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Basil, the garden & the fence

I'm starting to get emails asking if I'm o.k. so I thought I'd better post! Yes, I'm fine and I'll give a personal update at the end of this post (I still have a few emails to respond to - thank you for your concern!). I harvested some basil so I thought I'd share how I preserve what I don't dry. I freeze quite a bit of basil as the summer goes and then I use it as flavoring in soups ... Read More about Basil, the garden & the fence

My Kitchen

By Manuela Williams

I guess all those fireplace photos I've been posting lately have shown a peek of my kitchen and I've gotten a lot of requests to show more of it. So here you go! This is the floor. Black and white marble peel and stick tile. We put those down when we moved in, gosh 14 years ago, and they still look great and I still love them! It's a galley style kitchen with a window seat on one end that ... Read More about My Kitchen

Decorating with Faux Pumpkins & The Winner

By Manuela Williams

I did a little more fall decorating which really just consisted of pulling out pumpkins I already have. All these pumpkins were done back in 2008/2009. Basically they're all faux pumpkins and I either decoupaged them or used rub-on decals. Very easy to do! I used tissue paper or napkins to decopauge my pumpkins. This one was done using a rub-on decal. Much easier than stencilling or ... Read More about Decorating with Faux Pumpkins & The Winner

Learning From the Great Depression

By Manuela Williams

My friend Lynn is guest posting for me today and the topic is Learning From The Great Depression (she no longer has a blog). When we think of the Great Depression years (although many of us did not live in that era), what does it make you think about? Although I have no remaining grandparents, I do remember talks with my grandmother. Many of us have someone in our lives who lived in that era or ... Read More about Learning From the Great Depression

Kitchen Cart Makeover

By Manuela Williams

Hi everyone! Some of you may remember the kitchen cart I got at Goodwill a few months ago for $7. Well I really needed it since there’s so much produce to preserve these days and I don't have a whole lot of counter space. Of course I had to makeover that kitchen cart so it would fit into my kitchen (plus some things needed fixing). So when I saw this kitchen cart at Goodwill I grabbed it since ... Read More about Kitchen Cart Makeover

New Dining Room Tray

By Manuela Williams

Hi everyone! In the past few months, I’ve found two more trays to add to my collection that I have hanging in my dining room. I don’t have any hangers for them yet so I thought I’d place the smaller one on the black chest for now and added some some fun yellow faux flowers (Michael’s has so many that are 80% off because apparently summer is over and we should all be buying fall foliage). ... Read More about New Dining Room Tray