Hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. It is less than a week to Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa! Are you ready? This week on the blog I shared more details about the Christmas ornaments I made this year. What will I do for next year? No idea, but it will be fun to figure out. I also shared how I decorated the fireplaces in our home for Christmas this year. There are three of them and each is a little different. As always, thank you for being here. I enjoy sharing what creatively inspires me and I love connecting with you. Seriously! I love hearing from you. If you want…

Hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I am delighted to see you here today, especially on Friday the 13th. I’m not sure December needs the energy from a Friday the 13th, but we’ll roll with it. This week on the blog I shared the way I repurposed antique doorknobs to make Christmas decor. I’m obsessed with those cute little things. I also shared our Christmas tree! It’s in a new corner of the living room room this year. I’m really shaking things up. Haha! As always, thank you for being here. I enjoy sharing what inspired me this week and I love connecting with you. If you want to…

Hi! Welcome to the first Happy List of December. The year is flying by and I’m happy you’re spending a little bit of time here with me today. It was a big week on the blog. Maybe you should lower your expectations for next week. Ha! I shared our dining room mantel all decked out for Christmas with cardboard gingerbread houses. I also shared the recent makeover I did on the stairs that access our attic. I’m biased, but I love how both turned out. As always, thank you for being here. The Happy List is my way of balancing my media diet and finding the beautiful, interesting, and inspiring…

Hello and welcome! I’m so happy you are here for this week’s Happy List. Can you believe we’ve made it to the middle of November already? This week I shared my adventure in reading old legal documents in cursive. You can check that out here. I also wrote about a fix for a very specific problem – broken concrete by a garage door. It’s a good thing probably none of you will need this knowledge. As always, thank you for being here. The Happy List is my way of balancing my media diet. We all need more balance in our lives and connection too! If you want to reach out,…

Hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I’m excited to have you here. This week on the blog I shared some festive metal Christmas signs that had my idea gears grinding. I also shared how I styled the thrift store finds I bought this year. The hunt is fun, but making those finds come to life in your home is the real joy! As always, thank you for being here. The Happy List is my way of balancing my media diet. It keeps me from doomscrolling! Connecting with you keeps me from doomscrolling too. If you want to reach out, and I hope you do, you can always comment on…

Hi! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. You are here on a special day. It’s not because it’s November 1st and we’re now in a countdown to the holidays. It is a special day because this is the 365th Happy List I’ve written and compiled. An entire year’s worth! However, since I write roughly one per week that means I’ve been writing the Happy List for approximately 7 years. That’s a long time in the blog world! The Happy List is my way of keeping my media consumption from being a dumpster fire of bad news. It’s a protection mechanism for my mental health. It is a way for me…

Hello, hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I’m glad you’re here. This week on the blog I shared how we’ve been working on recreating the exterior trim on our house. Logistics have us putting that project on hold until the spring. We’ve been paying attention to the old houses in our area and it is incredible how many old homes have had their old trim replaced with something simple and modern. I also shared (finally!) the pictures of our completed fieldstone porch on the carriage house. That porch has come a long way in the last five years. It’s no longer an eyesore, that’s for sure. I can’t say…

Hello, hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. October is flying by, isn’t it? This week on the blog I shared pictures of our front porch all decorated for fall. I had about 10 days with all that goodness before I had to take the ferns and geraniums inside for the winter. Now it’s looking a little bare. I also shared the prettiest acorn decor and jewelry I recently found online. What a great time to be alive – so much creativity in the world! I know you have plenty of options for how you spend your time. Thank you for choosing to spend part of it here. It makes…

Hello! Welcome to this week’s Happy List. I’m glad you’re here. This week on the blog I shared the freshly painted ceiling on our front porch. That basic plywood ceiling has never looked so good. Total game changer. I also, finally, shared the reveal of our home gym. I like to sit with things before I write about them to make sure they work. I must say, it feels a little pretentious to even say that we have a home gym. Like we are fancier than we actually are. We’re still us but maybe eventually with stronger muscles. Haha! I know you have plenty of options for how you spend…