This Spring we finally made the investment in window awnings for our home. With a southern exposure and no shade trees, the sun beats on the front and east side of our old 1940’s Jersey shore cape style house. When we bought this house in […]

Recently, I added house numbers to an old oar that we positioned near the back door of our coastal home.  Around here,  UPS and Fedex deliver from an alley that runs behind the houses so I wanted to make it a little easier for them […]

This is a quick and easy project when your entry needs a little spruce up! I made one of these striped doormats a few years ago using spray paint which you can read about here.  This time, I used leftover exterior paint and a brush […]

Our daughter’s graduation party recently motivated us to work on our back yard and patio area.  Because the yard slopes off, the first floor of our home is elevated in the back of the house.  Underneath there is a covered patio area which, until now, […]

Last weekend we turned our attention to the outside of the beach house.  We are still finishing up the fence but I thought I would share our progress so far. This is  what we started with: We then painted the house gray and the trim white, […]

When it comes to Christmas wreaths and garlands, I prefer the real thing.  But real evergreen wreaths and garlands that are packed full with a variety of greens are hard to find and very pricey.  Likewise, starting from scratch and making my own is a […]

I love fall and recently spent a little time adding a few fall touches to my front porch. If you follow our blog, then you know that one of my go to craft projects is hand painting numbers on just about anything. I have done […]

This weekend, my daughter helped me with a fun little project of painting house numbers on the mailbox of the Jersey shore house – a small detail but when viewed together with other small details, they begin to make a big impact. We showed how to […]

When we are working on the Jersey shore house, I love taking a short ride over to the Bayhead area where there are so many gorgeous homes on the beach and on the bay.   They often provide the inspiration for some of the ideas […]

We are making progress on the exterior of this house located at the Jersey shore.  The house was stuck in the 1970’s with its beige and brown color scheme. We specced a gray/blue/white color scheme for the facade to give it a more beachy vibe. […]