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French Farmhouse Chair
When you start out life as a 70’s jewel-tone side chair, its pretty sweet to get reimagined as a French Farmhouse Chair. This is such a fun style chair to refinish. It has such good bones, solid wood frame, cute legs, great carved details, caned inserts. Chairs like this are often overlooked because they scream ‘out of date’ and 70’s…
Making Gingerbread Houses – A Family Affair
Our family loves to decorate gingerbreads houses at Christmas time. Its really all about having fun, creating and being together! Our time to gather with family is usually condensed to just a couple of days, since we have family that travels in from out of town. Besides just sitting around visiting, we love to have a project to work on…
It’s Finally Chili Season – White Chicken Chili
You know it’s time for White Chicken Chili when the leaves change color and the temperature begins to drop! There is finally a chill in the air here in Middle Tennessee and that means one thing, white chicken chili! Yum!! I vividly remember the first time I tasted this chili. It was a bitter cold December afternoon and my friend…
5 Ideas for Creating a Colorful Backyard Garden
Follow these Key Elements to Create a Colorful Backyard! Even before I had a backyard of my own, an apartment patio or balcony was an essential outdoor living space for me. But it wasn’t until I owned my first home, a town home, that my backyard garden style began to emerge. I was so excited to have an outdoor space…
Garden Wonderland – The Barn Nursery
[social_warfare buttons=”Facebook,Instagram”]Visiting garden centers has always been a happy place for me, so today, I am going to give you a tour of The Barn Nursery in Chattanooga, TN. This nursery is truly an Disney like wonderland for gardeners. I don’t live in Chattanooga, so you might be wondering, why I would be sharing this nursery with you. Well, it…
The Relaunch of Cobani Bleu, The Art of Sitting Soft
A Fresh Start for Cobani Bleu When I started Cobani Bleu, the blog, its purpose was to support my upholstery business. I had a little dream to retire from corporate America and create a new life with upholstery. I knew absolutely NOTHING about websites, blogs and even less about social media. This being the case, I hired someone to help…