This week has been so incredibly busy! Next week we're we sneaking away to Hawaii, so I've been doing my best to get ready for our trip, and making sure the blog has new content for you to enjoy while we're away! I'm also in the middle of working on two big projects we'll be launching in October. I can't wait to share more, but sooo many of you have been asking for one of them, and I can't wait to bring it to you! My lips are sealed for a little while longer, but get ready! In case you missed my blog post earlier this week, I shared a fun new series I'm introducing on the blog: Scone of the Month. I can't even tell you how much I love scones. They're one of my absolute favorite ... Read more
Gluten Free Apple Pie Scones
A few months ago in a TGI-Friday post, I shared all about my love of scones. I really, really love them. They've always been a breakfast staple for me, and I look forward to making a batch every weekend, always coming up with different flavors and combinations to experiment with. Over the last month or so, I've had this idea to share a scone of the month recipe with you. How fun is that? A scone of the month.... with each month featuring a new flavor we've been enjoying! So, this is me saying, let's do it! But before we dive into the delicious gluten free apple pie scone recipe I'm about to share (seriously, they are sooo good), I thought I'd share a little back ... Read more
A Simple Fall Table Setting
With entertaining season right around the corner, I wanted to share a simple fall table setting idea. And when I say simple, I mean simple. Today, I'm joining a wonderful group of bloggers to bring you a whole collection of table setting ideas. Alicia from Nick & Alicia invited me to join in, and I'm so happy to be bringing you an easy idea you can recreate in your own home. So many times, I know setting and decorating a table can be a little bit intimidating... but it doesn't have to be. And setting a beautiful table also doesn't mean it has to be anything extravagant or fancy. I kept it as simple as possible on my table, and I loved how easy it was to put together, and how lovely it ... Read more
Our Fall Home Tour
I've mentioned a couple of times that I've been in major fall nesting mode. It's been a little while since I've been able to do any fall decorating, and this year I was looking forward to getting my hands busy again spreading fall throughout the house. Today, I'm excited to share our fall home tour! I've joined forces with a group of amazing bloggers, organized by Marty from A Stroll Thru Life, and we're all opening our doors to share fall decorating ideas you can use in your own home! If you're visiting from Designing Vibes, welcome! I'm so glad you're here! Erica has such amazing style and I love how she's transitioning her home into fall! It's no secret that it's sometimes ... Read more
How We Installed Our Laminate Floors
Picking out flooring for the new house was one of the very first things Todd and I started doing once we bought the house. Even though there was so much demo and other things we had to start in on, I wanted to make sure we had plenty of time to source flooring we liked. Today, I'm sharing all about our process in picking the flooring we chose, and how we installed our laminate floors! Affiliate links are provided below. Full disclosure here. Like most people, our goal was to find flooring that would be durable, but also reasonable in price so that we'd have money for all the other things this house needed in order for us to move in. We searched high and low to find the best ... Read more
TGI-FRIDAY: A Home Office Update & So Much More
It's time for another TGI-Friday, and this week I'm including a home office update. Honestly, since we've been knee deep in exterior projects, we haven't made a ton of progress, but that's about to change! A little while back, I shared the design plan for the office. We've been buying several of the items, and I can't wait to start putting the room together. One of the big key factors, is going to be getting the closet shelves finished. Right now, it's basically just full of boxes making the room hard to organize. We also need to buy a small filing cabinet, because as much as we've been able to go paperless, there's still papers that need to be kept and filed. I did get the ... Read more
Fall Front Porch Decorating Ideas
It's that time of year again where we all start looking for new ways to decorate our home for fall. With that in mind, I thought I'd share some fall front porch decorating ideas! If you've followed me over the years, you know I love to switch out my porch decor and really embrace the fall season. There's something so welcoming and charming about a porch that's decorated for fall. It's the first way you really get to set the stage welcoming family and friends into your home. Over the years, I've done several different styles on my front porch, and as I've developed my own personal style, I've found I like to keep my porch on the simpler side, but that certainly doesn't mean simple is ... Read more
Building Our Front Pergola
