A Quick and Easy Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Done Meal This time of year we find ourselves very busy! We have gift buying, gift wrapping, Christmas social events, cookie making, house decorating and many many other To Do items. So, getting dinner on the table isn’t always the easiest of events when you are go… Continue reading Clean-Out-the-Fridge Frittata
At Home Rotisserie Chicken with Carrots and Potatoes One of my favorite go-to meals! This little clay pot is awesome! If you want to make rotisserie worthy chicken at home, then I highly recommend investing in one of these pots. It is so easy to use and the results are amazing – you will never… Continue reading Clay Pot Chicken
These shelves are now finished and styled. To see them click here! Our Master Bath is pretty small when you compare it to Master Bathroom’s in newly built homes. A master bath (or “ensuite”) wasn’t an important component when checking off “must-haves” while house hunting. If the master bedroom included an ensuite, then we were… Continue reading Chunky Floating Shelves and Adding Storage to a Small Bath
Welcome to our wine cellar! Well, it is not actually a cellar, but maybe someday…… It is a wine cabinet that I fell in love with while my husband and I were shopping for a bedroom dresser. Who needs a dresser when you can have one of these instead, right? Recently my sister moved in… Continue reading Organizing and Labeling Wine with Colored Rubber Bands
The shelves are done and decorated! I am in love with them! I had a hard time photographing them – my lighting wasn’t great. What do you think? For before photos and planning of the shelves click here: Chunky Floating Shelves Here they are without any items on them yet: And here they are loaded… Continue reading DIY Chunky Floating Shelves – Final Photos with Shelf Vignettes
This is the easiest bread to make! Promise! Once you make it you won’t believe how simple it is. Just give it a try!Inspired by Joy The Baker – Easy Spicy Garlic Bread Ingredients: 1 cup (8 ounces) of warm water (between 110 and 115 degrees F)2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast1/8 teaspoon white sugar1… Continue reading Super Easy Homemade Bread
We face-lifted most of the rooms when we moved into the house. This bath had a lot of potential but just looked faded and unloved. We were able to update the bath on a budget by simply applying some paint, a couple new mirrors, lights and countertop. Everything else we were able to re-use or… Continue reading Jack and Jill Budget Bath Renovation – Before and After
This past week has been fun and busy while we finalized details, hosted family and cooked up a storm for my sister and “almost brother”‘s wedding shower. Because it was a couples shower we (the bridesmaids) decided to throw an evening cocktail shower at my home and highlight the couple as a “Perfect Pair”. We… Continue reading A Perfectly Paired Shower For A Perfect Pair – A Couples Shower
For our “Perfect Pair” themed couples shower we served heavy appetizers that were split into 4 stations. Each station was paired with a different wine and beer. We used chalkboards to label the foods and describe each pairing. The stations were in different areas on the first floor of the house to encourage movement and… Continue reading A Perfectly Paired Menu For A Perfect Pair – A Couples Shower Menu
We love the original hardwood floors in our home. It is one of the many reasons we fell in love with this house – for its character. We were fortunate to find these floors under the carpet shortly after moving in. What we didn’t anticipate was the price of purchasing area rugs for every room… Continue reading How We [Kinda] Got The Look Of A Large Rug For A Smaller Price
