With the new year coming to a close, I have had a lot of time to reflect on lots of business decisions and goals I have for 2019. It’s definitely no easy task running a business with a full time…
Homestead House Series: Waterloo Green
Happy Veteran’s Day Everyone! You would think since both my husband and I are veterans (still serving) we’d be enjoying the free day off from work today. Days off in our house hold usually translate to catching up on projects…
Homestead House Series: Cranberry
Hey friends! I’m still waiting for the temps here in Virginia to drop below 70’s because fall is wanting to be fashionably late. Not to mention we are also bracing for some of the effects of Hurricane Florence in the…
Homestead House Series: Midnight Blue
A short update in our home reminded me that I still had not blogged about two pieces that I painted a long time ago for my son’s room in our old house. His “Midnight Blue” dressers made their debut back…
Homestead House Series: Coal Black
You may be wondering why you are reading this when I said that my last post would be…well my last. I have found that now with all our belongings in the house gone, all the cleaning and packing done…I have…
Homestead House Series: Texas Rose
As we begin winding down the days, and start checking off boxes on our to-do lists, I wanted to make sure to blog about a special project that broke a lot of barriers for me. It’s not lost on me…
Homestead House Series: Rideau Blue
We’ve been having some crazy weather here in San Antonio lately. One day its 42 degrees and the next it’s pouring rain in the 70’s with 90% humidity. Part of me is glad to be moving to Virginia in the…
Homestead House Series: Homestead Blue
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and enjoyed their holidays! I’m blogging to you from Northern Illinois as we are nearing the end of our Christmas vacation. I’ve loved seeing my first white Christmas and the scenery is just…
Homestead House Series: Loyalist
As the holiday season takes off, more people are buying candles and vintage items from my Etsy shop, so I have been keeping busy with trying to restock, preparing for craft markets and balance home life with my full time…
Homestead House Series: Trading Post Red
Since I began working on the Homestead House project, I’ve learned many things not only about milk paint but also about myself. One of those things was learning to paint with colors that take me outside of my comfort zone…
Homestead House Series: Niagara Green
Is everyone ready for fall? I know in some of the northern states, it’s already started to cool off and transition into fall. I watch Instagram stories quite frequently and see that some of the northerners aren’t quite ready to…
Homestead House Series: Champlain
I’ve been really anxious for fall to come around early this year. It could be that Texas heat and humidity has become unbearable and it’s getting old, or it’s because there is something special about the time of year when…
