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The Living Room

By Nancy October 23, 2020Home Tourbeams, French country, living room, Texas limestone1 Comment

You may remember my post on our starting point in building our dream house—the east-facing window over the kitchen sink. When that point of reference was fully “pinned” down, we started thinking about the arrangement of the…

The Blue Door

By Nancy October 16, 2020Home Tourblue door, friendship door

Moving to Flowood, Mississippi (a suburb of Jackson) from inner-city Houston, Texas, was a life-changer for me and my hubby in 1999. On the first night in our new home, neither one of us could sleep. We sat…

Falling for a Season

By Nancy October 2, 2020Home Tourfall front porch decor, pumpkins

I admit it: I go a little crazy in the Fall. I can't get enough pumpkins on the porch to satisfy me, and there are way too many little pumpkins scattered throughout the house. I even…

A Southern Greeting

By Nancy September 18, 2020True Southernersgreeting, southern, Southern tradition, tradition

A couple of days ago, my hubby came back from a very long evening walk to report on all the neighbors he’d seen. Most evenings, I join him on the walk, and we see almost no one. There’s…

Celebrating 90 Years!

By Nancy September 11, 2020Easy Entertaining90th birthday celebration

Our family has a special lady in our lives, whom we’ve affectionately nicknamed “Mamaw.” My husband and I met her and her daughter at church the first Sunday after we moved to Mississippi from Texas. Her daughter Barbara…

Index Card Project

By Nancy September 4, 2020PaintingIndex card, landscapes

A while back, my favorite blogger initiated a painting project that inspired me. She challenged herself to paint 100 meadows in oil, a medium with which she was not so comfortable. And she chose to do it…

Laughter, the Best Medicine

By Nancy August 28, 2020Devotionslaughter, merry heart

Have you ever heard something silly that tickled you pink? I mean, it settled so deeply in your giggle box that you struggle to not think about it and burst out laughing again? Well, sometimes we…

Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring in the Home Gym

By Nancy August 21, 2020Home Tourvinyl plank flooring

I like to think of myself as a DIYer… wannabe. If only I had a partner-in-crime to encourage me to take more chances and try out techniques that I think require a degree, and would point out…

A Proper Tea Party

By Nancy August 14, 2020Easy Entertainingbridal shower, pride and prejudice, tea party

My niece Lauren gave me the perfect opportunity to host a tea party when she became engaged to be married last year. I’ve hosted a tea party once before for my daughter’s 10th birthday. As elegant as that one…