A Cultivated Nest

Home Sweet Frugal Home – March

Are your dollars not stretching as far as they used to? Everyone has different reasons for wanting or needing to cut back. I thought I’d start sharing some frugal things that we do, in a monthly series, as a way to not only encourage myself to stay on tract, but maybe give someone with similar goals some ideas. Aaack! I almost forgot to do a HSFH post this month! I've been so busy making some ... Read More about Home Sweet Frugal Home – March

Upcycle A Light Into A Birdfeeder

I'm so happy to have a special guest post for you today from my very creative friend Kathy! She's sharing an amazing upcycle project that I know you're going to want to make. I do! Hi, I’m Kathy from Creative Home Expressions! I am so pleased to be guest posting here on Manuela’s blog today ~ thank you so much for the invite, Manuela! A couple of months before we moved {back in 2011} I ... Read More about Upcycle A Light Into A Birdfeeder

Tweaking The Dining Room

I've had a mirror over the cabinet in my dining room for years and years and years! Which I liked - but since I'm going to paint that cabinet and do a few other things in there (sometimes you just get tired of the way things look) I wanted to add some shelves above it to give that area a new look. I looked all over for some shelves. I found the perfect one at TJMaxx but they only had 1 and ... Read More about Tweaking The Dining Room

DIY Saturday: How To Paint Laminate Bookcases

Happy weekend everyone! I think most of us have a piece or two (or three) of laminate furniture, especially those inexpensive bookcases. I have a brown one that I want to use in my office but I want it to be white. My desk is also laminate and it's a maple look and I want that a different color also. As always, I have more time than money so painting those items would give me the look I want for ... Read More about DIY Saturday: How To Paint Laminate Bookcases

Come Shopping With Me & See What I Bought!

Happy first day of spring! Last week was my birthday and I dragged my family all over the place looking for some shelves to put over the chest of drawers in my dining room. One place we stopped in is a favorite store of mine and I took a few photos. I'll show you what I got there at the end of the post. As to the shelves, I found one lovely one at TJMaxx. But I've come to the conclusion that ... Read More about Come Shopping With Me & See What I Bought!

How To Attract Pollinators – Adding Flowers to Your Vegetable Garden

Some people think that flowers should just grow in a flower garden and vegetables should just grow in a vegetable garden! I have always either surrounded my vegetable gardens with flowers or I've interplanted flowers in the vegetable garden. I know a lot of you are in the process of planning your vegetable gardens and I just want to encourage you to plan on adding flowers this year if it's ... Read More about How To Attract Pollinators – Adding Flowers to Your Vegetable Garden