Stories Of A House

Mother’s Day, and a Hutch.

Christa — Tue, 14 May 2013 05:08:24 +0000

I hope all you Moms had a wonderful day on Sunday! My kids and hubby were super sweet to me for Mom’s Day…I was woken to my favorite breakfast in bed with scrambled eggs, grapefruit, and coffee. I received beautiful poetry from Kassidy, a really cool Facebook post from Chloe, and a hand sculpted clay [...]

New Pinterest Recipe :: Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers

Christa — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:40:59 +0000

Okay, I’ll come clean. I have over 300 recipes pinned, and I think I’ve made 3 of them. They look too good NOT to pin, and although I have good intentions I continue to fall back on our usual stand-by’s, which has become a real bore. But, I’ve been looking to make improvements in many [...]

Check out our new kitchen stools!

Christa — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:34:40 +0000

We’ve been on a counter stool hunt for quite some time. The island needed something in front of it, and the girls needed another spot for homework or eating. The problem we kept running into was that all the ones we liked were bar stool height. We thought about going with these – this one [...]

Decorating with antique windows

Christa — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:56:04 +0000

I’ve always admired the use of antique and farmhouse doors and windows in decorating, and wanted to incorporate at least one somehow, but wasn’t sure how or where. Here is some Pinterest inspiration: source source source source source Then, one day a friend and I went to an antiques store just to browse, and I [...]

Kassidy’s room

Christa — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:41:33 +0000

I’ve had requests to see some of the rest of our house, even though most rooms are in a state of flux. In our quest to begin tackling our to-do list, we worked on Kassidy’s room this week. I had originally painted this CL bed for her, thinking it would work well for her room, [...]