Hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I am delighted to see you here. This week on the blog I shared the changes we recently made to our front porch. That space has slowly evolved in the last six years and I could not be more happy about it. I just need the weather to start cooperating. I’m wearing a sweater and it’s the end of May! I also shared how we ruined a section of our lime mortar. It was accidental and we were trying to avoid a broken hip, but it cost us! Most everything is fixable though. I hope this Happy List leaves you feeling inspired, encouraged,…

Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. It is so good to have you here. Grab a cup of coffee and get ready to relax and be inspired! This week on the blog, I shared how I repurposed a half of a mortar and pestle set to make a planter. I love how unique it looks! I also published another update on the Carriage House and discussed all the challenges the pipes in this building have created during the restoration. If this is your first time here or your 390th time here, I hope the next few minutes leave you feeling inspired, encouraged, and maybe you will even learn a…

Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I am over-the-moon to see you here. Happy early Mother’s Day to those of you celebrating this weekend. I am immensely grateful for the women in my life who have, in ways big and small, positively impacted my life. The photo at the top of the blog post is of me and my mom. This week on the blog I shared the fairy light mason jars I made for our deck. While I made mine just for fun, I realized they would make a fun, unique gift for someone in your life…a mother figure, perhaps. I also shared the next installment in the…

Hello! Welcome to the first Happy List of May! I hope you are as excited to be here as I am to host you. This week on the blog, I shared the next installment of the Stone Gym series. That project, which is happening in our Carriage House, is a labor of love. Heavy emphasis on the labor part. Ha! I also dished on the “hidden treasure” we found buried in the ground next to the Carriage House. If you have any ideas on what I should do with the 35 tin tiles I found, let me know. The tricky part for me is making something that matches my style…

Hello and happy Good Friday for those of you celebrating. I’m happy to see each and every one of you here. We start our Spring Break today. I know it seems late compared to many parts of the U.S., but along our part of the East Coast, Spring Break is always over Easter. This week on the blog felt like a busy one – in a good way! I shared the daffodil wall I’m creating along the front portion of our property. I know I could buy bulbs and finish this project in one go, but there’s something romantic about slowly adding to the wall over time. I also finally…

Hello, hello! It is delightful to see you here. Welcome! I hope you’ve had a decent week with more ups than downs. On the blog, it felt particularly jam-packed. I wrote about the quick curb appeal project of adding faux windows to our garage. What I love about this project beside the low cost was that when I change my mind (and I will), I can simply remove the window magnets and go about my day. No effort required to put it back to the way it was. I also wrote about the new-to-us drink table I placed next to the bench in our kitchen. I’ve noticed that the drink…

Hello! I’m thrilled to welcome you here on the first Happy List of April! January and February dragged by and then March was gone in the blink of an eye. Funny how that happens. This week on the blog I shared how I decorated wood bunnies to look like faux chocolate bunnies. It is so much fun to make Easter crafts. It’s almost as good as Christmas crafts. I also shared some fun gardening or outdoor-related finds I have my eye on for myself or for others. It’s not quite warm enough to simply hangout outside yet, but we’re getting close. I can feel it! In case this is your…

Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. It’s so good to have you here. This week on the blog I shared my dreams to add a hidden door in our house. I had to write that blog post in order to manifest it. Think it will work? I also announced how we plan to use the remaining, unfinished part of our Carriage House. The good news is that we started work on this space this week. WOOHOO! You can follow along with that on Instagram stories and I’ll post occasional blog updates too. In case this is your first time here, I purposefully keep the Happy List focused on the…

Hello! Welcome all of you lovers of Spring! It’s is so good to see you here. We made it through winter and I don’t know about you, but I am definitely looking forward to the warmer and more colorful days of spring. This week on the blog I dusted off a post from the archive and shared my experiences visiting hardware stores in Ireland. I also shared the fun and maybe temporary addition to our sunporch. It has spring vibes, for sure, and I made it with my own two hands. I do enjoy making things! A special shout out and thank you to Diane from In My Own Style…

Hi! Happy early St. Patrick’s Day. I’m thrilled to see you here. This week on the blog I shared how I decorated our dining room fireplace for spring with paper flowers. Stay tuned for another related project on that front! I also shared the reveal, or TADA as I like to call it, of the peg rail in our bedroom. I’m really enjoying the visual interest it adds to the space. The Happy List is one of the ways I try to focus my media consumption on the things that inspire me instead of the things that raise my blood pressure. We all need balance. I also love, love, LOVE…