I am taking a departure from the usual decorating, design, kids and donkey stories to bring you a rather enlightening and fun post today……fun interview with my husband on blogging and decorating. This idea started with a few pals who wanted to know how their husbands really felt about projects, decorating etc and thought it…
It’s time for the cottage on Dog House Lane to get some well needed attention. Since my mom will be occupying the space for a few months and it really hasn’t had any updates in a few years, I thought I would freshen the place up before she gets here. I am also challenging myself…
Hi and welcome to Duke Manor Farm! I’m Laura, the gal who lives on a farm that we built, in the middle of North East Georgia raising a family…. with a paintbrush in one hand, feeding chickens in another all while doing the mom thing…. because of that Sunday drive over 20 years ago with my husband and…
I thought you would need to know this before your next paint project…… An important tip for refinishing furniture. The best one you will ever get! Wanna see what happens when you miss that important tip when refinishing furniture and in the painting process forget to prime the sides of a painted piece of furniture? A hot…
When I made a decision to not wallpaper the entire wall in my home office and only go to the existing chair rail, it created a bit of extra wallpaper so I decided to turn my boring not so exciting bookcase on the other side of the room, into something with a bit of flair…
What my house lacks in ‘halloweenish’ decorations this year, my kids will make up for in candy. This is the only thing in the house resembling the holiday. My BFF made this. Too cute! Opps. When I painted this over a year ago, I applied primer to everything but the sides. So now this is…
It’s fall break this week and the family is beyond excited. We are finally getting to do something that I had to postpone last winter when we were snowed in, then again cancel in the Spring because Lily broke her foot, and again cancel over the summer because dad had a business trip. The kids…
I wasn’t sure if I was going to share this today….in fear of being judged. I mean seriously who paints graffiti on their own garage walls….although I will admit the sentiment that my husband painted with our initials is so sweet. But still….who does that! FYI- We aren’t really graffiti artists. We used some of the…
When it comes to decorating, my family is very easy and cooperative. And up until now, they have left most of the decorating and color choices ……. along with the household cleaning, cooking and grocery shopping, all to me.. Lovely bunch they are. But when it came time to make some changes to Lily’s room,…
To read more of the most current changes to the room click here. And to see how it looked a year ago continue reading below. I never realized how painting the kitchen white, click here if you missed the reveal, would allow me to have so much fun infusing the space with all kinds of color….
Create a Patriotic Mantel in minutes I had a little fun styling this patriotic mantel and 4th of July table setting with some .99 duct tape (you can read more about the table here). As we get ready to celebrate our nations independence, I try to incorporate some patriotic spirit around the house. I love throwing in red,…
The finished kitchen at Duke Manor Farm….sorta… kind of… well almost. So, after many months of contemplating whether to paint the cabinets ( after 11 years it was time to address the wear and tear), researching how to paint them, choosing paint colors, painting the back splash, sanding every square inch, priming every square inch, and painting the cabinets,…