stain, just to give them a bit of color and I just love how they turned out!.

So that’s the room!Hope you like it even a fraction as much as I do.

If nothing else, you can see it’s come a long way!What a year, right?It was a big year for me, for sure.For one thing, we decided to have a baby after swearing up and down for 8 years that one kid was enough, and then.

we did.. Crazy town.. On the blog side of things, I discovered a whole new group of readers (or rather, they (you!)I still can’t believe there are so many people out there willing to spend their precious time chatting about random weird and wonderful tips with me.

Getting to talk with you about whatever little things around the house intrigue and interest me every day and having you share your own thoughts on making life a little easier right back with me, while getting to call it my.

, really is a dream come true for me.. You know we live in a strange and fascinating world when I can use words like “dream come true” to describe a year that I finish up, not at some big fancy New Year’s celebration, but delirious from exhaustion and wearing jeans that I can’t promise don’t still have baby pee on them.Alternatively, you can also use strips of fabric if you have a beautiful patterned fabric that you’d like to use to decorate your tabletop.

Simply fold the fabric into a long strip to hide the frayed, unfinished edges, then iron it to help it hold its shape.Here’s an example of a strip of fabric that I used on one occasion..

Decorating ideas from our home:.Timeless Farmhouse Dining Room Refresh.