Family Fun, Home Projects, and Seasonal Updates
A Traditionally Elegant Christmas Home Tour:
October 28, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think. Leave a comment below!
Sparkle, Gilding and Magnolia….
Some homes make my job as a Holiday Designer easy due to the existing beauty of the home. This is one of those homes! Nestled into a quiet neighborhood in the hills of Tennessee, this home comes alive at Christmas with simple and elegant brushes of sparkle,
to Clean or not to clean, that is the question…
Some days it feels like I am the only woman in my circle that doesn’t truly enjoy cleaning. Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE a clean house, I just don’t jump up in the morning excited to mop the floors. So what is a girl to do? Well, since I have a home full of 3 rambunctious boys, (and a husband so let’s go ahead and say 4) I’ve picked up a few cleaning tips I can share to keep your house clean-ish without dedicating your life to the chore.
De parvis, grandis acervus erit. “From small things, there will grow a mighty heap.”
October 26, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think! Leave a comment below:
I’m not sure when the term Homesteading came into vogue…
But when my grandparents were growing up, living off the land and providing for your family with the bare essentials wasn’t called “Homesteading” but merely survival. With 11 hungry siblings beneath her and a family to feed on a coal miners wages,
“A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.” ~William Arthur Ward
October 25, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think! Leave a comment below.
I am definitely a sunshine girl at heart…
But when I awoke yesterday morning to a heavy, constant rain, my heart, strangely, rejoiced. As I stumbled out into my dark house and turned on the coffee pot, I felt a childlike kind of joy settle over me as I saw the water pouring down outside my kitchen window.
Dreading the chore of getting your home ready for winter? Here are some ideas for making it fun!
October 23, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think! Leave a comment in the box below.
~Not What I Had in Mind for Fall Fun~
Winter is well on its way and we would be the wiser for making sure our homes are prepared for the colder days to come,
Cooler weather means the perfect opportunity to snuggle up with a mug of warm, yummy goodness and I’ve got some drinks you’ve got to try!
October 18, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think. Leave a comment below!
Hot Drinks for a Cold Day:
Hot water is my Love Language. I mean, is that a thing? If you want to tell me you care, bring me some form of hot water.
Looking for some simple ideas to update your bedroom? Look no further!
October 15, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think in the comments below.
As a designer, bedrooms are one of my favorite rooms to design…
The combination of elements, colors, an textures are beautifully balanced in a well designed bedroom. There is also something vulnerable about designing a bedroom for a client as they are “personal”
“Autumn is a second spring, when every leaf is a flower.”-Albert Camus
October 14, 2017 BY Cassie Let me know what you think and leave a comment below!
Celebrate the beauty of the season with a fabulous fall centerpiece!
There is something special about fall in the Appalachian Mountains. The changing colors and crisp air always inspires me to attempt to capture some of that beauty in my own home and what better way to do that than with a Fall-Inspired Centerpiece!
Looking for Simple Ways to Make your New House feel like Home? Keep Reading!
October 12, 2017 By Cassie Let me know what you think and Leave a Comment below!
Moving can be hard. I can honestly say that that our recent move was one of the more stressful events that I’ve gone through in my adulthood. (Read about the move Here) Once we finally got into our new home I was so overwhelmed with the amount of boxes that needed unpacked and the sheer magnitude of the task ahead that I *almost* put off investing time into the little touches that made our new house feel more home like.
Finding Beauty in New Beginnings:
October 10, 2017 By Cassie Let me know what you think and Leave a Comment below!
Psalm 37:4 “Delight yourself in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
If you have read my previous post on the selling of our first family home, (Find it Here) then you have some idea of what a learning-filled venture that was.
