Thanksgiving. Family. Turkey. Football. Pie bellies… So many times we rush through holidays and never take the time to contemplate their meaning and intent. Thanksgiving was first celebrated in 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast. For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving were celebrated by individual colonies and states. It wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaim

The last installment of the 'Use What You Have' series is dedicated to open shelving. As you may have noticed, these seemingly floating shelves are all the rage right now. In your kitchen, laundry, living, kids rooms, and the list goes on…It started for me in the kitchen. Our HGTV designer put these great shelves in above this beautiful furniture piece. (By the way, I love incorporating pieces of furniture to accent more traditional kitchen cabinetry, not to mention bring

With Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching, what a joy it will be for our homes to be filled with family and friends. The first thing our guests will experience is our front porches and entryways. We are blessed with an enclosed entryway which is actually a sunroom. When my dad passed on his childhood dresser to me I knew just where I should put it. Don’t you just love this 1970’s green? On one of my thrift shop adventures I picked up this crib mattress spring for $5. I

In continuation of our series on using what you have to decorate your home, I want to share a little project I just completed in my son’s room. Tyler definitely got the short end of the stick when assigning rooms in the farmhouse. His room is super tiny with a low sloped ceiling and no closet! (Thank God he’s a low-maintenance kid) Although we don’t have the resources to completely redo his room at this time, I wanted to at least do something to make his tiny room more spec