A Cultivated Nest

A Morning Stroll Through the Garden

Hi everyone! I'm on vacation this week but I thought you all might enjoy a few pictures from my backyard that I took last week.The crepe myrtles are starting to bloom. The barn which we'll be painting next week and you can see the pond my husband is rebuilding.Two year old Crepe MyrtleMorning Glories are starting to appearA Pee Gee hydrangeaBeautiful peeling bark of a River BirchSquashLooks like a ... Read More about A Morning Stroll Through the Garden

Meal Planning or When We Fail to Plan We Plan to Fail

Do you remember that old saying? Well I think it still applies to many areas of life, but today I'd like to discuss meal planning. I sort of got out of the habit this summer and our grocery bills show it! So I'm back to planning our weekly meals! Menu planning is simply planning out what you're going to eat for a given time period. Some people do one week, others 2 weeks, some a month and I'm sure ... Read More about Meal Planning or When We Fail to Plan We Plan to Fail

What To Do With Those Cheap Door Mirrors – DIY Day

I wanted to find a way to be able to write more than a few words on a chalkboard and I didn't want to make one from scratch. Plus I wanted to put it on my fireplace mantel so I needed something long but not wide. I looked for a long picture to paint over at the thriftstore but never found just the right thing! How to turn a cheap mirror into a chalkboard. Then I thought about those cheap ... Read More about What To Do With Those Cheap Door Mirrors – DIY Day

The Blue Toile Room

Hello everyone! I thought I'd share what I was working on this weekend. We stayed home all weekend and we got sooooooo much done! It was great! I've been wanting to redo my guest bedroom/office space since I redid it two years ago! Isn't that terrible! I really didn't like the bedding or curtains (my husband and daughter picked them out). They weren't ugly they just weren't me and I'm the ... Read More about The Blue Toile Room

Making Lunch Special

I used to love watching Kitty Bartholomew's show on HGTV (ah the good old days before all the real estate shows). She used to always end by say "It's not what you don't have. It's what you do with what you do have!" That's something I firmly believe in! If you're like my family and trying to cut back on eating out, one thing that I've found to make eating at home more of an "event" is to try to ... Read More about Making Lunch Special

The Slipcovered Chair

Hello everyone! In my last post I mentioned that I am switching chairs around. Well I took the chair that was in my bedroom and moved it into the living room. All the pictures enlarge.This was in a corner of my bedroom but it really is too big for that room. The chair that used to be in the living room is now going downstairs to our family room.Here it is "naked"! I took the slipcover off. I'd ... Read More about The Slipcovered Chair