Kitchen Furniture

Happy Halloween from this Jokester family to yours! I hope you all have a wonderful day & night. Be Safe and Have fun!

I think personalized gifts can be a little hard to come up with sometimes. You want to  give that special person a gift that is unique, thoughtful, and one of a kind to let them know you care. But that means you may have to think outside of the box a bit to come up with something personalized just for them.   Today I want to share with you this sweet little sign that I made using some personalized wooden letters.  This would be a wonderful gift to give for any occasion. My Husband, Jake and I celebrated our 14 year wedding anniversary during the Summer, and as a gift Jake picked out some wooden letters to give to me because he knew I could create something special with them.  That alone was the sweetest gift ever! E for Emily, J for Jake. (The wooden letters can be found HERE ) I loved these letters and right away I knew that I wanted to decoupage them and create a sign to hang above our bed. So I went to Micheals to get some decorative scrapbook paper.  All I did was walk down the scr

Our little cottage looked so cute the other day that I couldn't help but shoot a few pictures of it. We have a couple of trees in our front yard that were just so magical. When the morning and evening light hit them, they seriously glowed.  And then they would shine through to the inside of our home, creating an orange aura everywhere.  They took my breath away every time I saw them. Unfortunately, as I look out of my windows today, it's all gone.  The wind has blown all of the leaves off of the trees and they are bare but a few stranglers still holding on.  It saddens me how one day I am overwhelmed with the beauty before my eyes and the next day it's all gone. Seasons change and before you know it these same trees will be covered in snow, a whole other beautiful sight in its own. You have to enjoy the seasons while they last and so I was so glad to have captured this moment of time in pictures. I also wanted to share how I have decorated our front porch this fall. My moth

 The most asked about thing in our home would have to be this wooden shelf that is in our dining room.  I get questions from people all of the time asking where I got it from, and I'm assuming it's because they would like to go out and buy one for their own homes.  So I always feel a little bad when I answer, letting them know that this is an antique shelf I got at an estate sale many years ago.  You can't just go to Target and pick one up for yourselves. And I get it, this is a really cool shelf.  I have so much fun decorating it up, especially for all of the changing seasons. I also get a lot of comments about the cute scalloped edges.  A funny thing about this shelf, when I first saw it it was upside down so I thought it was a wine rack because of those scalloped edges.  I was glad to find out it wasn't a wine rack....that would have taken a lot of wine to fill up, and that would never happen because I would end up drinking all of the wine :) So because you can't

Over the summer I did a lot of work to our back patio.  I shared some of it with you along the way, but now that it's all finished I wanted to share the complete before and after, because everyone loves a good before and after, right?  So again, here was our back patio before: The first thing I did was tare out this bench because it was more of a wall that was blocking the view to the rest of the backyard. More on that can be seen  HERE . The second change I made was that I painted our hot tub.  I was so pleased with how it turned out, I just wasn't so pleased with the orange-y colored fence behind it. See how I painted our hot tub HERE. So the last change I made to our patio was staining that wall and the railings.  I went to Lowe's and picked up some outdoor stain by Olympic brand and had it tinted in  Driftwood Gray. I was really surprised when the associate at Lowes told me I would be able to stain over the orange color I had before.  I thought it would need to be sande

*Giveaway closed* I have a treat for you today, Ramsign , a company that makes hand-stenciled enamel signs that are designed in the Danish tradition, has generously offered to giveaway a sign to one of my readers. I absolutely love these house number signs. I think they are so special and unique and they can easily update your home's exterior.  But obviously they don't necessarily have to go on a house, I think they would look cute on any interior door or even hanging up on a gallery wall. These signs can be made in several different styles, sizes, and colors.  And you can choose from house numbers, name plates and address plaques. With Christmas coming up, I think these signs would make a lovely personal gift for someone too.  To enter to win a number sign head on over to  Ramsign , pick out which of the five designs you would choose, then come back and let me know in a comment below.  That's it! Winner will get to choose any house number sign with a value up to $99 in th