The Twin And Our Weekend

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

I recently showed you one of the urns I purchased at auction.

I filled that one with a collection of seashells and decided

to plant its twin with a birds nest fern, ivy and a couple

other plants.

It has now found a home in the morning room.

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Yesterday Steve and I packed a picnic and headed to one of the state parks

for a little hiking.  The weather was perfect and such a beautiful day to be

outside. 



 

  



 

We ended the weekend with a wonderful dinner out to celebrate

our anniversary.

Happy Anniversary Steve. 

 Marrying you was by far the smartest thing

I ever did.  

xoxo,

Sherry



Adding Color To The Family Room

I have been trying to lighten up our home by painting the walls and replacing the

dark oriental rug with a sea grass one.  I love the neutral rooms shown on some of my

favorite blogs and design magazines, but I have come to realize I must  have some

color in our home.

Here is one thing I came up with...

The orange pillows look red in the pictures but they are actually close to

the same orange in our Deruta lamps.

Yours truly made these pillows. 

 I am not a seamstress and sewing machines are not my friends. 

 Yep, it took me a full day to make these four pillows!   Good

thing I am not sewing for a living, huh?

Gotta run...we have another showing on our home early tomorrow.

This means spending the evening cleaning house.

( After Dancing With The Stars of course)

Keep your fingers crossed for a sale.

**Don't forget the Open House party is on Spring Break**

for a few weeks.

xo, Sherry

Partying at:

Savvy Southern Style

Freckled Laundry

French Country Cottage

At The Picket Fence

   

Open House Party

 

 

Welcome to the Open House party!
 

 

 

Before we start this weeks party I want to thank each and everyone of you that join my party.  I am feeling really guilty for not being able to visit each of you and leave comments.  My life has changed drastically in the last nine months.  Taking care of my dad is a blessing, though sometimes not easy! I no longer have the time to spend on my blog, or visit other blogs, that I once did.  I have thought about shutting down for a while but my blogging buddies have been such huge support and your blogs offer me a temporary distraction from the stress.  Please forgive me if I am not visiting as often and I hope you know how very much I appreciate your support and friendship.

 

Thank You From The Bottom Of My Heart!

 

 

I have some great features from last week and I hope you enjoy....

 

Aimee @ The Vintage Estate  created this wonderful orb light using embroidery hoops.
Check out her blog for the tutorial.

Carol @ Art And Sand  has a very talented husband and last week she shared some
of his amazing paintings.

This beautiful Spring mantle was created by Revi @  Revisionary Life.

On to the party....
 

 



Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House Party!


I appreciate everyone that joined the party last week, again you showed me what a
creative and talented group you are.  You'll find the link below to join this weeks
party but first enjoy the wonderful features below. 

 



This beautiful bedroom belongs to Sonya at  Beyond The Screen Door.  Don't you

love the sign she made from a pallet?

 

 

 

Delores at  Vignette Design created this beautiful nature inspired table for her

husband and his fishing buddies. The plates are wonderful and perfect for the dinner!

 

 

 

 Kristie at Market Nine Home  added this wonderful clock to her kitchen and talks about

 accessorizing your home.  If you are not familiar with this beautiful blog you must drop by.

 Don't you just love the colors in Carlene's Spring mantle?  Check out  Organized Clutter to

see more of her pretty mantle.
 

 



On to the party.....

Grow Your Blog With Pinterest

Like many of you I am addicted to Pinterest.

I bet by now most of you know Pinterest lets you organize and share

 all the beautiful things you find on the web, but did you know you can use

 it to help build your blog?

I didn't either until I started checking my blog's stats and seeing many

referrals from Pinterest.  I was shocked to see that for last three months I

had more visits to my blog from Pinterest than any other source!  

If you are looking for a way to grow your blog I would suggest becoming

active with Pinterest. Add a board to your site including pictures of your own

home, projects, recipes ect.  Have fun with it but don't use it purely as a

 tool for self-promotion.  Also follow other boards and leave comments

 on pins you like. Make sure and add the Pinterest button on your blog so

 others can click over to your boards.

You can get information on joining Pinterest HERE.

 I use SiteMeter  to check stats and to see who is visiting of my blog.

It is a free tool that can be added to your sidebar.  I prefer SiteMeter

over Google stats because it gives you a lot more information.

I have no connection with Pinterest or SiteMeter,  nor am I being paid

for recommending them.   I love you guys and just want to pass on

information that works for me.

It would be great if you would  follow me on Pinterest by clicking on the button

in the sidebar.  Let me know you are following and I will happily follow

you back.

Do you have any tips to share for growing your blog?

Hugs,

Sherry

A Beautiful Home Tour

 

I have quite a treat for you today!

