AROUND THE HOME

Scones are such a delicious and homey baked treat and they're even better served warm. We created this cute and simple Scone Cozy craft project as a sweet and functional way to keep your scones nice and warm. It also has great gift potential. Make a batch of your...

One of my favorite uses for cute and colorful vintage sheets is as material for aprons that you can craft by hand at home. Just like old tablecloths, vintage sheets are made from great quality cotton and you can find them frequently at yard and estate sales and thrift...

A favorite way for me to use stained and torn vintage tablecloths is to turn them into pretty dishtowels. I always found it hard to pass up pretty old tablecloths spotted at yard sales. Some had holes, others stained beyond usability. But this old material is the best...

A few years ago, I had great fun creating some great big clouds out of paper mache to be hung at the entrance to The Farm Chicks Fair. But before we got them to The Farm Chicks Fair, we had fun with them at home. The boys thought they made cool photo ops. But how do...

When designing our home, it made sense to use pocket doors in a few rooms. The laundry room was one. A door hanging into the hallway wouldn't be ideal and if it went the other direction, it'd be blocking my access to the laundry chute. So, a pocket door it was. A huge...

When we were designing our farmhouse, it was important for me to create a spacious and functional laundry / mudroom that accommodated our needs and was pretty at the same time. I spend a lot of time in this room and I think it's really nice for the space to be cheery....

The microwave really needs a washing.  This is what happens when children heat food until it explodes. I won't use cleaners that are full of chemicals because I don't want those fumes seeping into our food. Here's what I do instead. I remove the tray and give it a...

A great way to make a beautiful Christmas holiday display is to group all of one color together. I happen to love white. It's surprising how these items, none having anything to do with the other, can look so pretty together. Look around your house and see what you...

There's something special about collections just for the holidays. Like vintage holly mugs - for Christmas. And aren't they so wonderful, displayed for all to see? Do you have holiday collections? If so, what do you collect? Image by John Granen MEET SERENA!...