A Cultivated Nest

Amazon Gift Certificate Give Away

**This Give Away is now closed*** I'm celebrating 5 years of blogging! Before I get into the give away I want to say thank you to Michele Bergh of Be Inspired Design for my smooth transition from one web hosting server to another over the weekend. I moved from blogger to WordPress a year ago and it's been a challenge since I'm not even remotely interested in the techy side of maintaining a ... Read More about Amazon Gift Certificate Give Away

16 Ways to Upcycle Glass Bottles & Jars

Ever wonder what to do with that empty wine bottle, baby food jar or jam jar? Here are 10 great ideas for taking something you'd normally recycle or throw out and making something pretty and useful out of it. Check out these 16 Ways To Upcycle Glass Bottles and Jars! 16 Ways to Upcycle Glass jars and bottles Storage and Organization. Glass jars are something everyone has too many of. Why ... Read More about 16 Ways to Upcycle Glass Bottles & Jars

In My Garden Today- Roses, Starting Seeds & Growing Cabbage

Actually, it's my garden yesterday :) Another summery day in the ATL! I spent most of the morning weeding this bed & refreshing the pinebark mulch. Take a look - My yellow Lady Banks Rose is in bloom! I cut it back about two months ago because it was all the way up to the top of the Crape Myrtles on the other side of the fence! I wish it stayed like this all summer! The ... Read More about In My Garden Today- Roses, Starting Seeds & Growing Cabbage

Scrap Lumber + Old Window = Pretty Windowbox

My husband made me a pretty window box to use in my garden out of some scrap lumber we had and an old window frame. For the time being it's siting on the buffet in the screened porch and is holding some annuals that I plan on planting this week (it's in the 80's!). He built a rectangle to the size of an old window frame we had. Then he screwed the frame into the box. I'm sure you could ... Read More about Scrap Lumber + Old Window = Pretty Windowbox

Garden Bed Edging Ideas

Many of you know that I used to edge the border in front of my veggie garden with plates. Then we decided to move and in the process of neutralizing the house and garden I removed all my plates and started using some concrete edgers. Fast forward - we decided we couldn't move just yet and now I have these concrete edgers instead of the plates that I don't like very much. I thought about ... Read More about Garden Bed Edging Ideas

Foyer Gallery Wall

Decorating a small foyer is a challenge! A foyer should say something about the people that live in the home as well as being a welcoming place. Hard to do in a small space. I don't have much floor space, as a matter of fact, the only furniture I have in there is this halltree I got at Goodwill - so I go vertical and use my wall space. So far I've painted two walls the new color - Moonlight ... Read More about Foyer Gallery Wall