A Cultivated Nest

7 Tips for Successful Thrifting

Every month I share some of the frugal things I've done around the house in my Home Sweet Frugal Home Series. This month I want to give my 7 Tips for Successful Thrifting and share some thrift store finds and how I've used them to decorate my home. I'm not really much of a garage sale person because you have to get up too early for those. I'll go to them if I'm passing one by but I don't ... Read More about 7 Tips for Successful Thrifting

DIY Red Toile Skirted China Cabinet

A few months ago I moved the furniture around in my living room which left the bottom of my china cabinet (where I store some china) exposed. I'd always had the furniture arranged so that something like a chair was in front of that cabinet to hide the mess at the bottom since it doesn't have doors. So, in order to hide my messy cabinet bottom, I made a little red toile skirt to cover that area of ... Read More about DIY Red Toile Skirted China Cabinet

DIY Saturday: DIY Ribbon Holder

Happy Weekend Everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful start to your weekend. Some of you may have noticed that I've been pinning a lot of craft room storage ideas lately. I'm still working on my office/craft room and finding an idea that would work for organizing my ribbons is top priority. I have a lot of ribbons!! I found this tutorial from The Cottage Home for creating a storage ... Read More about DIY Saturday: DIY Ribbon Holder

Did A Little Barn Decorating!

Last year I painted my barn red (and I'm so glad I did since I just love it). You can see the before and after here. This year we added a little bit of seating and a few decorations. Have a look! Summer is over in the South (if you believe the stores)! You can hardly find any summer anything! It's all back to school and fall. What's left of summer is on clearance. At least that's a good ... Read More about Did A Little Barn Decorating!

Photos Of My Vegetable Garden – July

We actually had one day with no rain recently, so I ran outside to do some weeding in my vegetable garden and snapped some pics for you all. First we had excessive heat then we had days and days and days of rain. So I've had a few casualties! But the garden still manages to look pretty good. Come in for a little garden tour! This year I'm growing some interesting things like ... Read More about Photos Of My Vegetable Garden – July

Farmhouse Style Wall Decor-My Cow Art!

I've been enamored with cow paintings ever since I saw Eulalie on Miss Mustard Seed's blog ( have you seen her other cow painting Hyacinth). So I've been searching high and low for an affordable way to have my own large cow painting and just haven't been able to find anything that I could - 1. afford and 2. that I liked (out of the ones that I could afford). But... I did come across a ... Read More about Farmhouse Style Wall Decor-My Cow Art!