Home Decor

When To Cut Peonies And How To Store Them

Every Spring around Mother’s Day, we have a few peony plants around the yard that bloom into these beautiful soft pillowy flowers. 

They are absolutely gorgeous and I love cutting them and bringing them in to display around the house.  Did you know that there’s a trick to keep these beautiful flowers around for weeks longer than normal?…

Our Vermont Cabin Progress

It’s been a little over a year since we closed on our ski cabin up in Ludlow, Vermont.  We still have a long way to go, but it’s been fun making it ours.

Decorating a house that’s eight hours away in a small ski town is not a small task. …

The Story Of Our Vermont Cabin

Would you ever put a binding offer on a house without seeing it first? Without stepping foot in the door? We did just that in 2020 we purchased a little cabin near a ski resort in Vermont. The process of buying a home is crazy enough, but in 2020 in Vermont you were only allowed to see the inside of a home if you had an actual offer on the property. …

How to Turn A Photo Into A Painting

We kept searching for a nice painting to hang in the main room at the cabin. Nothing was perfect. We had a photo taken with a cell phone of the boys on the ski lift that I desperately wanted to use, but wanted it to look like a nice painting not just a photograph.…

How To Make A Wood Bead Garland

Learn how to make this DIY wood bead garland in no time at all. Garland isn’t just for the holidays anymore!  After finding these fun geometric shape wooden beads recently at Michaels, I thought they’d look great as a natural wood bead garland for the cabin. …