White Gables Blog

:: working on a painting on my dining room table. My canvas is a very old barn door. What will it turn out to be??? :: staining another old barn door. It will turn into a sign soon. :: (and this is super-exciting, so hold your breath) laundry. And, no, I didn’t photoshop this picture […]

Like I mentioned before, every Thursday night is Family Night at my parents’ house. The weather has been so gorgeous lately and last night was no exception. It was perfect! The little cousins played hula hoops and rode scooters and tuckered themselves out! Little Violet watched the action from the sidelines….for now. My neice Nya […]

I’m feeling like I’m in a bit of a creativity rut right now, mostly due to my frenzied cleaning and the mountains of laundry I’ve been washing the past few days. Plus potty training a certain little blonde-haired boy who keeps peeing right through his undies (it’s not going well). So I thought I’d just […]

We are back from a weekend of camping and, boy, did we get wet! It was a rainy weekend, but we still were able to have fun and relax (though you might not be able to tell from the picture above). Little muddy, wet girlies showing off the acorns they collected… I haven’t read a book […]

It’s “What I Wore” time again! Since I started posting my “What I Wore” pictures probably about a year ago, I think I’ve gotten a lot more comfortable with my clothes and my style. Knowing that I will be posting pictures for everyone to see has made me much more aware of the clothing that […]

Here are some pretty little things I’ve found recently. If you follow my Pinterest boards, you may have seen some of them. Pillow from Love of Family & Home the Shop $24  Pillow from Love of Family & Home the Shop $26 Swimsuit from Down East Basics – $22.99 Necklace from O Jolie Jewelry – […]

This week I’ve been working on some more painted signs to add to my Etsy Shop. I love being inspired by things around me and coming up with these designs. Here is a wood sign that I painted with a quote from Shakespeare. I stained the wood a dark walnut color and really like how […]

So this week I thought I would be brave, put on my big girl panties, and get out from behind the camera. Just please, please, please excuse the awkwardness, bad lighting, and everything that goes along with taking pictures of yourself. Really, it all makes me cringe. Most of the photos are courtesy of my […]

Our little nursery was featured on the baby website babylifestyles.com. Tara, the editor of the website, interviewed me about the details of the room renovation. They did two articles on the room. To read the first one, click here. And to read the second one, which was about how to transition from a boy’s room to a […]

I’ve been making a few more art pieces out of old, salvaged wood doors. Here is one that I made for our friends Charlie & Liz. I took some pictures of it hanging in their family room. And here is one that I made with a verse from Zephaniah. It’s one of my favorite verses […]

If you don’t already know, I’m a *little* obsessed with rearranging and redecorating our home (as if that isn’t obvious). I had some ideas for Avery’s room and in the past week have been working at changing a few things around. I found a little desk at Goodwill (of course!) that was painted white but […]

It’s that time again! Here is my “What I Wore” post linking up to the Pleated Poppy… Thursday: Purple tank: Target Skirt: made by yours truly Sandals: Old Navy Friday: White top: Goodwill (Old Navy) Skirt: Goodwill Sandals: yard sale Belt: Goodwill Saturday: Dress: Goodwill Sunday: Black top: Forever 21 Skirt: Goodwill (Ann Taylor Loft) […]