A Fresh Look

So we are hoping to have our garage doors installed soon. I thought I'd share with you all the plan.

So currently we have these hideous cheap wood carriage doors that are rotting and sagging. They are impossible to use.

We are having faux carriage doors installed in white. I am thinking about painting parts of them the same green as the house to tie them in with it. I hate boring plain white doors. What do you think? Leave them white or add that green?

I have even toyed with adding the blue from the front door, but I think it is way too much.

Oh it is only paint, right?

Support the Team

So if you are like me you probably have a hubs or bf that is into sports or rather if you live in the South it is part of who you are. With that though comes all these obnoxious colors that make decorating impossible.

I have been finding ways to incorporate my hubs and my favorite SEC team into our home without it being over the top and in your face, and need I mention obnoxious again. So last week I took his Auburn Tigers Dr faux street sign and gave it a faux treatment of my own. I did my best to make that baby look more vintage and less obnoxious.

All I did was wipe the sign down, spray paint it matte black, paint the raised letters with white flat paint, and then lightly sanded with 220 to give it some character flaws. I am excited I found a way to incorporate the hubs alma mater into our home.

Won't You Be My Neighbor

It's time again for the segment "Won't You Be My Neighbor". I love the beach and the entire Florida panhandle, so I am all about bringing more people here to vacation and even be my full time neighbors!

This is a great home priced at $239,900 which is located in the subdivision Grayton Cove.

{It is a foreclosure so it is a steal of a deal!}

This home is over 1500 square feet and comes with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and has hardwood floors.

Check out more pictures and features of this home and call the agent that will get the deal done for you! Bev Dudley lives by her motto of "if it goes to contract it will close!"

So won't you be my neighbor,

For inquires about this home please contact:

DIY Lamp Shade

So I read a lot of blogs (a lot) and there are tons of great ideas out there! So last week I borrowed the idea of a do it yourself lamp shade from High-Heeled Foot in the Door, now Effortless Style.

I love the idea of taking a table runner to recover a lamp shade to make it look custom made!

First I bought all the items I needed: a drum lamp shade and a table runner (on clearance from World Market).

Then I gathered the basic supplies: glue gun, safety pins, and scissors.

After measuring the length I needed for my lamp shades I cut the runner into 2 pieces. I then carefully pinned the material on the lamp shade to get my pattern and pleats just so. I first glued the bottom portion on the shade since it was larger than the top, then I proceeded to tighten my pleats and pins already in place. I lightly steamed the pleats, then I proceeded to glue the top portion.

And viola! I have custom lamp shades.

So this set of lamp shades cost me $47 to make total. I am so excited that I video chatted with my mom to show her my creation. Yes I am just that much of a geek.

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Sorry for the delay of posts this week, but I promise to be back next week with more posts. I've been a very busy girl and will share with you all some of the things I have been up to!

Gotta Have Shades

I am in desperate need of a pair of lamp shapes. I want something simple, just a drum shade that is 16 inches high so I can do a DIY project. But in my search I have not found what I am looking for, but I have seen several beauties that have caught my eye!

When did lamp shades become not boring?

Find all of these pictured: here, here, here, here, here, and here.

Steal verse Lux

This week's steal verses lux edition features a reclaimed lumber table. One is $2,998 and the other is $1,299. Now the two are slightly different in size so we're not comparing oranges to oranges, more like a navel orange to a tangelo orange.

The lux item is the one pictured on top from Anthropologie and the steal is pictured below it from Crate and Barrel. The difference between these are their lengths and widths— and not to mention $1700.

Smiling Fish Cafe Gives Nothing but All Smiles

So I have been meaning to write about this for sometime now— early October if you really must know. But if you are ever in the 30A area you must grab a bite of lunch at Smiling Fish Cafe in Gulf Place. Not only can you dine outdoors but you can feast on this:

It is a salad of tender baby spinach leaves, tossed with sun-dried tomatoes, golden raisins, pecan pieces, blue cheese crumbles, and a balsamic pepper jelly vinaigrette and half a crispy duck!

All I can say is yummy...

Won't You Be My Neighbor

It's time again for the segment "Won't You Be My Neighbor". I love the beach and the entire Florida panhandle, so I am all about bringing more people here to vacation and even be my full time neighbors!

This condo is listed at $169,000 which is located in Redfish Village. No people that is not a typo— you could have at place along 30A with beach access and close to all of your favorite spots for under $170k.

{This foreclosed condo is a steal at $169,000}

This condo is over 1300 square feet and comes with 2 bedrooms, a bunk room and 2 full baths. It features stainless appliances, granite counter tops, & wood floors. Redfish Village owners enjoy private beach access, swimming pool, & Big Redfish Lake. Redfish Village is located just minutes to Seaside & WaterColor... plus this location is just across the street from a great creamery.

Check out more pictures and features of the home and call the agent that will get the deal done for you! Bev Dudley lives by her motto of "if it goes to contract it will close!"

So won't you be my neighbor,

For inquires about this home please contact:

Wreath Envy

This weekend I ended my Sunday night going through the mess of magazines I got Friday and Saturday. While perusing Real Simple I came across this gorgeous wreath. Now the colors seem off in the picture on their website but the wreath seems to die for! I could actually see this wreath being used year round too.