White Gables Blog

I picked up an old desk drawer for free at a yard sale last weekend, and as soon as I saw it, I knew something could be made from it. So I decided to make it into a shelf… I painted and distressed the edges and, after about half a dozen nail holes in the […]

are here and STILL no inspiration! Ah, well, this little number makes me happy… Found the glass cloche at a yard sale and bought the little nest and moss to put underneath. Happy weekend!

For some reason I’ve been pretty uninspired to post anything in the past few weeks, so I thought I’d just be random today. Hope you don’t mind. I’m afraid it won’t be very entertaining! We have a cute robin’s nest on our front door wreath right now – true robin’s egg blue! I found these […]

Hi chickies! Life has been busy lately, but the fun sort of busy. Know what I mean? I’ve been playing in the flower beds, planting all sorts of pretty things. Our weather has just been beautiful and we are taking full advantage of the nice days! So, I thought I’d let you know what my […]

Girls, it’s time to get out the old gardening gloves and polishing off your green thumbs! Avery was trying to “help” plant some flowers and, in the process, discovered the joy of mixing water and dirt. Here she is finding out that there is water in the watering can… Am I going to get in […]

We spent this past weekend at a cabin in the mountains with a group of friends from our church. We had the most beautiful spring weather! Little lovey gettin’ dirty (and I’m learning to just chill out and let her be messy when she’s outside)…The beautiful pond in front of the cabin…The cabin where we […]

Summer is just around the corner! I can feel it, I can smell it, I can taste it!

Don’t forget to catch The Office! It’s on at Thursday at 9pm. If you miss it, you’ll be in soooo much trouble!

So I don’t have a whole lot to say, so I’ll just say a whole lot of nothing… 1. Time for the winter wreath to GO!! Am I pathetic or what? I still have my Christmasy/wintery wreath up on the front door, but since I don’t have anything to replace it, I just never bothered […]

Check out Reese Witherspoon’s new $5.8 million vacation digs in Ojai, California. I’m very, very impressed! This house has loads of character and warmth – something that most humongous, movie-star houses usually lack. Here’s a description of the house according to Realestalker. SIZE: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathroomsDESCRIPTION: A one of a kind Wallace Neff architectural […]

I am so blessed to have these girls in my life! left to right: Mary Beth, Jodi, me, Julie (Angie is missing) We’ve known each other since the 8th grade (some even before that) when we found refuge in each other in the middle school cafeteria. We got each other through all sorts of stuff: […]

I lub me some polka dot! And here are some fun photos to show for it… Oh, this chair is just too much. There should be a law for excessive cuteness… Cute little step stools for kids… And what an adorable chandalier and lamp for a kids room… Fun tissue box… Don’t you just love […]