DIY, Gardening, Parenting, Money Saving, Blogging
Hello, hello dear friends! Welcome to this world of creativity and DIY fun where I, Rebekah (author/DIY enthusiast/stay at home mama) love to share tutorials, tips, and happy thoughts with you on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays (and sometimes days in between)! If you are new here, I am so glad you’ve dropped by! Feel free to make yourself at home… Read More
Do you ever struggle with the balance of functionality and style? There seems to be a spectrum with the two on opposite ends and a fine line where they meet. Unfortunately that line also tends to be the point where the price of an items spikes upwards and out of our budgets. Am I being to profound? Too much Downton… Read More
Some projects we complete come with a huge amount of satisfaction because of the complexity and hours of time they took to finish. Other projects are satisfying because they were very simple and took very little time, yet produced an awesome result. This bench falls into that second category of being amazingly easy, but incredibly satisfying. I literally completed this… Read More
I love local community events. Things like breakfasts at the fire station, “Jumbo Days” festival, small town parades, and community farmer’s markets make me so happy to live in rural Midwestern America. Everyone knows everyone around here which creates a level of decency and caring for one another. One such event is the Spoon River Drive which actually links multiple… Read More
A word I’ve found myself typing a lot lately is “simple”. It seems the difficulty of the DIY projects I do, directly reflects how I’m feeling at the time. The more complicated or busy or stressful life becomes, the simpler my DIY projects are. It gives me the satisfaction of finishing at least one thing quickly so it becomes something… Read More
It used to be the Dentist office; that little commercial building that sat on the corner near Roanoke’s Main Street. In small towns like this one, everybody knows when something has come under new management, and so, it was no surprise what the buzz of the town would be when Jonathan Hodel bought the old building. No one could have… Read More