• Decor & Organization,  DIY

    Tiny Updates Major Impact

    Sometimes while shopping for that perfect piece, you find exactly what you are looking for, well almost exactly.  If it were just a little different it would be perfect.  Sometimes you don’t have to live with almost perfect.  Many times, simple changes can transition a piece from close enough to just what you were looking for. When I first saw this piece at Hobby Lobby, I loved it.  The mix of letters, the rustic farmhouse look, the simplicity, the size.  Everything was perfect.  Well, everything except for the color of the N.  I’m not a huge fan of pea soup green, but my problem wasn’t a particular dislike of the…

  • Dining Room

    Styled Bar Cart

    I love this beautiful bar cart my parents gave me.  It has top and bottom shelves, both of which are leather covered.  It has a wine rack just below the top shelf.  I really love it.  But I’m not a big drinker, so going full bar-cart never seemed to be the right fit.  Instead I have always styled the cart for the current season. After updating some dark colored candle sticks with white and gold gilding, I added a spring vase, and a piece of Mikasa stoneware.  The wine rack stores a few bottles of wine, and the bottom shelf houses my Mikasa wineglasses.  I love how these few updates…