the collected home
We do not have a dining table in any of our outdoor spaces. We used to, until I called the nice people at The Salvation Army and asked them if they would come and pick up our old deck resin wicker furniture that I had just dragged out in to our driveway. Big Daddy is still bitter about this. Apparently he…
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I am not known for elaborate mantels. OK, maybe at Christmas. But today’s project is pretty simple:) All I really had in mind for our Summer mantel was to add some greenery. And to redo my little homemade chalkboard for the Season. All I did was paint the glass of an old, castoff frame with chalkboard paint. The frame was…
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I lovingly refer to my garage as The Hell Hole. Why? Because it is one. You could probably find Jimmy Hoffa out there. Or the Lindbergh baby. But lately it is looking better. Partly because Big Daddy has asked me to please prioritize my projects. This means I should give the pieces that have been out there the longest credit…
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I am still messing around out on our front porch y’all. I can not tell you how much we are enjoying this neutral space. I spend as much time out there as I can! Morning is my very favorite time to be out there though. I just love how the the light comes up that time of day. As I…
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Contrary to popular belief, I do not paint everything I can get my hands on. Case in point: Lord. All I can say is today I must be living right. I had found a dresser on Facebook Marketplace and arranged to pick it up this morning. Well when I got there I figured out really quick that I had stumbled in…
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Every Spring of my life I redo our front porch. And until this year I have always gone with bright colors, so bright that I would never ever use them inside the house. Historically I have really enjoyed the bright (my Mama would have referred to them as LOUD) colors but round about the last of July……..I am sick to…
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