Traditional Christmas Family & Friend Celebration!

Traditional Christmas Family & Friend Celebration!

Last year, Rip and I started a new Christmas tradition. We had completed a 3-year remodeling journey with our home, and it was time to swing open the doors and invite people in! And at Christmas most of all! So, the weekend before the week of Christmas, we invited all...
Personalized Scripture Cards Christmas Gifts

Personalized Scripture Cards Christmas Gifts

ORDER IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!! Rip and I made something similar to these Personalized Scripture Cards in 2020, and since then we both realized something … that as wonderful as it is to share Scripture, the truth is this – it’s the work of the Holy...
How To Create Calming Bedrooms

How To Create Calming Bedrooms

Hi friend! It’s Friday and one “to-do” on my homemaking list for the weekend is getting more creative in our bedrooms. When we have guests, (namely, my cousin Susie when she’s in town on business), we love setting out the guest bathroom basket...
Easy-Peasy Chicken Pot Pie

Easy-Peasy Chicken Pot Pie

It was one of the greatest nights for Rip and I last night and here’s why … we both were home early enough for us to do some “home-keeping” around the house. We were able to keep to our needed chores that living on 4+ acres requires and simply...
Selecting the Right Exterior Paint Colors

Selecting the Right Exterior Paint Colors

Rip and I have a wonderful client, (and she’s quickly become a dear friend!), who asked us to help her with some interior and exterior projects for her new home. Once we had the initial walk through, Rip and I were both ready to get started. One of the projects...
Be Glad!

Be Glad!

Since the mid 1990’s, I’ve treasured the devotional book, “Morning and Evening” by Charles Hadden Spurgeon. As Spurgeon himself has written, this is how the LORD has used this one book in my life … “My hope lives not because I am...
Let’s Talk Green for a Minute

Let’s Talk Green for a Minute

A question I’ve been asked from time to time is, “Can I mix blues with greens, or greens with grays when I’m decorating a room?” And that’s when I love to take them by the hand, walk with them outside and ask, “What do you...
10 Ideas for Your Fall Tables

10 Ideas for Your Fall Tables

What is it about the calendar saying “September” that nudges us to peruse through magazines and Pinterest boards looking for fall-ish menus, fall-ish fashion, and fall-ish home décor? I even found myself the other day walking in the back of our land,...