 

 

Carolyn @ Sweet Chaos Home has graciously allowed me to share her gorgeous home with you. 

This house was Carolyn's dream home. She would arrive early to pick her kids up at preschool, so she could turn into the neighborhood next door and spend a few moments checking out this house.  She drove by so often that Carolyn was surprised the neighbors didn't call the police.  On one of her drives there was a for sale sign on her dream home and several months later Carolyn and her family were moving in.

Since moving in they have completed many renovations and projects on the 1980's home.

Enjoy the tour and be amazed at the transformation of this beautiful home.

 

 Newly improved kitchen below

 

Quite a difference from the BEFORE picture below.



Can you believe the only changes were removing the wallpaper and painting the walls and trim?

Amazing, huh? 



 

 

Carolyn bought the chairs below off Craigslist for her dining room and had them upholstered in

this pretty blue and white fabric.  I am in Love! 

 

 

 

Lovely living room

 

 

What a pretty guest room. 

 

 The master bath was completely renovated....Gorgeous! 

 

 

 

 

Bathroom before renovation.  Can you believe the beautiful bath above started like this?



 

 

I know Carolyn's four boys must love the pool.

 



Visit  Sweet Chaos Home  to see amazing remodeling projects and to view more of

this beautiful home. 

 

Thank you, Carolyn for sharing your dream  home with us.

 

xx,

Sherry

 

Partying this week at:

 

Common Ground

French Country Cottage

From My Front Porch To Yours

Savvy Southern Style

Cowgirl Up

Coastal Charm

 

 

 

 



Open House Party

 

 

 

Welcome to the Open House party!

 

 

 

 

Thank you to everyone that joined the party last week.  So many great links made it hard to choose just a few to feature.  I am always in awe of your creativity and talent!   If your post is featured feel free to display my party button.   

 

 

Enjoy....

 

 

 

The mother and daughter team of  The 2 Seasons  transformed a dingy basement room

into such a cute place to do laundry.

 

 

 

Have you ever seen a more beautiful collection of pearls?  Check out Faith, Grace, Crafts to see more beautiful vignettes using pearls and lace.

 

 

 

 

If you haven't tried Biscoff Spread you are missing out!   The recipe for Biscoff Bundt Cake with Espresso Ganache was shared by ButterYum.  I may have found my newest addiction.

 

 

 

 

Our Southern Home shared her husband's home office and the changes to the mantle.  Just look at the wonderful equestrian tiles and beautiful wood paneling.

 

* I have been bombarded with SPAM and I have comment moderation activated.

There are no screwy letters or numbers to type in but your comment will not

show up immediately.

 

On to the party...

 

 

 

 



Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House party!

Thank you for visiting and I hope you enjoy this weeks home tour.

Today we will be visiting the author of the wonderful design blog,  Dixie Delights.   

Amanda has created a beautiful home for herself and her family.  Please check out her

blog to see some amazing before and afters.

Isn't this a gorgeous kitchen?

Guest room

Master bedroom

I am in love with the soft colors of Amanda's home.  I hope you enjoyed the tour

and that you will visit  Dixie Delights to see more.

Amanda,  Thank you for sharing your beautiful home at the Open House party.

On to the linky party....

xo, Sherry

Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House party!

Thank you to everyone that joined last weeks party.  I so appreciate each and
everyone of you.

Lets take a look at a few links from last week.

House Dressing showed us the beautiful slipcovers she made for her sun room.

Amanda's husband shares a tutorial on Dixie Delights for this fabulous cover for
the flat screen TV.

Tammy @ A Walk In The Countryside linked up her pretty Winter tablescape
and tells us how to make the icy branches.

Komali is a cookbook author and writes the blog Entertaining from an Ethnic
 Indian Kitchen.  She posted the recipe for this yummy soup.

If you were featured I would love for you to add the Open House
button to your sidebar.

xx,
Sherry

On to the party.....

Open House Party

Welcome to the Open House Party.

 I look forward to seeing what you have to share at this weeks party.
You will find the link at the bottom of this post. 

I am thrilled this week to be featuring Pamela,  the author of the popular

blog  From My Front Porch To Yours .  Pamela is also the weekly host of

Treasure Hunt Thursdays, a link party where you can share your finds for

that week.

Enjoy the tour of this beautiful home.

Aren't the curtain brackets pretty?

Love the vintage sofa.

Pamela,  thank you  for sharing your pretty home at the Open House Party

this week!

I hope you will visit From My Front Porch To Yours to see more of this

wonderful blog.

Even though there is not enough hours in my week to leave comments for

each of you,  please know how very much I appreciate you joining the party.

xoxo,

Sherry