Last year we were left with a broken pellet stove and had to make the tough decision of whether to buy another pellet stove or switch to a wood stove…
I set a pretty winter table last night. Not for any particular reason but just because I wanted to make dinner a little more special and out of the ordinary. There is…
Winter can be a dark and dreary time of year. All the excitement of Christmas is over, the days are shorter and if you live anywhere north, it’s really cold. …
It’s funny as excited as I am to decorate for Christmas, I am often just as excited to take down the decorations. Winter decorating to me is about bright white décor, warm…
One of my favorite things to decorate in our farmhouse is our fireplace mantels. Below, I am sharing my fireplace mantel decorating ideas for the whole year. From Christmas to…
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Hi everyone! With the crazy cold weather we have had lately (hello, zero degrees over the weekend and it’s snowing as I write this:) I wanted to share 5 ways we stay warm…
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Hi everyone! I am back to share some of our Valentine decor with you. I had hoped to share a “simple” Valentine craft of felt hearts. However, when I made…
Hi everyone! This past week I shared our Christmas tour with you and in our family room we added something special to our fireplace mantel. Cedar post houses for Christmas!!! …
Have you ever wanted to snow clean rugs? I started snow cleaning my rugs about eight years ago after reading an organic cleaning book and I have been cleaning my…
A few friends asked me to PLEASE do a post on how I made the book page wreath that I have hanging above my fireplace mantel in my living room…
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