An Almost Southern Way of Life Blog & Art Showcase
The backsplash was installed this week in the master bathroom, and I can see a light at the end of the remodeling project tunnel! The mirror-measuring man is scheduled to come Monday and so is the plumber, who will install the tub filler, tub (which is currently full of rainwater…
The remodeling of my master bathroom has left me gasping at prices these days on everything. Every. Little. Thing. I’ve saved money where I could for the most part, but labor is sky-high, and materials are through the roof, thanks to inflation, I guess. My Roman blind, which I purchased online…
I’ve been quiet on the blog for a while now. We’re in the middle of a remodel of our master bathroom that I’d hoped would only take six weeks. There have been glitches and delays, and we still don’t have a definite end-date. Since the middle of January, I’ve felt like a…
December blew in and caught me by surprise. I looked at the calendar in November and thought, “It’s not going to be so bad in December!” Then things started getting added to the December calendar, rapidly. I’m sure I’m not alone. The house has looked more like chaos than anything else…
Let me start off with, “Thank you, Lord, for such a talented mother!” I pulled out my fall decor this year and limply went about the business of “decorating.” Maybe I’m uninspired because two of my three little birds have flown the nest and, at the time of my weak…
Last week, I shared some pictures of my home’s front porch, entry, and dining room. This week, I’m sharing with you the not-so-formal part of my Christmas décor. It’s in the part of the house where we spend the most time as a family—the kitchen, breakfast room, and living room. I’ve fallen…
I’ve wasted enjoyed spending a lot of time in past few weeks perusing home tours on Instagram and via a couple of my favorite blogs, missmustardseed.com and thistlewood.com, both of which were in collaboration with a lot of other bloggers. I confess: my Christmas décor is not all that this year. With no plans to host…
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 rest of the house around the kitchen. It’s strange that the only requirement I had…
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 in the dark living room and discussed our fears, staring wide-eyed at our huge…
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 started setting out pumpkins the middle of August! My excuse was that I was…