Welcome to our back yard. I want to take you back for a brief moment to the time when we bought our house and the patio looked like this. Then I will propel you forward at warp speed after that, so be ready. There might be some j ...

Here is how I made three Kilim pillows for the price of one. Don't you just love all these Kilim pillows that are popping up all over at moment? Or has been for a while? I do, but I don't love the price. They are usually aroun ...

This post has a new rug, a sewing project, a craft/decor project AND a recipe in it. So many things to talk about. Let's get started! Last Friday all my purchases from the Memorial Day sale had arrived at my doorstep. Great tim ...

This weekend we cleaned up the patio after finishing all the cutting for the master bath we are remodeling at the moment. Hover over the camera icon for a behind the scenes photo of what the patio looked like Saturday morning, ...

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 ...

This is our finished patio space. Let's see some of the before and progress pictures. 2009 - just before moving in: 2013 - January The windows were added in 2010, the patio painted in 2013. Still missing the new hand rai ...

After procrastinating for a couple of months, I sat myself down in front of my sewing machine and finished these long overdue cushions and pillows. To make a regular pillow with a zipper at the bottom like the two zig-zag one ...

This is the story of a hedge and a douche bag pork roast. Let's talk about the hedge first. In June, we started a project called: A kitchen with a view - the beginning - planning a new project. That is the kitchen window on t ...

For our outdoor make-over we made this simple and inexpensive planter box for our patio table. I chose to paint it turquoise to go with our wicker chairs, which we spray painted turquoise a while back after buying a spray gun. ...

Edited: This post was missing content, so here it is again, this time in it's full version. Sorry for the inconvenience. This is what the table used to look like after about five years of weathering outside. It's the Äpplerö ...

Our kitchen is over on HouseLogic.com at the moment! I am in the same article as TheLetteredCottage.net... weeeeeeeee ----- So last week I showed you our outdoor patio dining area. We hung up some globe lights over the dining ta ...

After yesterday's post, I thought we were due for some pretty pictures. Who's with me on that? Ok, great. We tackled several projects on the patio this year. Here is a list with links to all that was done if you feel in the ...

Before I begin today's post: a big shout-out to Farmhouse38. All her fabulous readers as well as mine gave our give-away wings yesterday. I am blown away and so grateful! Thanks so much to all who entered and is playing along! Tha ...

You can stick a fork in the deck off of our master, because it is done. We left off last time with this picture. That was when the guard rail had been painted and the new hand rail had been installed. It already looked so much ...

Two quick things: - Thank you so much for all your fantastic comments on our post: Kitchen reveal: before and after pictures of our kitchen remodel - how it all came together.  We so appreciate each and every one! Thanks! - ...