I already told you we were getting ready for a baby shower here in the cottage.  One of the girls is due on November 5.  I know it’s probably not the most ideal thing for the mom to have a shower, BUT, she hasn’t been around this area for YEARS.  And, I didn’t want […]

I love my vintage items, but you already know that.  Deb was at the storage unit recently, and she grabbed me a few of my favorite collections.  I shared a few other collections that wound up in the laundry room once she got home.  We moved from the old house into the rental in September, […]

Do you remember when we ran to Alabama the summer before last, right before our move to the rental?  We fell in love with this HUGE antique fireplace mantel.  And, made plans to build our fireplace around it.  Well, you know how the house building idea wound up.  ????   So, into the Woods and Ivy […]

I could hardly wait to share my May fireplace mantel idea with you. If you are new here, I share a fireplace mantel idea every month.   I didn’t have a mantel for so long and have loved coming up with new ideas.  If you want to see some of my past styles, search FIREPLACE MANTEL […]

  If you are new here to this little space, I try to give you a fireplace mantel idea every month.  I haven’t been able to decorate a fireplace for years.  We had our television above it the last two homes.  So, I’m having so much fun switching this one out every month.  If you […]

  I have been decorating my fireplace mantel since we brought it here to the rental.  This will be our fireplace mantel of the new house once we get in there.  I cannot wait.  I haven’t had a mantel to decorate in any of our homes because we always had the television above them.  That’s […]

February is a weird month here in Indiana.  We can have 60 degree days and some years we have 2 feet of snow on the ground through March.  Yesterday and today were almost 60 degrees.  And it’s still so dark and dreary.  Yes, the days are getting longer but it’s going a little slow.  ???? […]

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.  […]