We, and a bunch of friends, are doing a fun little story tour over on Instagram.  It’s ALL THINGS PUMPKINS.  As soon as we made the pumpkin theme, I knew what I wanted to do – a wooden jack-o-lantern!  I take photos of lots of things that I know Deb could make when I’m out […]

Have you ever gotten sucked down a rabbit hole and couldn’t get out for a long, long time?  ????   Oh my gosh. That happened to me on eBay with their vintage Halloween decorations.  After doing an online search of vintage halloween decor, cool items from eBay kept popping up.  I saw so many things from […]

I was walking past this little cabinet in the dining room and realized I have never shown you this area yet.  We decided to move lots of furniture around in this little rental a few weeks ago.  Because we needed a fresh start and a fresh attitude.  ????  And slowly but surely, I’m getting it […]

I have been trying to show you guys lots of different areas that I have been styling for Fall.  And remember, this house is small so I have to get creative with my areas.  I styled this side table a few weeks ago and shared it, but I plucked the ceramic pumpkin that I found […]

  The Springfield, Ohio Flea Market…. awwwww… A distant memory.  Last weekend we were on our way home with our goodies from our second round of shopping.  And, we had a great happy hour and came home and made fools of ourselves on our Instagram stories while making tater tots in our air fryer.  ????  […]

If you have been watching over on Instagram, you already know we need a refresh.  Our rental has been feeling very stale.   I explained our feelings in a post when I shared about the update on the house.  And, let’s face it, if The Woods and Ivy Cottage would start being built tomorrow, we would […]

  We recently got together with a few friends over on Instagram.  And, decided we wanted to do some type of Fall DIY pumpkin project.  When we moved into this rental, last September, we put our Fall items into the storage unit first.  Because we knew we would for sure be here for Christmas and […]

We have been struggling. If you are new here, we were planning a new build, and then things went south with the lumber shortage, prices, etc. ???? We decided to go with the flow and plan a different type of build – The Woods and Ivy Cottage.  Which is taking WAY LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT. […]