We had a major snowstorm over Halloween weekend this year and the weight of the snow caused branches and trees to fall all over town. Luckily our house didn’t suffer any damage, but we did have a lot of large branches in our back yard. I decided to cut up the branches for firewood, although [...]
As you may remember, a few weeks ago we upholstered a seat cover with a beautiful bird toile fabric. We absolutely LOVE this fabric and had almost a yard leftover from that project…what to do? With Thanksgiving upon us next week, Alberto thought that it would make beautiful placemats for our dining room table. All we needed to [...]
With our family here from North Carolina, we’ve been surrounded by family, which is always wonderful. During the down time, I can’t help but wonder how crazy they must think we are with our Christmas decorations. I thought of this while I was looking at our tree in the dining room. We have two silver [...]
Our Thanskgiving table is ready! All we need now is the food (we’re not cooking this year — we’re not that crazy!). Thanks everyone for the words of encouragement over the past weeks and we hope that y’all have a great Thanksgiving weekend! Go [insert local NFL/NBA/NHL/NCAA team here]!!! Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious [...]
After making the napkins, I wanted to add even more fall colors to our Thanksgiving table. I like table runners because they help us do this while still allowing the beauty of the table to show through. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Tweet about [...]
We generally have everyone over to our house for the holidays. Each year we spend about as much time on how the table will look as we do on the meal. (Honestly, while Alberto is in the kitchen, the only only thing I care about is the table-scape. Thanks Sandra Lee!) Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious [...]
