gardening is my relatively inexpensive (except when i go seed/plant crazy) seasonal stress relief. i love that after a long day of work i can go out to my garden and create something beautiful and nutritional. this year my garden is new to me. back in byron center i had the same beds for the…
Farmhouse
pentwater is getting siding!
remember our little humble abode up in pentwater michigan? she is getting new siding! YES new siding AND real windows. after much deliberation it was time to just pay someone and get it done. we’ve owned the place for almost 3 years and it’s just one of those things that needs to be done by…
baby shower
i absolutely love throwing parties. i love entertaining and i love hosting. i used to get really really stressed out over little details but what i’ve come to realize that if you put a little love and creativity into events, the stress isn’t really needed. this past weekend we celebrated the pending birth of my…
my holiday vintage mantel
i was going to show ya all of my holiday decor in one post but considering i’m posting 15 pictures of my mantle.. i thought best to divide it up even though i only decorated one room. it is kinda sad but totally in line with my personality that i would unpack all…
home
well last night was the final night of loading. today we are going to grab our last few boxes out of the garage and byron center is no longer ours. it was a tiny bit harder than i thought to leave. that was until the bottom of a box of glassware went out and four…
abby’s chicago
While this post of Abby’s Chicago was made in 2014 These places are all still in business today as of 01/21/2021. Thank goodness! If you are looking to head to some fun shops outside of the Chicago area there is my friend Mark’s store just a short car ride away! ok brace yourself this is…
farmhouse guest bathroom
I vowed to only work on one room at a time in the new house but that doesn’t stop me from giving you whats coming up after we “complete” formal dining room. Next project is the farmhouse guest bathroom. Let me give you a status update on that bad boy. This past Saturday morning i…
farmhouse dining room wallpaper
I have decided to start tackling this house one wallpapered room at a time. The farmhouse formal dining room wallpaper goes first. The first thing I did was decide how to take down this farmhouse dining room wallpaper. I used a product called DIF and a plastic scraper. I found that two of the walls…
big news! We bought a Farm!
big news folks! We bought a farm! i can finally finally finally finally finally tell you the news! Update: keep up with all the farm renovations here. we bought a house! for real this time! with inspections, good faith money and contracts. we are moving the 27th of september! (so if you know anyone looking…