A Cultivated Nest

Making Your Own Cleaning Products

Looks like I’ll be inside for part of this coming week. Rain and storms are forecast. Which is just as well since I’ve been neglecting my house for my garden! I’m going to take advantage of the weather and deep clean my kitchen. I thought I'd re-post something I wrote last year about saving money by making your own cleaners. I've had a few people email me asking me to get back to including my ... Read More about Making Your Own Cleaning Products

Pretty Things In The Garden

I started out taking photos of my roses since they are all pretty much in bloom now. Then I got distracted by other things in the garden! So I’ll post the roses another day. Here’s what caught my eye today in my garden. A Knockout Rose growing through the spaces in my potting bench. My fork chandelier (from my friend Linda) glowing in the afternoon sunlight. The mosaic ... Read More about Pretty Things In The Garden

Lace, Toile, Creamy Whites & A Touch of Silver!

Thank you so much for all your kind comments about my little corner bed makeover! I’m still working outside but we had a bit of a rainy afternoon on Tuesday so I came inside and changed out the vignette on the dresser in my dining room (should have cleaned the house instead but just didn’t feel like it). My Dining Room Display It’s a change for me. I’m usually into color – red, apple ... Read More about Lace, Toile, Creamy Whites & A Touch of Silver!

What’s Been Keeping Me Busy!

So...it started out with me just wanting to pull out some wild onions and trim back the Confederate Jasmine on the fence. Then I found some kind of Jumanji vine growing into/onto everything! Had to pull that out. There were also several small volunteer trees besides the crazy thick vine. I have to say I hadn’t been in this corner to really weed or anything in a year or so. Lesson learned – ... Read More about What’s Been Keeping Me Busy!

Favorite Things

Hi everyone! I’m joining Laurie @ Bargain Hunting & Chatting With Laurie for Favorite Things Saturday. Be sure to stop by there to see all the other people participating.One of my favorite things is plates. My other favorite thing is stuff that has words, so these plates combine two favorites. I have them hanging off the side of my china cabinet. They all say Ironstone Staffordshire England on ... Read More about Favorite Things

Thrifty Thursday

Hi everyone! I wanted to show you a couple of little things I got at the thriftstore last week.Those little cherub prints above were 45 cents each and I thought they’d be perfect for a narrow space I have between my linen closet and the Blue Toile Room. So I painted the frames white and I think they look perfect in that narrow spot! Now I need to find a few more to fill up that wall! They also had ... Read More about Thrifty Thursday