- I was at Lowe’s Home Improvement a few weeks ago and found these perennials. Not the perennials outside or down the center aisle, but tucked away near the mulch. At first I was like , “Why is there a random shelf with perennials?” And, then I spotted the clearly identifiable clearance tag. I had found the island [Read more…]
Mosquito Repellant Plants
How is it that some of us get attacked by mosquitos the minute we step outside while others can watch an entire sunset and never get a nibble? I am wearing long sleeves and yoga pants pajama bottoms after 5pm because of the mosquitos comfort. #notatrophywife So while in the mountains, where the mosquitos have clearly adjusted to [Read more…]
Patriotic Pillow Decor
HI there- I admit I don’t use a lot of red, white and blue in my house for the 4th of July. I think because the heat just makes me cranky and it doesn’t have the wind up like say Halloween where you can get a good 4 weeks out of the ghosts and pumpkins! [Read more…]
Thrifty Patio Lighting in Minutes
Hi Everyone- We are addressing multiple issues in our yard! We have outdoor lighting but we have a few pockets in the yard and our patio that have little or no light. With a new puppy I wanted to have some way of finding her for her midnight bathroom breaks! So I snagged a few of [Read more…]
Front Yard Inspiration
Front Yard Inspiration | BH&G Here’s a little inspiration for your weekend projects in the weeks ahead. Scroll down the to bottom to see our current nightmare. I call it my Shawshank, because every week, before the trash guys come, I take a couple shovels full of the itty bitty rocks to haul out with [Read more…]
Gate Update
Hi there- how was your weekend? We spent the weekend replacing gates in our backyard for our new puppy, Chloe! It was a birthday gift to me from the family: the puppy, not the gate! It was looking a little tired: both the gate and myself!! Both gates just needed new doors as the posts were [Read more…]
My backyard mess
I keep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers to help me with my 18 x18 {doggy} litter box. I have been blocked from his Twitter handle! I profiled my back yard mess in the past, but since removing our shutters from our dining room the first thing family and friends see when they walk into our main [Read more…]
Front yard inspiration
Our front entry needs work. The porch usually looks pretty good, but there is no walk way. It’s a driveway that lands right next to porch steps! So I like some of these walkways! These photos were curated from BH&G. I love this front door, but I just don’t think my HOA would allow for anything [Read more…]
Bird Seed Balls
Look what I found at The Barn in Castle Rock, Colorado? The Barn showcases booths of crafts. It’s like an indoor tag sale! I saw this and just couldn’t pass it up. I know the perfect place for it in my backyard! It’s like an afternoon snack for the birds. Hey, we all get a little hungry [Read more…]
Yard Crashers… Crash our Yard!!!!!
Yard Crashers! Crash our Yard! I keep waiting for Ahmed from Yard Crashers on HGTV to ring my {door} bell. This is what I plan to show him to help him with some landscape ideas for our back yard. I am happy to help him help me (and my yard). Welcome to my nightmare: This [Read more…]
Portable Outdoor Lighting!
For the record, my {first} husband named our thrifty outdoor lighting “trailer park trash lighting.” Our backyard is in chaos, meaning we have no idea what we want to do. Well, that’s not true, we would love a water feature (thinking cascading waterfall down our hill and ending near a gas fire pit (we live [Read more…]
