TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #21 AND FEATURES

WELCOME TO TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME!

 Before we start the party, I want to thank you all for the get well wishes. 
I am still trying to get over it, but not having much luck.

 Had to go back to the ER today and I have spent most of my day there with an IV in my arm wishing all this goes away soon, but not even close to being myself. I guess as we get older these things take a little longer. 
Please, bear with me.

I don't want to let this interfere with the weekly party and highlighting last week features. 
Let me share with you the most viewed links from Tuesdays at Our Home #20.

The post that received the most visits was Dani's from Rock Point Manor. She and her husband did a beautiful job remodeling their kitchen. Love their backsplash!

 Sally from Salmagundi gave us a tour of her beautiful garden and flowers. Like most of us, she is hiding from this terrible high temperatures we are all experiencing. Great post!

Southern Seasons shared with us her laundry room makeover. Love her new shelves! Beautiful space!

Debbie from DEBBIE-DABBLE gave us a wonderful tour of her gorgeous cottage garden. So pretty!

Angela from Hickory Trails shared with us her beautiful and original coffee station. Love this idea!

Lisa from Createinspire did an amazing job refinishing two night stands for her bedroom. Beautiful color!

Thank you all who took the time to participate! 

I always appreciate your visits!
 
If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.

 Now, lets see what you all have created this week!
You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking,or DIY related. 

RULES ARE VERY SIMPLE

-Please put a link or my party button on your post. 

 -No link parties or advertising, please.  

  That's it!   

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!

Have fun!

Be back soon...

I apologize for the lack of posting, returning emails and answering comments.

Been really sick for several days.

I will be back as soon as I am back on my feet.

Thank you all for understanding.

See you soon.

ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER...

Does it happen to you?

Do you add a new item to a room and you just start moving things around or is it just me? :)

Sometimes I wonder!

It all started when I purchased a small basket from Ross.

I have been looking for one this shape and size for a while, something to hold all our everyday items that, somehow, they always end up on the kitchen counter and I was getting a little tired of looking at, you know, keys, cell phones, mail that has to go out, etc...

So, to be able to fit the basket, I had to move my glass jars somewhere else and, by doing that, 

I also had to find a new corner for our coffee station.

Of course, I had to move my husband's coffee maker! Sorry, honey!

The poor man don't even know anymore where to go make coffee in the mornings. :)

And the small sign I had on that side of the counter had to be moved to the butler's pantry.

The only areas that stayed untouched were the island and breakfast table.

Sooo, purchasing this small basket created a little bit of chaos in my kitchen and a few hours of work because, of course, as I was moving things around, I figured it was a good time to give the granite counters a good extra cleaning and wax. Again, do this happens to you? All this for a $4.00 basket! Go figure! LOL

And if you weren't certain already that I have lost my mind, I have to confess that while I was doing this I was thinking of how I want to decorate my kitchen for Fall. Can you tell I am a little tired already of the triple digit temperatures?

I hope you are enjoying your week!

Tuesdays at Our Home is still live and going strong. Stop by for a visit and enjoy all the fabulous links. 

Some great inspiration!

See you all soon!

 

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #20 AND FEATURES

WELCOME TO TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME!

Before we start this weeks party, I want to say thank you to all my new friends and followers. 
I am enjoying so much getting to know all of you!

 And to those of you that I have known for a while now, I really appreciate all your comments, well wishes and words of encouragement.Thank you for taking the time to always visit my humble blog.

 I have been blogging for about a year and a half now and I have been thinking, when I reach five hundred followers, I plan to have my very first giveaway to thank you all for your continued support. 

With that said, I am now very pleased to highlight  the most viewed posts from last weeks party.

Here it goes!

Most viewed link was Mindi's from My Love 2 Create.

She gave us a wonderful tutorial on how she built her own snack crate. 

Isn't it wonderful? What an awesome idea!

Diane, from 13 Canadian Cottage made a beautiful plate art to display in her garden! 
So pretty and  creative!

Kim, from Exquisitely Unremarkable gave a really nice tutorial on how to make your own box pleat valance.

Hers turned out so pretty! Love, love this fabric!

Beca, from Creative Dominican made a beautiful toy box using a simple storage bin.

Is this cool or what? :)

Rebecca  from Walnut and Vine shared with us her gorgeous Summer mantle.

So very pretty! 

Debra, from Homespun  has been busy making homemade jam and she shared with us a wonderful recipe for Peach jam. Her pictures make your mouth water! :)

Thank you all who took the time to participate! 

I always appreciate your visits!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.

 Now, lets see what you all have created this week!
You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking,or DIY related. 

