Big News!!

We have some big news to share with you!! I am graduating with my Master of Arts in Speech Pathology very soon, so I have been job hunting. I am very excited to say that I officially have a job in Indianapolis and couldn't be more excited about it! I finished my school internship on Wednesday and I start my new job tomorrow.

My new job will be quite a drive from Pendleton, so we decided to sell our house and move to Irvington in Indianapolis!! We are very excited and have been working SO hard to get our house ready to sell. We met with our realtor on Wednesday (the wonderful Nathan Pfahler) and it is officially listed. We had a showing yesterday and are hoping it sells fast! You can check out our listing and spread the word for anyone looking for a historic home in Pendleton! Stay tuned for some more details on our move!

Roll out the Red

I want to share with you one of my favorite pieces recently. We found this dresser at Goodwill and fell in love with the shape and ornate original handles. We decided to go bold with this dresser and paint it red. I think it looks so royal with glossy red and original hardware. It just reminds me of glamor. Here is a picture of the finished dresser:

We also added a little table to the booth. We bought the table at a garage sale this summer. The top of the table was just wood and I knew instantly that I wanted to paint it teal. Here is what it looks like:

And lastly, here is what the booth looked like with these pieces. The booth has changed since, but I still like how the pieces looked in the booth!

Stay tuned for more booth updates and a great before and after!

Blue Ribbon Dresser

The booth has been crazy lately, so it's been hard to keep up with posts about the booth! I feel like several of my nights are filled with sanding and painting. Good thing I like it :) We found a cool dresser with fun details and decided to paint it royal blue. Here is the before/during picture:

This picture doesn't include the doors, but the top one has a cool decoration. Here are the after pictures:

While the details were cool, the knobs were not that cool. So we found these knobs at our local True Value and I think they really add to the dresser.

We also added a mid-century modern teal side table:

And lastly, here is what the booth looked like with these two pieces in it:

Stay tuned for me booth updates and fun before/afters!

Follow the brick road

When we moved into our house a couple years ago, there was so much renovation work to do on the inside that we couldn't even think about tackling the outside of our house. So this summer, we thought it might be time to focus on the outside as well. We started the garden and were inspired to work on other parts of our yard as well.

One of my favorite things about our house is our street. The street is in historic part of town with a brick-paved street. We also have a brick path that leads from the front door to the back door. When we moved in our flower beds were lined with awful wood beams that we hated. So we decided to tear them out and replace them with brick. Here is what our house looked like the day we closed:

I know the focus of this is us as happy new homeowners, but if you look closely, you can see the wood beams.

In this picture you can really see the wooden beams. Here are some after pictures with the bricks:

I feel like it adds character to the house and makes me excited to plant flowers in the spring!

This photo captures our porch swing that we love to sit out on and enjoy the weather!

We waited until the fall for this project because all of the bricks were on clearance. 

 

And finally, a cool picture of the bricks at night with the lights we bought this summer as well. Check back soon for another booth update!

 

Deco Desk

Now that the weather has cooled down, things have been moving fast at the booth. Even though this desk has already sold, I still wanted to share it with you. I love the shape of this art deco desk! Here are pictures of the desk:

We got the desk at a garage sale and it was pretty beat up. However, with some sanding and paint, I think it turned out pretty well!

Even though most of the pieces in the following pictures have sold, I still want to show you what the booth looked like with the red desk in it:

Check back for a post about a fall landscaping project we completed at our house and another booth update!

A Hearty Harvest

As summer turns to fall, we have been collecting the last harvest of our garden. It has been a great summer with a cornucopia of vegetables at our disposal. I won't lie and tell you that the garden wasn't hard work. It takes weekly maintenance (at least). However, it is incredibly rewarding to eat the food you have grown. Here are some pictures of our harvests over the summer:

This was one of our first harvests in the summer. We had so many cucumbers from just one cucumber plant!

Definitely a common scene in our kitchen. We had trouble keeping up!

And who doesn't love watermelon?

Since our kitchen was overflowing with vegetables, we decided to find a way to save them for a "time of need" a.k.a. winter. So we stocked up on Ball jars and looked up several canning recipes. We ended up making homemade pasta sauce, tomato soup, salsa, pickles and pesto.

Here is the recipe we used for the pasta sauce. I followed this recipe for the pesto, but I added a step of toasting the pine nuts so they would release more flavor into the pesto. I love to use this recipe with our homemade pesto! It is so delish and easy. For the pickles, we just bought a bag of pickling spices and followed the directions on the bag.The trick to canning anything (including diced tomatoes which we also canned) is to throw them in a jar with some lemon juice. Then, put the lids on an place them in boiling water for about 15 minutes to seal the jars. Then voila, you have canned vegetables!

And finally, here are some pictures of what we canned! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

I'm so excited we will be able to savor our garden through winter! Stay tuned for a booth update.

Much Needed Return

I know, I know, I have taken a month long hiatus. But I promise to you, a lot has happened in that month. We went on our honeymoon in Hawaii, I started a new internship (at a school), we got a new laptop, and I turned 25. What a crazy month, right?!? Well it has been, at least for me. Don't get me wrong, I love blogging. However, I inadvertently spent the last month living it up and just trying to keep up with life! Anyways, I have missed all of you and I am now back at it.

This post, I wanted to share with you a piece we put in the booth. Now, it isn't currently in the booth. We put it in the booth on a Thursday and it was gone by Saturday (much to our joy). But I liked it so much I thought I should still share it with you. Here is what it looks like:

I love the mid-century modern shape and hardware. I also like how sleek it looks in the royal blue. We also added a red desk (that I will blog about later). Here is what they look like together:

And lastly, here is what the booth looked like with this blue dresser. The booth is much different now, but I promise I will promptly post more updates of the booth.

Thanks for faithfully following! I will be back soon with more booth updates and some more fun DIYs!