A Cultivated Nest

Painted Bench Makeover For The Deck

About 17 years ago my husband and I were walking through Target and I saw a bench that was on clearance. This was my first ever clearance purchase at Target! I can still remember how excited I was that I found it because we had just purchased our first house and money was tight. But this was something I could afford, it had a little bit of storage and it was perfect for my entry way. The stars ... Read More about Painted Bench Makeover For The Deck

Chocolate Lover’s Oreo Cookie Recipe

If you love chocolate, you're going to enjoy these chocolate dipped Oreo cookies! Double chocolatey goodness! This is such a simple recipe it's hardly a recipe! Ingredients: Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookie (try double stuffed or any flavor of your choice - mint would be good) Melting chocolate (milk chocolate or dark chocolate these are milk) Wax paper on a cookie ... Read More about Chocolate Lover’s Oreo Cookie Recipe

Tips For Planting A One Pot Container Herb Garden

Growing your own herbs is a great way to save money at the grocery store. I have a vegetable garden but I always have a planter of my most used cooking herbs on my deck for convenience (it's right outside of my kitchen). Growing herbs in containers is a great idea if you don't have room for a garden - you can grow them on your deck (like me), a patio or a balcony. Here are my tips for growing a ... Read More about Tips For Planting A One Pot Container Herb Garden

How I Organize My Coupons

Let me say first off, I am NOT an extreme couponer. I use coupons for the things I normally buy and I don't spend huge amounts of time clipping coupons. I'm more into using my price book (link) and using the pantry principle (link). But if you do one or both of those techniques AND use coupons, you can save even more! In order to be able to use my coupons at the grocery store without spending a ... Read More about How I Organize My Coupons

Deck Makeover – Getting The House Ready to Sell

We have a lot of projects to complete before we put our house on the market this summer! The first really big one we tackled was fixing up our deck. It looked really really REALLY bad. I was supposed to do it last year but hurt my knee (again) and couldn't work on it and then the winter weather made it even worse so we ended up with a deck that looked like....well you'll see. It was a big job and ... Read More about Deck Makeover – Getting The House Ready to Sell

The Perfect Spring Pillow

So I'm lightening things up in the living room for spring and I have some new pillows to share with you. Well 1 pillow today since I want to wash my white slipcovers before putting my other new pillows on that seating. I bought a pretty aqua chevron pillow cover at Hobby Lobby a while ago and I wanted to make a really big yellow ruffled rosette for the center but we have been so busy working on ... Read More about The Perfect Spring Pillow