Dimples and Tangles

Friday, June 14, 2013

SAVVY SOUTHERN STYLE {GUEST POST}

Hello Friends! We just returned from our vacation late last night, so Friday Favorites is on hold until next week. I didn't spend a lot of time on the computer this week, so I'll have lots to share with you next Friday.

However, I won't leave you completely empty-handed. I am SO thrilled to be over at Savvy Southern Style guest posting today. Kim was so gracious to invite me to share my favorite room with her readers today. Can you guess which one I chose?

If you're not familiar with Savvy Southern Style, you've been missing out! Kim has a gorgeous home and property and is right at home with a paintbrush in her hand. You never know what color her furniture will be the next time you see it! :)

If I remember correctly, Kim's beautiful dining room hutch filled with gorgeous ironstone is one of the first pieces that drew me to her blog a couple of years ago. She's recently given some things in her dining room a facelift. Isn't it pretty?

I'm sure I could cook for hours in her kitchen.

And, if this sunroom was in my house, I'd never leave it.

She has such a talent for styling and her home has a cozy, comfortable, yet so stylish feel to it. Be sure to visit, you'll find one fabulous project after another!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! We'll be playing catch-up from the trip, trying to finish up a few projects that were delayed before we left, and getting our boy ready for his first time at youth camp next week (I'm going too!). Do you have any fun weekend plans?

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Monday, June 10, 2013

SUMMER {WE'RE OFF!}

Good Monday Morning! This morning we're waking up to this...

We had a great weekend celebrating our niece's graduation (way to go Kaydee!). My instagram friends already saw it, but did you notice her cake...that green high-top? SO cute!

Also, relaxing in their beautiful back yard.

We stopped by to see Ray's 94 year old aunt...she's as spunky as ever! Funny story-she said that the doctors have told her with all of the advances in medicine and healthcare, she could live to be 110. She said she told them, "Well who would want to do THAT?" Ha.

Then, we headed south for a few days of R&R on the Texas coast. We're staying here and VRBO came through for us once again!

I'm taking this week off, but you can follow along on Instagram (jenniferdimplesandtangles) to see what we're up to. I'll check back in on Friday!

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Friday, June 7, 2013

FRIDAY FAVORITES {2} - AND PROJECT DELAYS

It's FRIDAY!!! And, so far I'm sticking with my little Friday series. Which doesn't say much, because it's only the second one. Here are some fun things from this past week.

This Cozy Coupe Makeover... almost makes me wish I had more little people around so I could make them one of these! I completely love every project from Dwellings by Devore-check them out if you have a few hours to kill. :)

Jill directed us to this post from Karianne, and I just about cried my eyes out before I finished reading it, and I don't do that very often at all. So sweet.

On Sundays, I either wear my hair down and curled or up in a messy-ponytail-bun (which is how I wear it almost every day). Lately I've come across Kate's blog and have been inspired to try some new things. Last Sunday, I tried the High Bun. I was running late and didn't have a lot of time, so it turned out o.k. but definitely could have been better. Kinda hard to see at this angle (selfies are hard!), but it was a fun change. Kate's tutorials are fabulous if you're not familiar with her blog.

This came in the mail a few days ago. The green is gorgeous! This post from last week has the details. The red is for my son's room and I'm not sure where the black and white will go yet, I just loved it and wanted some before it was all gone.

Last week my sister Sarah and I had to run into Hobby Lobby while the boys were at home working on the big project, and we found this:

It is SO great! It's almost 2 inches wide and comes in lots of colors. It's exactly what I wanted when I was transforming my thrift store lamps, but couldn't find something like it in town. Well, it's new, and I couldn't resist! So, the re-done lamps already got a little tweak. This trim would be perfect for the edge of some curtain panels, also.

Speaking of the big project, I've hit a few snags this week and didn't get to show you two projects I was really hoping to! Let's just say the kitchen project involved a piece of broken glass. It took a few days to get a replacement and put me behind. However, I'll give you one more little tease...here's what we're working on!

They are BIG: 18" wide and 31" tall. Oh, and there's two if you didn't catch that. I can't wait for this one!

I also had a delay with finishing the dresser. Believe it or not, there was not one knob at Hobby Lobby (or Home Depot or Lowe's) that looked right. I did find some but had to special order, so, more waiting. I'm LOVING the color, though!

OK, that's it for today! We're off to our niece's High School graduation, so no projects except enjoying the family will be happening this weekend. Have a great one friends!

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

FRONT YARD LANDSCAPING

The last time you saw the work we're doing in the front of our house, I left you with this:

Pretty, huh? Just as a reminder, we removed all of the bushes that were formerly there to start fresh.

We finally ~~mostly~~ finished the front beds and in between all the storms and torrential downpours that are washing away all of my new mulch, I took a few pics to share. And,

12 Indian Hawthorne Bushes

4 Privet Holly Bushes

1 Colorado Spruce

1 Mug Pine

2 Hicks Yews

3 Crape Myrtles

3 Spreading Yews

3 Daylillies

12 Variegated Liriope

3 Hydrangeas

3 Knockout Roses

3 Dwarf Grasses

2 Pots of Daisies

3 Foxgloves

3 Salvia

4 Purple Hearts

2 Flats of Pentas

40 bags of Manure/Compost

and

21 bags of mulch

later....

I kept a very few things that we already had, but every single thing was either new or relocated in these beds.

We had a Golden Deodar Cedar tree in this bed, but in the 4 years or so it was there it never did very well. So, we moved the crape myrtles from the straight side beds and put them all together in the center of the large bed. The blooms will be white, hopefully soon!

(Notice the shingle samples on the roof? Yeah, getting our second roof in 8 months. I think we're going with the dark ones. Don't look too closely at the shutters, either...still need to repaint those from the hail damage.)

I tried to add mostly perennials, and there's still some room in the large middle bed to add a few more things. I'd like to add a little evergreen tree in the spot marked by the rock next to this group of perennials.

After a full, long, HARD day of work we're pleased with our results and look forward to things growing and filling out in the future. Hopefully we've added some major curb appeal!

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

IF YOU MISSED IT {JANUARY-MAY REVIEW}

Well apparently I'm a little behind on my monthy project reviews, since I looked back and hadn't done one since December. So, I'm going to give you the month by month highlights all in one post. If you're new around here I hope you'll find something you like!

*Posts start in the top left corner and move around clockwise.

JANUARY