Category: Life & Style

DIY Colored Jeans (Mint)

I like everyone else I know has been Jonesing for some of those awesome colored jeans that are so in style right now, especially the mint. [from here] Unfortunately, mint ones are SOOOOOooo expensive....

God Loves Me and My Decorating

Sometimes I feel like God remembers what I see and like when I’m shopping and later finds it for me on Craigslist. Okay, maybe that sounds a little nuts, but this kind of stuff...

House Siding in Process

I have failed to show the front of my house yet, and there’s a reason for that. It’s really ugly. As in, “I’m embarrassed that’s my house” ugly. There’s a lot of reasons for...

My New Couch

My front room has undergone a bit of a transformation of style in the last couple weeks. First, someone offered me some money for my white vintage matelasse couch – and I sold it....

Home Tour

  Living Room We’ve been married over a year now, and have had lots of changes to the May Casa. It’s become more than a house, it’s become a home, and boy have we...

Adventures in Upholstery

Been meaning to write a post about my adventures in reupholstering. I started with recovering dining room seats and headboards, and then found a $20 chairs at a thrift store that had a great...

My Crate and Barrel Knock-Off

I’ve always wanted carrara marble countertops. I know they are trendy and all over the place, but so beautiful! But let’s be realistic: probably not going to happen, and probably should based on the...