DIY Desk: Adding some Style to an Old Desk

DIY Desk: Adding some Style to an Old Desk

As part of my new blog design, I have added a “Submit Guest Post” feature at the top of my site. It offers readers the opportunity to submit an original DIY Project (as well as original recipes and frugal living posts.) Jennifer Davenport shared her Trash...
My Home Decor Yard Sale Treasures Week

My Home Decor Yard Sale Treasures Week

Today’s yard sale outing scored me some extra fun home decor Trash to Treasure finds. Our daughters’ bedroom is a slowly evolving Pottery Barn Inspired room. In fact, I have all the pictures loaded for a post addressing this, and it makes it even more of a...
$1.50 of Pure Turquoise Happiness

$1.50 of Pure Turquoise Happiness

This winter, I really took a step back from my typical thrifting. (Something to do with jam packed storage, and no space for more treasures until I de-clutter some more.) Yet when I wandering into a tiny, unpretentious thrift store last week, one whose door welcomed...
How to Buy at an Auction

How to Buy at an Auction

A live auction experience is just pure entertainment. At twenty years old, I was drawn into my first auction with no knowledge of what to expect. Knowing that I needed furniture for my sparse, college apartment, and this college town didn’t sport any thrift...
Do You Decorate Above Your Doors?

Do You Decorate Above Your Doors?

As I stumbled across this 1949 picture on Life.com, it conjured up so many feelings – a time when life was more simple, when boys were content to play with one truck on the floor, and when Family Managers focused on hanging their prized china plates over the...