RULES ARE VERY SIMPLE

-Please put a link or my party button on your post. 

 -No link parties or advertising, please.  

  That's it!   

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!

Have fun!

WORKING ON THE BACK PORCH

Happy Sunday!

I hope you are enjoying your weekend!

We continue working on our back porch project.

Eventually, it will be a screened in porch, although we have a nice outdoor area in the plans also. 

The screen in porch will allow us to enjoy some outdoor time year around without having to worry about fighting the scorpions, spiders and bees, lots, lots of bees the last couple of years!.

It has gotten to the point that sitting outside is almost impossible.

 This is a view of the back of our home.

It is an old picture, as you can see, I didn't even had made my outdoor curtains, but you get the idea.

Soon, we will be adding new flooring and other upgrades, but to be able to screen in the bottom porch, we had to come up with a solution to enclose the bottom porch ceiling so when it rains, the water won't come in from the top porch, but, at the same time, the water has to be able to drain somehow.

So my very clever husband came up with  a little invention of his own.

Not only the water won't leak through, but he is adding a draining system that will redirect any rain water straight into the gutter on the side of the house.

Pretty cool, right? Yeah, he is good! :)

And when is all said and done, it will look something like this.

Google images

Google images

And in the process of finishing this project, we had a little visitor that decided to make home on our porch.

We even had babies falling off the nest that we had to rescue because they couldn't fly yet.

I tell you, it is a zoo around here! LOL

Enjoy the rest of your day and I will see you all here tomorrow for Tuesdays at Our Home #20 and Features.

WOW! I can't believe I have been hosting this party for almost five months now! Time goes by so fast!

Until then!

 

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FABRIC OUTDOORS

Hello, everyone!

Today, I want to share with you a small tip that really works.

You all know how much I like to change my front porch decor and make new pillows all the time.

When choosing fabrics for my outdoor space, I try to use outdoor material but, most of the time, I have a difficult time finding what I am looking for, and sometimes the fabric that I like it is like $40.00 a yard and reality is that, not in a million years I would spend that much to make pillows that I know I am going to get tired of looking at in a few weeks. :)

So I find myself buying regular fabric and yes, living in Texas, when you leave regular fabric sitting outside for a couple of weeks in the blistering sun, this is what happens.

Or this!

I had to figure something out and then, I remembered something I read somewhere a loooong time ago about spraying clear sealer on your fabric to protect them outdoors.

So, I did just that with the most recent pillows I made for my front porch. This color is so rich and it is so very hot in San Antonio right now, I was worried they were going to be white in just days. By the way, the fabric looks and feels the same after spraying it with the sealer.

 Guess what? It works!!!

I am happy to say the pillows have been outside for over a month now and they look as bright and colorful as the day I made them.

 And even this week, when we had very unexpected and heavy rain

I watched the water drops slide right off the pillows sitting on my front porch, just like outdoor fabric would do.

So, there you have it, a little inexpensive way of protecting your pillows, wreaths or any other fabrics you may want to use outdoors. 

Thank you all for stopping by!

This weeks party, Tuesdays at Our Home, is still live.
I will be back with the features of the most viewed links. 

Some amazing entries this week!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

TUESDAYS AT OUR HOME #19 AND FEATURES

Hello, everyone!

Welcome to Tuesdays at Our Home!

This past week we had another fabulous party! 

I enjoy so much visiting all your blogs and seeing all your gorgeous projects and beautiful transformations.

You are all amazing! So Creative!

Thank you so much for always sharing here!

Before we start this weeks party, I would like to highlight the most viewed links from last week.

Curby's Closet  shared with us a tutorial on how to make a quiet spot in your garden. 

I would love to sit there and just enjoy reading a book. So pretty!

Sunset Coast shared her vanity bench makeover.

Love the new look!

Hickory Trail gave us a tour of her gorgeous patio. 

Rosemary and Thyme put together an amazing outdoor tablescape. Gorgeous! 

Wilker Do's shared with us a great tutorial on how she made her own AC unit for her garage!

This is an awesome idea! So creative!

Made in a Day gave us a wonderful tutorial on how she made her own Nautical rug. So pretty!

Thank you all who took the time to participate! 

I always appreciate your visits!

If you were featured, please feel free to grab a "featured button" from my sidebar.

 Now, are you ready for this week's party?

 

You can link up any posts that are home decor, gardening, crafting, painting, sewing, cooking, DIY related or anything else that you are doing this week.

RULES ARE VERY SIMPLE THIS WEEK!

-Please put a link or my party button on your post. 

 -No link parties or advertising, please.  

  That's it!   

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by for a visit!

Have fun!