Sammy's Cheesy Garlic Biscuits
on Nov 21, 2009When my daughter's friend Sammy was over and asked to make her cheesy garlic biscuit recipe that she learned from Home Economics class I was all for it. She even went a step further and offered to clean up all the mess they made...yes, cook away girl...

Mike's Sunroom Transformation
on Nov 19, 2009 in Home Tours Before and After Mike turned his screened-in porch into a four season glass enclosed sunroom. Personally, I'd be pleased as punch just to have a screened-in porch, but if you can kick it up a notch and get more functionality out of a space then why not--that's exactl...

Inexpensive Lampshade Idea
on Nov 19, 2009 in Decorating Projects Saw this idea in "The Cottage" in Leesburg and was inspired to make my own. All you need is a rattan or seagrass planter basket and a bulb adapter and you have yourself an inexpensive lampshade. The rattan planter basket I found in the plant section...

Mike's Red Steel Roof Transformation
on Nov 17, 2009 in Home Tours Before and After Mike's home is surely the belle of the ball, the grand dame, the showstopper in his Falls Church, Virginia, neighborhood. A simply beautiful and classic home.Mike replaced the old cedar shake roof with a bright red standing seam steel roof. Isn't it...

New Moon Giveaway
on Nov 16, 2009Tatortots and Jello is having a LA/New Moon Giveaway with items sure to please the Twilight fans. My daughters would go crazy for this. Okay, so I might, too. I read...umm, devoured...whatever...all the books in the series and admit to looking forwar...

Costco Deals
on Nov 16, 2009Costco, oh how I love thee. Where else can you get your tires changed, sample food, grocery shop, and buy just about anything you can imagine in one place. Costco buys: Tiramisu Cake from the bakery section. They hooked us with the sample and my daug...

A Perfect Lunch
on Nov 16, 2009 in Cooking and Recipes That title sounds so Martha and to be honest, not really a fan. I even make it a point to turn her show off when it comes on. Martha fans, please don't hate me. Here's a lunch recently prepared for a friend's birthday get together. Sometimes staying...

Luckett's Antique Store, Part II
on Nov 15, 2009 in Shop Tours Have I now convinced you of the wonderfulness that is Lucketts? Wish I would've bought that zebra pillow. I'm loving anything brown and cream/white right now. It goes with just about anything.Cool lamps everywhere there. To conclude our day of shoppi...

Completely Coastal Giveaway
on Nov 14, 2009Completely Coastal is hosting a giveaway of unique and sea-inspired coastal home decor items up to $50 from Outerbanks Trading Group. Click on the image below for contest details.

Luckett's Antique Store, Part I
on Nov 13, 2009 in Shop Tours I took so many photos, I'm going to break the Luckett's Antique Store post into two. Already kinda panicking I'm going to hit my Blogger photo limit! There's so much pretty stuff out there to show.Luckett's is my favorite shopping destination. There'...