Tweet!     Well, my husband was almost sure I had gone over the edge this time.. He was already puzzled a few months ago when I wanted to buy and old musty suitcase just to have it sit around the house.  But I smiled sweetly and he fell for my winsome ways, as usual.. But [...]

Tweet! I have finally decorated my mantel for spring. It hasn’t felt much like spring around here yet, but the calendar insists that it is. One of the reasons I was reluctant to change the mantel up is how much I loved my winter mantel.. I could probably have lived with it all year. It [...]

Tweet! I have an old chair that I use when I am at my computer. It is a beautiful chair, but I have been thinking about painting it. The wood stain is lovely, but I have a house full of wood stained furniture. I was thinking I would paint it a blue-green to go with [...]

Tweet!Some of you may remember that my husband and I have been refinishing our kitchen cabinets for the past couple of weeks as he has been laid off. (On a related note – we will soon be able to track the weeks of unemployment by the new growth of the dark roots in my hair… I may need [...]

Tweet! We have made quite a bit of progress on our Kitchen cabinet transformation. I decided to go ahead and show you what we have done now, before the entire thing is finished. We are doing it in stages and to be honest I just can’t wait! Some of you may remember my Kitchen Island [...]

Tweet! Have you every wondered where the name “The Little Brown House” came from? Well, I named my blog that because for the past few years I have had an obsession with the color brown. I had the outside of the house painted brown with black shutters and white trim. I love that combination. And almost every room [...]

Tweet!    I am sure most of you remember this. I put new night stands in my bedroom a couple of weeks ago, and put up these charger-turned-mirrors on the walls above them. I was frustrated with the fact that my window is not centered on the wall behind the bed. You were all so [...]

Tweet!  I was very busy this weekend! You may remember last weekend I snagged this gorgeous mirror from a store named ‘Junk’ While trying to decide where to put this, I came upon the idea of changing up my entryway. Then I remembered this little table- I have been wanting to paint this for several [...]

Tweet! I went to the grand opening of a new Junk store last night.. I wasn’t going to get anything except ideas. You know – of things to make. There were certainly enough ideas to be had- Beautiful things were everywhere – tempting me with their wily ways.. But I was only getting ideas.  For [...]

Tweet!   I have been working on a few Diy projects around the house, and I am excited to have one finally completed to share with you! Hey – I am glad to have one finally completed period!! Some of you may remember I brightened up my Master Bedroom last summer with new sheets and curtains. Master [...]

Tweet!I have always loved the look of Weathervanes. And I was intrigued with the idea of making my own. I found one online that kind of had the look I wanted; I realize that this isn’t a true weather vane because it doesn’t have the arrows and North, South, etc..  but I couldn’t think of what else [...]

Tweet! I am finally bringing you the tutorial I promised back at the beginning of December. Having surgery the week before Christmas kind of put the halt to all of my planned activities! But – I am on the mend and doing well now. Ready to jump back into things in 2012! This idea was [...]

Tweet!It is hard to believe, but we are nearing the end of 2011. I decided to take a look back at the year and choose some of my top Diy Projects. I picked these according to how many views and/or comments they received. And also how much I personally liked them! I find that I like some of my projects [...]

Tweet!Those of you who saw my Christmas Mantel post noticed the photo garland I made for my mantel. As promised, here is the very easy tutorial showing how to make your own!   I think they would make adorable tree ornaments too! I got the idea from a beautiful blog named Dear Lillie  – she [...]