Who else has a room where all the random stuff gets stored? You know, when company is coming over and you just don’t have time to find the right spot for whatever it is, so you just throw it in that random room and close the door. All the while, praying that your guests don’t…
The same Saturday that Reynolds and I purchased Eliza Jane’s dresser, I started painting the bookcase that would be in her room. I’d gotten ideas from HGTV Magazine as well as Pinterest on how I wanted it to look. If you recall from the post where I made a bow frame for Eliza Jane, I…
I am slowly quickly checking things off my #10weeksandcounting to-do list for Eliza Jane…there are only 8 weeks left! One of the items I’ve checked off is her dresser/chest of drawers {or if you’re southern like me, it’s “Chester drawers”}. I found it a couple of weekends ago at Target. I’d not intended on buying…
As some of you know, my hubby Andrew is the GM of the Inn at USC -> an elegant boutique hotel located on the historic campus of the University of South Carolina in the heart of downtown Columbia. {I took that part from their website ;)} What many of you may not know is that the Inn…
For the 4th of July this year my family planned our yearly family reunion…at Hickory Knob State Resort Park. The plan was to go Friday….and be there around early/mid-afternoon. Andrew and I gotten up early and ran errands, packed the car {to the hilt} and were on the road by noon. The plan had been…
Tonight I spent about an hour and a half going thru Reynolds’ “old” clothes. It’s amazing how quickly he’s grown over the last 14.5 months. From looking back at all the Newborn clothes that he never even got to wear {because he was enormous!!! when he was born!} to flashbacks and memories of “I remember…
After the fireplace facelift, I went back and forth with what to do with this large wall…of brick. Mantle or no mantle? Ironwork? Move the TV? I think it will certainly evolve over time but for Christmas I’d made up my mind and decided that I wanted a mantle. It’s all I wanted. No jewels…
