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 […]

This is officially my first Christmas decor post.  Are you excited?  Even if you aren’t, just pretend.  ????  I haven’t gone full-fledged Christmas yet here at the rental.  I have, however, gotten a few new items in the mail for something fresh this year.  And, if you don’t know, this rental is 1100 square feet, […]

I’ve come to a decision.  I love styling fireplace mantels. ????????‍♀️  Maybe it’s because it’s a new thing.  The television was above the fireplace in the last two homes we owned, so there was no styling them.  EVER.  Since we brought this fireplace mantel back from Alabama, I have styled it so many different ways.  […]

The Christmas decor is down.  I never in a million years thought I would be unhappy about that, but all of the twinkling lights gave this turd of a rental life.  I had three larger trees with white lights in this tiny house and approximately 645 smaller ones.  ???? The space is EMPTY… and I’m […]