When the Hunter is Away, the Homemaker Will Play!
Heeyy y’all!!! I have missed you, but here’s why I went MIA for the past several days — Rip left last Thursday night to spend some time in TN helping to get some things done at his mother’s home. THEN, on Monday he left TN for Missouri for a hunting…
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Rip Converting a Bathtub to a Shower/Bath Combo
Hey happy homemaker! So, did you have a Thanksgiving to remember? Rip and I sure did … and we wouldn’t have changed a thing! One of the things we did yesterday was we started converting a bathroom in our farmhouse to be a tub/shower combo. It’s been only a tub…
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Simple Decorating Ideas for Color
It caught my eye! I was driving home enjoying the sunshine pouring into my car and happened to glance over and noticed a flower bed full of beautiful hot pink flowers with lush green leaves. So, I pulled over and took a picture because … I love color! Among…
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Thanksgiving Everything
Here we are, only 1 day away from Thanksgiving and you may already have the whole day all planned out and all that’s left for you to do is either travel or put on an apron! But as I was strolling through some websites, I found some super cute and…
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10 Beautiful & Simple Holiday Place Settings
It’s Friday! The weekend is here and that means it’s time for an “Inspiring Home” idea. As I’ve been planning ahead to the holidays, I keep thinking this one word over and over again – Simplify. Now, if there is one thing I love to do, (but don’t always have…
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Getting Your Home and Heart Ready for the Holidays
November 1 is here and when the loud sirens down town went off at precisely 12:00pm today, I looked out my window and thought — in just a few days we will be carving a turkey, reciting off all the things we are most thankful for with family and friends,…
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Salmon with Healthy Creamy Garlic Dijon Sauce
Pan seared salmon is perfectly delicious on it’s own but when you add a healthy dijon sauce then it takes on a whole new delish-is-ness! This recipe is for a serving size of 5 folks. Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 20 minutes Servings: 5 Ingredients 5 (8 oz) skinless salmon fillets 4 tsp olive oil Salt…
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Creating an Inviting Bedroom
When decorating any bedroom, the first thing you need to ask is this: What decor’ and colors do “I” really like that help set a relaxing and inviting atmosphere to this room? I put the word “I” in quotation marks because something that I sometimes run into when helping a…
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A Few Minutes Out of Our Day For Me to Refocus
In 2015, while helping a friend in Columbia, TN, with some of her home renovations, she introduced me to a group of men who had their own construction business – Lee Brothers Construction. All the men in this company are just what the name says – they are all brothers.…
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Design Starts With Purpose
While I was typing out today’s title, “Design Starts with Purpose” I couldn’t help but think about Proverbs 25:11 – “An idea well-expressed is like a design of gold, set in silver.” (Good News Translation) There is no other room in the house more important to the life of the…
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