So many of you asked for the location of our quick trip to Missouri last week that I put together a guide for our favorite adventures in Missouri State Parks to help you pull together a fun and affordable family trip to the tropical Midwest! Elephant Rocks State Park is a perfect way to start your day! For the adventurous… View Post
Planning a day to trip to our big barn in a tiny town?? Here’s the inside scoop to R7 favorites in the area. These are 7 musts when you are in our rural area! So hop in the car, roll the windows down and spend the day exploring. Use #R7RoadTrip and we will feature your photos. Stop by a greenhouse or… View Post
My first tip to visiting Round Top is give yourself more than one day. However, since one day is all I had to explore my bucket list destination — I made the most of the day by simply taking it in and planning my strategy for shopping when I return some day. As with any vintage hunt, there are some… View Post
Today I felt it in the air – a touch of spring. Here in the Midwest we won’t really see spring for a while yet. But, we can feel what we can’t yet see. We feel the sunshine lasting a bit longer through the window. We can feel the afternoon warm up bringing hope. We feel it in the peeks… View Post
I’m guilty of overthinking projects sometimes. Our mantel was long overdue for a refresh and a pile of old bottles has been taunting me for a bit. Thanks to the invitation to co-host the #upcyclesquad challenge I discovered a fun and quick refresh. With a simple chalk paint project, I painted old antique glass bottles to become vases for the… View Post