Restoration Chronicles~Chapter 5
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Restoration Chronicles~Chapter 5

Thank you for visiting today to read about the ongoing restoration story of our historical home. Chapters 5 is all about the well tower or water tower. Before Before purchasing this house, I really didn’t know anything about well towers. I have never seen one. We call ours a well tower but they are also…

The BBQ Project is Complete!
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The BBQ Project is Complete!

Back in March we established the quarantine Honey Do list, which included deep cleaning the outdoor barbecue area. That led to the discussion, ” let’s tile the backsplash behind the grill”, which grew legs from there. To see more projects we are tackling, click here. In search of tiles that aesthetically fit a 110 year…

My Art Studio
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My Art Studio

When we renovated our home, we changed the upstairs floor plan and added square footage to accommodate a more modern master bedroom layout. The master suite now includes an office, sitting room, bedroom, bath and closet. The sitting room was part of the original master bedroom. It has a sweet, small fireplace angled in one…

Peony-Themed Luncheon
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Peony-Themed Luncheon

Teaming up with Kristin from White Arrows Home, Andrea from Design Morsels, Tarah from Grandma’s House DIY and Chas from Chas’s Crazy Creations for our DIY Blog Hop this month with projects for our dining rooms! (Make sure and check out all of the dining room projects following this tutorial)  Many of my friends are still hunkering…

Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Greetings from the White Mountains of Arizona. We are up at our cabin and the weather is 60 degrees this morning with sunny, clear blue skies. The community in Pinetop-Lakeside is small, with limited shopping and resources. Other than a few local grocery stores, you need to drive to the next largest town, which is…