Hi Lovecats! Just thought I’d share a little update on the family lake house we’ve been renovating for the last few months, though it’s not all that exciting, I still wanted to share the process, which of course, has taken far longer than we all anticipated. In my experience, construction and renovation always takes at …
LOVECATS! I’ve missed you! Life has been unsteady… April was a dumpster fire but the flames have been extinguished and I’m working on rebuilding and rising from the ashes. Could I use ANY MORE metaphors in one sentence? Probably…. but I’ll spare you 🙂 After almost a month of silence and self care, I finally …
Happy Weekend Lovecats! This seems like a silly post simply because this guest room is very similar to the guest room in my last house AND my master bedroom two houses ago. Like I said though, I was determined not to spend a dime on furnishings when we moved into this house since it’s technically …
It’s Almost Christmas… And I’ve just finally finished decorating and wrapping most of my presents. I still have a few more to buy and then there’s Santa for the girls, and the next few days leading up to Christmas may be insane, but I’m feeling okay about it all at the moment. How are you …
We moved into this new house at the beginning of June and since we already had so much stuff (that actually complemented the space, it was pretty easy to decorate) and I’ve been meaning to share it with you since July. Though, I have to admit, that since it’s a rental, there seems to be …
I love how bright and airy this house is. I love it’s lightness and mood, and I love the hint of contemporary with the rustic. I think though, that lately I’m just drawn to the rustic modern aesthetic at all times because it’s the theme of Dogwood Tavern and since that’s where my focus is, …
I LOVE this house. Well mostly, I LOVE THIS KITCHEN. NO, mostly, I love the whole house. But I especially LOVE the kitchen. And I have to say that of all the homes I’ve found, it’s rare to find one updated and decorated up here in a way that doesn’t make me cringe! Maybe it’s …
I saw this house listed for sale last summer and fell in love with it… of course it wasn’t blue then, and it looked more like it was about to collapse, but I still loved it. It was only $350k at the time but needed a complete face lift, major work, and a new roof. …
Growing up and living in Los Angeles with hundreds of restaurants and food options just minutes away, eating out or delivery dinners were the norm, but since moving up to the mountains, where our choices have diminished, we actually use our kitchen and eat in nearly every day of the week now, which I love. …
I found this great hand built rustic dresser at a thrift shop for $200 a few years ago to house the husband’s clothes and to match our old Tropical Master Bedroom. It was perfect and I loved scoring such a treasure. In our new master bedroom, however, it doesn’t really work. The unfinished wood with …
Our house is never done. I have ideas and thoughts about how it “should” look and how to make it better and they are never-ending and forever swirling… you’re probably the same 🙂 But for now, this is what our living room looks like. And I am content… for now. It’s a good thing though, …
A few weeks ago I met with Lorenzo at SPLA | Scott Peterson Landscape Architect, a local landscaping firm here in Lake Arrowhead, and with the owners of my favorite local nursery in Cedar Glenn as well, to get started on reimagining our residential home exterior space -front yard and back- and last Friday I …
But first, this is our house now… Click to see more: how our property looks now | 2 Above: Front | 2 Below: Back I’m sure I’ve said this before, but one of the things that turned me off to the house we ended up buying, was the way it looked from the outside. It …
LeRoy: Bellboy, Welcoming Committee, Breaker of Wind, Conversation StarterI was so excited to get to participate in this Sherwin-Williams makeover project because I really hadn’t planned on spending too much more time {or money} on this particular room. As far as I was concerned, it was done enough for a guest room {see the before …
I have to admit that I’m not having the easiest time getting back to work after the holidays. And being that we just moved, I wish I could just take a few weeks off and say See ya after the new year! But I feel the pressure mounting. It’s lame really. I’m lucky that I …
