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  • Cape Cod Styled Exterior Digital Makeover

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    When I first moved here, I never planned to stay. In fact, even just a couple of years ago, I wasn’t going to stay. It was just a temporary stop on the way to our “forever home.” So, for the first few years we’ve lived here, I’ve made plans and choices based on the idea…

  • How to Build a Faux Vintage Door

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    Faux Old Vintage Door in the Garden Faux Vintage Door on Piano Mantel You know how a while back I decorated my piano like a mantel with foxgloves and pinwheels? And I used an “old vintage door” for the background? That’s a little picture there of it on the right. You can see the chippy…

  • Vegan Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe

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    Whole Wheat Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe Whole Wheat Vegan Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe Muffins are the perfect food. Not too sweet, not too messy, fairly portable, fairly convenient, and, if done right, fairly healthy. Of course, being someone who can’t leave well enough alone, I wanted all that PLUS vegan, whole wheat and no…

  • How to Chop up a Chocolate Bar

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    Chopped Chocolate Bar There’s definitely a knack to chopping up a chocolate bar. If you just try to slice it, breaks unpredictably. Put any force behind it and chocolate ends up going everywhere. Nobody wants that. So the way to get the chocolate chopped without losing your chocolate on the floor is this. Instead of…

  • Late June Blooms in the Pacific Northwest

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    June Blooms in the Bird and Butterfly Garden Blooming Ditch Lily Remember last week when I showed you the foxgloves and roses, but said the “next wave” was coming? Well, it’s here! The new flowers are starting to come into bloom, bringing brighter and wilder colors. The first thing that always appears is the orange…

  • Romantic June Mantel with Flowers, Friends and Fun

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    I have always wanted a mantel. I just love them, love decorating them, love enjoying them. And every season when all the other bloggers start decorating their mantels with seasonal goodies, I am sad that I don’t have one. But guess what I finally figured out? Many of the bloggers who put up mantel posts…

  • Early June Blooms in the Pacific Northwest

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    Foxgloves and Roses around Gazebo Bloom on New Dawn Climbing Rose Every evening when I walk into my office, I walk past this window that looks out over the gazebo thing in my garden. And of course I take a peek on my way to the computer to see what’s blooming, how many weeds have…

  • Top 5 Favorite Pretty Pink Craft Rooms

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    I can’t help myself. When I see a pretty, pink crafting or creating space, I just want to reach out and hug it and breathe it in and make it mine. My home is shared with others, and my husband and son are not wild about pink or frills or lace or ribbons. But in…

  • Apple Pie Recipe

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    Apple Pie Apple Pie I am a cake person. I prefer cake. With the rare exception of the creamy pies (from scratch no-bake cheesecake, for example) or the annual pumpkin pie (yum), I rarely eat pie. Yet I am surrounded by people who love pie. Who would rather have pie for their birthdays (gasp!). So,…

  • How to Tear Out a Stone Indoor Planter Box

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    I have to be honest, I’m not sure that those indoor planters that so many 50’s-era ranch houses have were ever a good idea. They’re never in a spot with good light. They’re never in a spot that’s great to water in. They’re permanent, so you can’t just dump them out when they get yucky.…