There are two kinds of people this time of year. Those who are hanging on to the last bits of summer... and those who are ushering in fall with open ...
Decorating for Fall
DIY Emergency Kit for Your Car
Today, as the snow is falling again in Atlanta (and elsewhere throughout the south), I thought I’d show you an important project you can easily put together: a DIY emergency kit for your car. Atlanta is famous for a lot of reasons…but one reason is that, in 2014, we were hit with a major snow and…
Five Ways to Decorate Craft Store Pumpkins
I have a confession to make. I’m not a fan of Halloween decorations. (WHAT?!?) Well, not scary ones anyway. I like decorating for fall instead. So, I decided instead to take some craft pumpkins I got at Michaels (but you can get them at any craft store) and decorate them all fancy-like and not scary at…
Turn Old Shutters Into a Privacy Screen
I loved our neighbors at our old house. They are wonderful people and they have two adorable dogs. Here’s the problem: every time their dogs saw our dogs through the chain link fence, their dogs would bark maniacally at our dogs. We needed something that would block their view of our dogs, without having to…
Replacing Shutters with Curtains
One project I’ve been thinking about for a while was replacing our plantation-style shutters in the living room with curtains. The shutters came with the house when we bought it ten years ago. At first, I liked them, but, when the dining room shutters broke and we replaced them with curtains, I saw how much…
Passover and Spring Recipes
Growing up, our family didn’t have a Passover seder. I do remember that, once I was older, we often went to one at someone else’s house – but we also looked for Easter eggs and had Easter baskets. It was a Southern and unique brand of Passover, I suppose. Now that I have my own little family, I…
How to Clean a Screened Porch in Five Steps
(Note: I included affiliate links in this post. My complete disclosure policy is HERE.) I love everything about spring…the flowers, the warmer weather, the cool evenings…except for that yellow pine pollen! Every spring, a thick layer of yellow pollen blankets everything outside. It makes me sneeze just thinking about it. For the first time in…
Home Projects in 30 Minutes or Less
Home projects can seem daunting. The bigger the project, the more time you know it will take. But if you have thirty minutes, you can improve your home! Here are five home projects that you can complete in thirty minutes or less – instant (almost) gratification! 1. Make custom curtains. No, I’m not kidding. You…
A "recovering lawyer," I turned in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.