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Painted Pumpkin Ideas – Pictures of What Readers Have Done

Now that Halloween is over, should we still consider pumpkins as a part of our decor? Absolutely! All the bits of harvest that I mentioned in the last post Decorating Pumpkins Without Carving – Making Beautiful Harvest Displays, are the exact ones that I use throughout November for my thanksgiving/harvest…

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Amazing Way to Design Your Home, Fashion, and Art Like a Pro!

Before I begin… let me warn you… the following information could be VERY dangerous! Please continue at your own risk! Actually, what I mean is… you’re going to love this website & the service that they provide so much, that it could become extremely addicting if you’re…

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Garden Sheds Offer a Unique Focal Point in Your Cottage Garden

I wanted to share a recent letter from our email bag. Bill needed some help coming up with a few creative ideas for his new cottage garden project. He is trying to pull together a little cottage garden complete with raised beds and a Victorian style chicken coop, where an old above ground swimming pool

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Build Your Own Vintage Style Storage Cubby

storage unit found at Sunset’s blog – fresh dirt My husband likes to take me on little dates. Sometimes we’ll go for a ride around the countryside, or maybe we’ll share a meal together. Many times, he’ll choose the Cracker Barrel for breakfast, both because we love the food,…

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Turn Everyday Ordinary Boxes Into Beautiful Home Decor

by Alice from Romantic Thoughts I think there is a quiet joy in finding an object that was once used as a workhorse in society, then allowing it rest in it’s later years as an object of beauty. It’s kind of like… turning it out to pasture for everyone to look at & admire. Boxes

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Build Your Own Little Cottage From Recycled and Found Materials!

I’ve always loved the thought of building a tiny little cottage from natural *mostly* free materials. You might not have realized it, but there are people everywhere, who are building their own little cottages from free supplies that they have gathered from their property such as; mud, straw, sticks,…

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