Category: Home Decor

  • I have long admired the beautiful stencils sold by Cutting Edge Stencils. I love their beautiful patterns and could imagine what a statement they would make! I have looked and looked and looked at their site trying to decide which stencil I thought fit in with my house best. A gorgeous damask? Sigh! A spectacular…

  • Like each of you, with each passing month/holiday our family is creating more memories.  We are having a great time decorating for Thanksgiving. Growing up, my sweet grandma would ask each of us to state one thing we were thankful for before we ate Thanksgiving dinner. I wasn’t always prepared for it and usually came…

  • Each year, my Halloween decorations become more and more elaborate and a little more spooky.  Not gross, just spooky.  You can tell that my boys are maturing and enjoying just a few more creepy crawlies.  I love, love, love – did I tell you that I love Lost & Found Halloween!  Jen certainly outdid herself…

  • In last year’s Pottery Barn catalog, there was this amazing 4’ x 4’ grapevine spider web.  Unfortunately, it was out of my price range.  As I was looking at my parent’s corkscrew willow tree one day, I realized that we could create a similar spider web out of the amazingly twisted willow branches.  The boys…

  • I love going on Good Things Utah because it challenges me to think outside the box.  I’ve been trying to come up with a fun, different table centerpiece that is still simple and not too busy.  Then, I saw a gorgeous lace doily table runner and thought that I could recreate a similar look and…

  • I have been trying to find an antique jewelry tray for in our bathroom for a while.  I haven’t been able to find one of these antique beauties that I feel like I can afford.  Darn budgets! The other day I realized that I could make my own – and personalize it!  It was really…

  • Maybe it’s not having a patio in the backyard or the fact that our patio table rotted over the winter and we “donated” it to the neighborhood clean up instead of bringing it to the house when we moved. Or the fact that the only way I can leisurely enjoy an evening meal out doors…