Recently, I finished a makeover of a college apartment living room shared by my daughter, Elizabeth, and her four roommates. I was a participant in the One Room Challenge and if you’d like to read about it here is the link to the reveal post: […]

Last year, my daughter Elizabeth and I collaborated on bringing function and style to her bland college dorm room.  I’ve listed the sources for all of the items at the end of this post.  You’ll also find some dorm room hacks in this post that […]

At the beach house, everyone enters through the back door.  The area just inside the door  becomes a messy drop zone for shoes, packages, jackets and beach gear. To bring some organization to this space, we added a Pottery Barn coat rack last year, as […]

We’ve been busy with several house projects, all in various stages  but none of which are complete.  Part of the problem is that I like to wait and see what comes along in terms of accessories and furniture.  I love thrifting and yard saling, rather […]

I love the month of January. For me, it is a time to slow down after the busyness of the holidays. It’s usually peppered with a couple of snow days which adds to the take it easy, watch movies, stay in our pj’s all day […]

Hi there and happy new year!  It seems everyone gets the organizing bug this time of year and I am no exception!  I have so many areas of my home to tackle but the one that has bothered me the most is my desk area. […]

The Hope Christmas Craft Market in Hope, New Jersey is just around the corner on Saturday and Sunday, December 6th and 7th.  This is our 6th year doing this show and we are excited about all the furniture pieces we have this year, along with […]

In a previous post I shared how we used Ikea cabinets in our new home  in order to keep costs down.  When I was planning this kitchen and looking at pictures on Pinterest and in magazines, those that were outfitted in head to toe Ikea often […]

I have a hard time parting with my magazines and love to keep and look at them for years. The hard part is knowing how to store all of them. Here’s an idea that we came upon by accident.  We had been given about 300 […]

School’s out here and it’s been a rainy June so my crafty girls are looking for things to do. Flower Pens are an easy, cheap project that can be completed in a short time. Supplies: Flower pot and saucer coffee beans (to anchor the pens) […]