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Fancy IKEA Curtains Update

By Nancy April 12, 2024Hobbies, Home TourIKEA curtain upgrade, master bathroom remodel, Roman blind

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…

Hiding in Plain Sight

By Nancy March 22, 2024About Me, Home Tourbarn doors, cafe curtains, drop cloth curtains, food pantry, kitchen pantry

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…

Peace and Chaos–The 2022 Christmas House Tour

By Nancy December 9, 2022Home Tour

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…

Fall Decor

By Nancy September 9, 2022Home Tour

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…

Christmas Home Tour Part 2

By Nancy December 18, 2020Home Tour1 Comment

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…

Christmas Home Tour Part 1

By Nancy December 11, 2020Home TourChristmas home decor, Southern Christmas design1 Comment

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…

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…

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…