Well hello again! It has been quite a long time since we last got together. It wasn’t a planned hiatus; it just sort of happened with all kinds of changes going on. We welcomed little Alayna Marie Hart near the end of May (biggest blessing ever), I resigned my teaching position at school, and HartLand [...]
Most of us don’t put too much thought into lighting our homes. Flip a switch, turn on a lamp, flop on the sofa, and relax, right? Well, not always. If you’re anything like me you can’t really relax when harsh overhead lighting is screaming at you. How do you choose the perfect home lighting? Add [...]
Cozy and relaxed, everyone seems to love a classic farmhouse or cottage-style kitchen, and with good reason. The farmhouse/cottage style is reminiscent of simpler times when life was less rushed and families spent time gathering around the table. Farmhouse cottage style is a beautiful thing: old finds look great alongside new ones, there are no [...]
Have you ever seen a lackluster house come to life after it has been accessorized? It’s amazing how that happens! Accessories are the “jewelry” that complete your home in the same way that just the right jewelry completes an outfit. While it’s totally fine and preferable to furnish your home with some inexpensive big-box items, [...]
Are you a sucker for a pretty pillow? We sure are! Accessories are the “jewelry” for a finished room, just as your jewelry is the finishing touch for a pretty outfit. Pretty pillows are important and functional accessories that pull together a room and give it that designer feel. They also allow you to repeat [...]
When you’re out walking or driving, have you ever noticed a house and said to yourself, “That house would look so pretty if they would only _____________” (fill in the blank)? Or you think, “well, it could be pretty if they would…do something” (but you don’t know what that something is). I do this ALL [...]
Auld Lang Syne, friends…days gone by. The year 2021 is outta here, and good riddance! If you’re anything like me, once Christmas is in the rearview mirror, you get antsy. It feels like a good time to find ways to refresh your home and get off to a fresh start, especially right after taking down [...]
Merry Christmas! How fast, and at the same time, how painfully slow, this year has been. Do you remember the days of going to a crowded mall to see Santa and all of the glorious Christmas trees, and wishing you had one that looked as pretty and put together? Well, you can, and it isn’t [...]
Hello dear readers! Can you believe it’s almost that time again? It seems like just yesterday we were writing about the end of summer, and here we are decorating for Christmas! Where do you stand on the “when to decorate” question? Do you wait until after Thanksgiving, or do you decorate before? In years past [...]
Hi all! We hope you’ve been having a good couple of weeks. We can’t believe how early everyone is starting to decorate for Christmas. It looks like we’re not going to be too far behind. So much to do, so little time! We decided to do something a little bit different for this week’s blog [...]