Adding character to our tri-level home was one of the first projects I wanted to tackle. In order to make the outside match our inside, I knew we'd need to get creative and break the mold with transforming our traditional 1970's home. The idea of building our front pergola over the tri-level portion of the house didn't really come to me until a few months of owning the house. After months of driving up to the house and feeling bored with the exterior, I knew we'd need to add an extra layer of character that would transform the house from the labeled 1970's tri-level into something we'd love today. One day, as we were backing out of the driveway, I told Todd to stop the truck. After ... Read more
Canned Peaches
We've reached the final day of canning week! Today, let's go back to basics with canned peaches. This is perhaps one of the easiest and best places to start if you're new to canning. Growing up, this is one of the recipes we'd always follow for both peaches and pears. And let me tell you, homemade canned peaches and pears are divine. They beat the taste of the store canned version any day. Bursting with flavor, the fruit tastes fresh and has great texture. These peaches are perfect straight out of the jar, served with ice cream, yogurt, cottage cheese or they can be used in different types of recipes. You can even make homemade peach syrup from a jar! ... Read more
Canned Peach Syrup
It's day two of our canning week and today it's all about homemade canned peach syrup! Have I ever told you how much I love homemade fruit syrup? It started when I was a little girl. My mom would cook pancakes for breakfast and she'd make the most delicious pear syrup from her canned pears to go with them. I can remember getting so excited. It was an absolute treat and such a perfect addition to pancakes. Ever since then, I've been hooked and I often make my own version from the various fruits I've either canned or froze. This year, when our neighbors peach tree ripened, they offered for us to pick as many peaches as we wanted. I took my 5 gallon bucket and filled it up in a matter of a ... Read more
Canned Apple Pie Filling
Welcome to the first day of canning week! Starting off our week, is canned apple pie filling! This recipe is seriously amazing. But before we dive into it, let me give you a little back story about my experience with canning. Growing up, I was raised with a mom and family that loved to can. Every summer we'd have a big garden bursting with so much produce, we'd spend weeks canning everything and saving as much as possible. Our winter dinners, and so many other meals throughout the year, would almost always include some of our home canned items. We would can everything from vegetables to fruit, and some of my best childhood memories are those spent around the kitchen ... Read more
TGI-Friday: Patio Demo, Landscaping & House Video’s
It's time for another TGI-Friday! We've had so much going on these past few weeks, it's been hard to keep up with everything! A proper update is definitely due! If you follow me on Instagram, and if you watched my Stories, you saw that last week we worked on demo'ing our back patio for the new patio installation. We were scheduled to have the work done this week, we just weren't sure when they'd be here, but they started all the prep work today! Needless to say, it's an exciting day around here! They should be finished next week... we're both so excited to have a new patio! In all honesty, demo'ing the patio went much easier than we were expecting. It was still a full day, ... Read more
We’ve Owned Our Home For One Year!
It's crazy to think we've owned our home for one year! Last year at this time we were signing the papers and getting keys. Right after that, literally that same day, I came up to the house and started picking out exterior paint colors. We've always had big plans for this house. From the first time walking through it, as dirty, dated and disgusting as it was, there was always potential. There was always a solid foundation we knew we could make even better. Because today marks such a big day, let's take a peek down memory lane and see just how far we've come in the first year of owning our home. Right after we bought the house, I walked through with my camera and took a video. I ... Read more
Replacing Our Back Patio
I mentioned a few weeks ago when I shared all about our new windows that we were getting ready to replace our back patio. Like pretty much everything else with the house, the patio is in really rough shape. We have so many plans for the backyard, but before we can start on any of them, or the mountain of landscaping we have to do, the patio needs to be the first thing we change before moving forward. Even though we've repainted the house, installed a new roof, soffit, gutters and windows, we still have so much to do... as you can see! Replacing our back patio is the first step to really being able to start working on the back of the house. Here's what our existing patio ... Read more
On The Search For New Dinnerware
You may be surprised to know, that even with all of the table setting and entertaining ideas I've shared over the years, I've never really had an "official" dinnerware set to use for everyday meals. I've collected a lot of dishes, mainly from thrift stores and estate sales, but they've never been in a complete set, or in perfect condition. Affiliate links are provided below. Full disclosure here. Several years ago, I bought a really pretty set, that I've showcased in so many table decor ideas, but there's always been a few things about them that I haven't loved. Todd and I have been using them exclusively since we got married, but the little things I'd noticed about ... Read more
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