I asked my friends to rattle off some adjectives when describing my home. “Soothing”, “calm”, ” happy”, and, “Cozy, comfy, relaxing. That is your house.” Those are some of the responses I received which gave me some serious warm fuzzies and feels. That is all I ever wanted — to
When I was a kid and we’d go “back home” to Oneida, Tennessee, I just loved sitting on my great-grandparents’ front porch in one of the old rockers and waving at every car that drove by. Now, I don’t come from monogrammed-Southern folks. We’re the people balancing Dixie bowls of
All of the poor, brassy light fixtures left in piles at the thrift stores make me sad. I’m always checking them out at our local Restore, wondering what I can do to retell their stories. I picked one up for $5 the other day, thinking I’d use the “guts” of