Have you heard about this idea for gift giving to your kids? It was an idea that I saw floating around in our homeschooling community Christmas before last and it was new to me. The idea is that you give your kid(s) four gifts al ...

Before the year runs out, I want to revisit something that happened this fall while I was en Denmark. We had three rooms published in the new book by John and Sherry Petersik of Young House Love: Lovable, Livable Home. I say revi ...

For the first time ever since we moved here in 2000 we were able to get a direct, non-stop flight from Los Angeles to Copenhagen when we went back to see our family this summer. Courtesy of Norwegian's new route LAX-CPH reducing ...

Happy Friday to you! 5 posts in one week... don't get used to it, but I saw this news last night and just thought I would share it with you, just in case you had not seen it. Good news and happy endings should be perpetuated, don' ...

This morning I got the super exciting news that our bathroom remodel is being featured over on Elle Decor and on House Beautiful. I can barely sit down from excitement! ----- I have been very inspired lately by Mari from Crab + ...

Today we are back at Ana's house. Ana is full of fabulous surprises and today I want to share a couple of them with you. You might remember that I recently helped make over their family room and it was such a fun process. While ...

Today I am guest hosting Thrift Score Thursday with Brynne from The Gathered Home and Trisha from Black and White Obsession. These lovely ladies are thrifting queens and they host a hashtag party every week on Instagram and Twi ...

I want to preface this post by saying it is not sponsored and Stitch Fix did not ask me to blog about it. I just like to pass along great finds. A couple of months ago a friend suggested I signed up for Stitch Fix to try it out ...

Can a post have 25+ images? Should it? I don't know. Let's find out. This weekend I went to the 2014 Haven Blogging conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This was my first time going and I was very curious what it was and I honestly ...

Today, I am om over at Primitive & Proper, visiting with Cassie, talking about our home tour. I am lucky to call Cassie my friend, so today, I thought I would take a little bit of time to talk about her and her wonderful home ...

Threshold Holden wicker chars, Sunbrella marine fabric, Trellis Rug, Fire pit Have you seen all the great sales this Memorial day weekend? I took advantage of quite a few of them. I got 4 chairs (the best bargain ever - see bot ...

While we are in full gear building shelves in our master closet, I want to share some photos of yesteryear with you. Some friends of ours have a cabin in a very secluded area in Big Bear. It's such a lovely place and we got to vi ...

Meet my friend Jin. She is carrying apples. Green apples. Remember that for later. Now, check out her kitchen! I don't even know where to begin. The walnut. Let's begin there. I love all the walnut. The walnut cabinets are from ...

As interesting as the whole bathroom is right now with plumbing, framing and electrical going on, it's certainly not pretty. Unless you find that sort of thing attractive. So while my plumber is here today finishing all the rough ...

In Denmark, last month, I bought the new issue of "Liv". My friend Line had her kitchen published in a four page spread. Check it out. When I first saw her kitchen, I was just blown away. And not only her kitchen. Her whole h ...