Turning our house into our home ... one step at a time.
I’ve teamed up with five amazing bloggers for some summer guest post fun! Every Tuesday for the next five weeks you’ll get to meet up close and personal an awesome blogger. Today I’m guest posting over at Jane’s Adventures in Dinner. So without further adieu, help me give a big, warm Simply Fresh Vintage welcome to Heather from Setting for Four! —————————————————– Hello Simply Fresh Vintage readers! I am so excited to be here with Lani today! Lani has been {Read More}
We had a few families over this Sunday for a Cinco de Mayo Fiesta. I wanted to do something fun and colorful on the porches, and since buntings are all the rage, I wanted to see if I could whip up something fairly quickly. My three goals were: 1. Colorful 2. Inexpensive 3. Quick to make One thing I have more than enough of is fabric … lots and lots and lots and lots of fabric, so the “colorful” and {Read More}
Happy Friday! Have you missed me? I know … I know … It’s been a little too quiet around here this week. With the weather being so good, we’ve been busy little bees trying to get a few fairly good-sized projects done. I’ll be back to regular posting next week … pinky promise! Whoo hoo! It’s Friday … which means that it’s time for another Friendly Friday! Here we go! Diane is the extraordinary woman behind “An Extraordinary Day … {Read More}
Good morning and Happy Friday! It’s time for round two of our Friendly Friday series. First and foremost, our thoughts and prayers are with all those in the greater Boston area, as well as in West, Texas. ______________________________________________ We have two features for you this week. Let’s get started! I’d like to introduce you to Deborah … the “chef extraordinaire” at Delicious Happens. I clicked through to Deborah’s blog from a comment she left here at Simply Fresh Vintage. {Read More}
One of the things we had on our house-hunting checklist was acreage … no, not like in the multiples of, but at the very minimum one. Two or three would be fine. Five? Way too much if it was all landscaped. We wanted enough space to grow stuff … a few vegetables, maybe some berries, grapes might be fun, definitely some fruit trees. Our property is a little over an acre with about 0.85 of it actually usable. We have {Read More}
A couple of years ago, right before we left California to move to Virginia, I went to visit my sister-in-law. One of the passions that we share is quilting. As much as she loves to make quilts, for the last several years, she has become an incredibly talented long-arm quilter. Her quilting has been featured in countless quilting magazines and even a few books. On this visit, she shared with me a few quilts that she was working on for {Read More}
A couple of days ago our daughter received a mailer from a college inviting her to their “Friendly Friday.” I’m sure all colleges have some form of “come-and-get-to-know-us” event that they hold on a regular basis. So yesterday I got to thinking about how I could incorporate a “Friendly Friday” here at Simply Fresh Vintage. Ever since I started SFV, I have come across some fantastic blogs … some have been around for quite awhile, others fairly new. So I {Read More}
Back in early February, Connecting Threads announced a Mystery Quilt on their Quilt With Us Community Forum. I took a peek and thought it looked doable, so I signed up. I was right! It was very easy and very manageable … three parts, three weeks. The most difficult part, as is usually the case, was picking the fabric. Only four were needed … two medium/dark, one light tone-on-tone, and one light or dark were the recommendations. I chose fabrics from {Read More}
According to the calendar, the date is March 25 … not March 2, not March 5, March 25 … seven days before the first of April … six days before Easter. March. 25. When I should be seeing this … and this … and when I should be doing this … instead I’m enjoying this … Enjoying? Really? Yes. Enjoying … loving, actually! This was one of the reasons I was so excited to move here. You see, in Central {Read More}
Are you ready for the final installment in our Sunnyside Manor introduction? Personally I think I’ve saved the best for last. I hope you’ll agree. If you are new to the blog, you can catch up on the first two parts HERE and HERE. We’ve covered the exterior and basement in Part One and the upstairs in Part Two. Today’s post is all about the main level … the “heart” of our home. Won’t you come in? Entry / Foyer When {Read More}
 |  |  |  |
 |  |  |  |
In July of 2011 our family made a cross-country move from California to Virginia. In 2012 we purchased our home and have spent the last year getting to know the house and letting the house get to know us. Join us on our adventure to make this house our home!
