This post is sponsored by Crate and Barrel and ShopStyle.  All opinions are my own. We moved into this rental over a year ago.  We are VERY grateful we have a place to live, but I have to admit that it’s been hard.  Anyone who has downsized TEMPORARILY will understand how difficult it is to […]

I love sharing unique Christmas decor looks with you and here is my latest.  This is Deb’s side table.  She loves it when I poop it all up with decor.  ????  I’m serious.  She really does and she calls it that, too.  I received this Santa picture and antique frame last year from one of […]

I like to make a few DIY Christmas crafts every year to share with you.  Last year I re-created some folk art Santas that I made in the 90’s.  Some years I display them and some years they stay in those dreaded Christmas tubs.  The last several years, they have made their appearance.  I, also, […]

This post is sponsored by eBay and ShopStyle.  All opinions are my own. I was on eBay a few weeks back, looking for several Christmas gifts and wound up finding a few prizes for myself. It’s happened a few times recently, but, I just can’t help myself.  ????  The reason I love eBay is that […]

Do you all remember when we found this Antique Parker cabinet this past summer at a flea market?  I shared it again, decked out for Fall, in a post where I talked about how we clean antique furniture.  Since the Christmas tubs from the basement made their appearance this week, everything in this little rental […]

We just got word that the builders will be starting The Woods and Ivy Cottage next week. Which means it won’t be long before we will be doing the finishing work on a new living space out in the woods.   Barns can be built really fast.  So, once the drywall is done, Deb and I […]

We have so many upcoming projects that we are excited about.  The top of our list will be to finish The Woods and Ivy Cottage once the drywall gets hung. (They poured the concrete pad yesterday.  ????????)  In the mean time, we are wrapping up a few other projects around the woods.  If you have […]

I told you that we bought a little garage.  The little garage is going to be for our Polaris and for lawn equipment once the house is built.  Since we will be living in The Woods and Ivy Cottage until we build the house, we will need some place to store those items.  We added […]