White Gables Blog

I took a style quiz at the HomeGoods website and here are the results: Aimee, you are a BOHEMIAN CASUAL You are interested in creating a place where people feel relaxed. You have a variety of interests and influences and so appreciate different styles, cultures, and objects. Your home is cozy, with comfy chairs, throw […]

This is the latest installment of “What you get when you dig through the bins at Goodwill”. I know, some people probably think I’m pathetic, but to tell you the truth, I just don’t care! Finding bargains is my idea of a good time! Here we go! Giant wall clock. I’ve since painted the frame […]

Inspiration: noun [in-spuh-rey-shuhn] an inspiring or animating action or influence, a result of inspired activity, a thing or person that inspires. I found my “inspiration room” for the new nursery that hubs and I are working on, and I am excited! Yes, I get excited over silly things like opening up a fresh new magazine, […]

We had a nice, little mini-vacay at my parents’ beach house this past weekend where we did some of THIS… (my brother with Avery) And saw a LOT of THIS… (view from my parents’ front porch) And some of THIS… (the moon over the bay – so beautiful!) And didn’t get MUCH of THIS… (sleep, […]

This morning I worked on this inspiration wall in my office. I wanted to make it fun but not too messy and, in the end, this is what I came up with. I hung some string and used clothes pins to attach my photos/magazine clippings, etc. I spray painted an old Goodwill picture frame pink […]

Some friends and I spent the day in Mount Gretna yesterday and I just fell in love with all the cottages in the little town! It’s such a unique little community – full of colorful vacation homes loaded with character! Of course, being the house-nut that I am, I was snapping away… Amaaaazing front porch! […]

I spent Saturday morning playing around in the office/play room a bit. I hung an old ladder on the ceiling (doing it by myself was no easy feat!) and I painted some wording above the built-in bookshelves. I love, love, love my old beadboard ceiling! Wish every room in our house had it! To do […]

I needed to get my furniture-painting fix and I had this little table courtesy of my mom, who got it from Goodwill a little while ago. This is what it looked like beforehand…orangey-stain, lots of scratches, in need of a little tlc. And this is what it looks like now… I primed it, spraypainted it […]

Oh, how I need a nap! But real life seems to get in the way of our needs sometimes, doesn’t it? I suppose I can blame these ramblings to lack of sleep… My real life includes a messy office/play room (but ideas swirling about redecorating it a bit), a bathroom with no toilet paper (yes, […]

I’ve been on the lookout for a canister set to put baby Jack’s formula, cereal, etc. in, and I found just the thing at Goodwill this week for a few dollars. Basic white and in need of some “Aimee” touches… I bought some scrapbooking stickers and tied twine around them and here ya go! I […]

I realized that at one point today I was feeding Jack a bottle, browning meat for dinner, eating a sandwich, wading through mountains of work email, and disciplining Avery ALL AT THE SAME TIME!! I’m sure all the moms out there can relate to this. Being pulled in so many different directions that you feel […]

I saw this cool little project on Rhonna’s blog and on this etsy shop and decided to give it a try this morning. I’m not really a “jewelry” person, but this was as easy as it looked, and I didn’t even have to buy (or sew) anything! I cut off the hem of a dress […]