Another Christmas has come and gone and here we are facing the new year. Can I be honest? I am SO glad that Christmas is over. Not to be grinchy about it, but being pregnant, emotional, and exhausted has proven to be the trifecta that has worn me slick. But I think the other reason […]

These painted oars are such a fun and easy DIY! I’m always on the lookout for accessories and decor items for the lake house. A few months back I’d stumbled on some gorgeous artisan hand-painted oars that were really unusual but were upwards of $300. Each. GULP. So I figured, why not turn this into a […]

Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 13th – it’s the scheduled date for the Carlton Landing holiday house tour from 2-5 pm. Every time I post photos of our house or friends’ homes at CL, somebody inevitably asks about a house tour and I am so glad that one is finally being organized. There are […]

Over Halloween weekend, I finally got around to tackling a project that I’d wanted to try at the lake house. As you may remember, we had the entire house painted Benjamin Moore’s Decorator White, which is fabulous. No regrets there. But what I learned last year after painting the kitchen and living room white in our […]