I love to decorate with natural elements as much as possible and Christmas is no exception. With an inexpensive Fraser fir wreath, fresh green clippings, and dried hydrangeas, my mantel now has a garden-inspired feeling this Christmas!

We're doing a Twelve Days of Christmas on our blog (my sister and me) and we did 12 glittery ornaments for the "Twelfth Day". We had a lot of fun making these. My granddaughter helped also.

Jacque inherited all of her grandfathers antique window washing ladders. They come in various sizes. We decided that our laundry room would be a great place to hang one up to serve as a ...»

This year's living room mantel has a garland layered with holly berry and white twig garland...trees to provide a place for owls and birds to perch...and a wreath of home grown cotton with a wooden monogram.

Finally tackled the ordeal of pulling up the carpet in my living room to reveal decent floors. A light sanding the polyeurathane brought it back to life. I re-arranged the furniture and a ...»

bought this petite garbage pail this summer, complete with its own caddy ... knew right away what it was meant for!

Christmas decorating comes to the Potting Shed with evergreens, nandina berries, and gazing globes~

The wonderful holiday plantings I loved at Terrain were $125, so I set out to make my own for less than $20. Using an amaryllis I already had, another I bought at a discount store for ...»