Home design is more then just placing things around a room and calling it good. 

Not sure when I started collecting the La Mode Illustree 1860’s fashion prints but I’ve really enjoyed finding them at antique stores all over Tennessee.  Something about the delicate nature of the prints and the sweet scenes of beautifully dressed women really appealed to me. The best part about collecting these beautiful prints is the memories…

It was my mom that sparked my interest in stained glass windows.  She has excellent taste and has been my inspiration in my own decorating. I love that her style is so sophisticated and classic.  She has always been ahead of the trends and I’ve called her so many times to ask for advice when decorating my…

Over the years I’ve come to realize that I really enjoy making decorative items for my home as supposed to picking out items in a store.  To me it just makes the item special.  I really feel like I’ve accomplished something!  Sure some of those items over the years came out cheesy but I think that’s the fun part—Just…

This was the second time we had been to Asheville, NC.  There’s so much to do there!  Asheville is a beautiful little city that holds so much charm and uniqueness.  If you go, you must visit the Biltmore. There’s no building like it in North Carolina.  When you drive upon it you feel like you’re suddenly in Europe.  The mansion…

As I’ve collected items for my home over the years I noticed that I always seem to gravitate toward birds. There’s something so sweet and elegant about birds and the use of birds in design is timeless. As my husband and I toured Germany a couple years ago we had the opportunity to visit some…

Refresh, renew and bring life to any old piece of art and make it your own. I absolutely love old floral prints and I love old frames that have seen a little wear and tear.  The best is when I find both these things together. When you find that item you’ve been looking for it’s…

Being a mom is hard.  What makes it harder is how hard we are on ourselves.  Personally I beat myself up so much emotionally.  I always question myself on whether I’m doing this whole mom thing right or wrong. Maybe it’s just me but when you’re a first time parent everything scares you.  And it…

I just have to share this with you!  My husband and I love working on joint projects.  I’m typically the brains and he’s the one who brings my idea to life… but don’t tell him that! How many times have you seen something and said to yourself, “I can do that.”  That’s a common theme…

Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about. – Ashleigh Brilliant  Have you ever had one of those crazy ideas that you can’t get out of your head?  For me it was the idea of making my own jewelry.  Then the next idea was, “What if…

Small, big or medium it’s hard to pass up an interesting old window. Each one unique and with a story to tell. Many of these windows taken from old buildings that once held so much life. I wish each one could tell it’s story. My mom was really the forerunner when it came to decorating…

I love looking at pictures of  Pinterest fails. I just think they’re super funny and I think we’ve all experienced them…including myself!  I remember seeing a recipe for pumpkin quinoa chili that looked amazing. I decided to make it and I followed the recipe exactly. It was the worse batch of chili I had ever cooked. It tasted awful. The…