This month marks my 10th year of blogging. Ten years!!! It doesn’t seem possible that I have been sharing my passions, projects, and life with you for that long. It has also been 10 years since Melissa from 320 Sycamore has hosted My Favorite Things. Much has changed about blogging since 2009, but My Favorite…
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Exterior Update: Creating Instant Rusted Patina
I bought a brand new Corten Steel planter for the front of my house. It is the kind of metal that slowly oxidizes over time. I didn’t want to wait for that to happen and gave it a DIY rust accelerating treatment which created a beautiful rusted patina in a few hours. In my previous…
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Why I Didn’t Take The Eiffel Tower Steps
Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote in my Paris travel plans that I wanted to climb the steps to the top of the Eiffel Tower? I would have liked to do this, but when we got there early in the morning on our last day in Paris, it was wet and rainy. We…
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Give Yourself Permission to Enjoy a Merrier Holiday Season This Year
When I was thinking about how to title this post I came up with a few different titles that all went something like this… …How to NOT decorate this year and still enjoy the holidays or How to make the next two months of your life feel magical and Stress-Free. Every year my holiday prep…
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What is Your Favorite Christmas Tree Skirt or Collar?
Now that Halloween is over and today is November 1st, I give myself permission to get into a holiday frame of mind. I am going to start planning how I am going to decorate this year all the way down to what tree skirt or collar I will use around the base of the Christmas…
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Wood Slat Wall for My Home’s Exterior
If you’re looking to spruce up the exterior of your home or even the interior, have you considered making a wood slat wall to create a point of interest where there is none? You may be asking yourself, what is a slat wall? Read on to find out. Back in the spring when I posted…
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Style Scouting Vol. 9
Since returning from France, I have been working on two DIY projects this week. One involves paint, the other wood stain. One is a fix and the other is something new that I made that has turned out better than I could have ever expected. Both are complete, I just have to write up the…
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Touring Paris By Bicycle
This is the first in a series of things to do in France. The highlight of our trip was taking a Paris Bike Tour. Not only did we enjoy a day bike tour, but we also rode in a Paris bike tour at night. I’m back… to home sweet home! For readers who haven’t been…
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