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One Room Challenge Spring 2020 week 4 – My back porch and yard transformation
Thank You! This is my week of incredible gratitude. Gratitude for Linda Weinstein who started the One Room Challenge (you can read more about it here), Better Homes and Gardens who are a sponsor for this event and mostly to my sponsors and cheerleaders! Please follow...
One Room challenge – Spring 2020 – Week 3 – My back porch and yard transformation
This is week 3 of the One Room Challenge. I am a guest participant and chose my back porch and yard for my challenge. For those of you who don't know, this event was created to challenge designers to do the work in their own homes, which is so often neglected. Read...
ONE ROOM CHALLENGE SPRING 2020 – WEEK 2 – MY BACK PORCH AND YARD TRANSFORMATION
One Room Challenge spring 2020!. My back yard transformation is in progress! Read more about the One Room Challenge and follow the blogs of other participants here. Firstly I would like to thank my sponsors Beyond Floors.Net, Starfine Furniture, Seasonal Living and of...
One Room Challenge Spring 2020 – Week 1 – My back porch and yard transformation
Exciting times! I am excited to be a guest participant on the One Room Challenge. This is the annual opportunity designers have to fix up a room in their own homes. This bi-annual event was started by Linda Weinstein in 2011. Twenty design influencers/bloggers get...
My gardening obsession with birds bees and butterflies
Well it's official. I am obsessed with my garden at the moment. Here in Texas there is a very small window in the spring to actually enjoy the outdoors. Now is that time. The mornings are cooler and the days are pleasantly hot. Soon it will be a long endless summer...
How to bring some color to your back porch
Spring is here and let's face it some of us are tired of staying at home. Look no further than your back yard to bring some respite because that is where the joy is! My philosophy is always to make everything as fun and colorful as you can. There is so much color and...
How To Create An Office Space With What You Have
Last week I showed you the beautiful pictures of my office (well that is if you have imagination). See here for last week's blog. I decided my office was disgraceful and I could not use it the way it was since I was not inspired in there. Time to reflect and plan Let...
How I Am Coping With My New Stay-At-Home Lifestyle
Whether you like it or not you are now at home (possibly working) with your kids. God Bless us. I am at home with my 16 year old son who has decided that staying up til 3 am playing Play Station is the new norm. Umm no. No school...
5 Uncommon Shade Plants for Southern Gardens
Spring is here and I am ready to garden. I am also doing the #OneRoomChallenge as a guest and have picked my porch and back yard for the challenge Organic Gardening Let me start this post off by telling you about my love for organic gardening. I have practiced organic...
5 Interesting Ways To Add An African Touch With Decor
Discover how to expand your horizons by using ethnic, handmade art into your home.
5 Ways To Make a Boho Chic Abode
So you have seen all that Boho romantic stuff out there and you want to duplicate it but don't know how. What is boho style? It is and ecclectic warm mix of ethnic and therefore global and other styles put together in surprising ways. Bright colors and earthy items...
How To Create A Neutral Beach Palette With A Little Bit Of Color
Have you often wondered how to create a neutral pallet without sticking to beige or grey? I for one do not like anything in those two "colors" (neither is a color to me). I have had clients who have used only 1 grey in many watered down versions in their house. For me...