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Bringing Natural Elements to Your Thanksgiving Table
I love the colors of fall – the reds, oranges, and yellows of the leaves, the deep greens and earth tones of pumpkins and gourds. Today’s post is about bringing those natural elements to your Thanksgiving table. Bringing natural elements to your table is as easy as a trip to your yard or to the…
Fall Pumpkin Planters
Who’s ready for fall?? ME! I’m tired of the hot, humid summer we’ve had! So, I thought today I’d move into fall and share a great project for adding fall curb appeal to your home. These fall pumpkin planters are an easy, quick, and inexpensive project. I got this idea when I had bought some mums, but…
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…
Decorating for Fall
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 arms. I’m in that second category. Do you decorate your home for fall? I love adding a few touches to welcome the new season. Summer…
Five Tips from a Professional Handyman (Friday Five)
A loooong time ago, I hired a handyman to come over and get a few lingering tasks done. I had a coupon from a fundraiser for one hour of a handyman’s work, so it wasn’t expensive, and I had a few projects that I knew a professional would do better than I could. For example,…
How to Fix a Screened Porch
For living in a city, we have a lot of wildlife in our backyard. Squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, voles, hawks, and more… a virtual wonderland for a labrador retriever! Needless to say, Elvis Parsley Dog often gets a little excited when he sees a squirrel, chipmunk, or rabbit. In fact, the other day, he got so…
Five Ways to Get Rid of Unwanted Clutter (Friday Five)
I’m in the midst of a spring cleaning extravaganza, and now I’ve got a pile of stuff that I’ve decided I can purge from our home. The pile consists of games, clothes, home decor stuff, books, and housewares. So, now that I’ve got this pile, what do I do with it? Where should I take it? I…
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.