White Gables Blog

I thought I would give you a little tour of all my latest (cheap!) finds for the house. I had some Christmas money that was burning a hole in my pocket, so I did some shopping this week and came away with some great stuff! (Sheila-I am ITCHING to go shopping with you!!!) Here we […]

If you’re like me, putting makeup on is about the lowest thing on your priority list every day. But I came across this book (thanks to my sis) called The 5 Minute Face by Carmindy. She’s the beautiful girl who does makeup for the show “What Not To Wear” on TLC. This book is great […]

Well, if you have an extra $125 MILLION burning a hole in your pocket, you could buy this… Courtesy of the swan-haired Donald Trump. According to HighStakesLiving.com, here’s the house description: (“house” just doesn’t really seem glamorous enough to fit the bill) In 2004 Donald Trump purchased Maison de L’Amitie at a bankruptcy auction for […]

Here’s another installment of Oprah’s advice on fashion. As you can see, I don’t really focus on her shows on medical mysteries, politics, finances, relationships, whatever. Nah, I stick to the REALLY important subjects like CLOTHES, or maybe some CELEBRITIES, or the always lovable NATE and his serious decorating skills. Her show today was on […]

I think paint must be fogging my brain, because these days I just can’t stop seeing improvements I could be making around the house! It must be a sickness. Anyway, the latest improvements can be seen in little love’s room. All the furniture in the room was either given to us or bought at a […]

Yesterday morning when I looked out my kitchen window and saw that it was going to be this sort of daygray, dreary, wet, snowy…I decided it would be a good day to stay inside and make some soup. So that’s what I did. I’ve never actually bought a whole chicken (am I alone in this?? […]

Avery loves to run around the house in my big-people shoes and it always makes me laugh! What is it about girls and shoes?? They just seem to be attracted to one another. Maybe she gets it from her mom? + + + + This old picture is of hub’s mom and her brother. I […]

This morning I had brunch with some of my blogging buddies…Beth, Kara, & Janelle (who I had never before met in real life). (left to right: Beth, Kara, Janelle (and baby Luke), and me) We met at Janelle’s home and she treated us to a delicious and fun morning! She has an adorable old house […]

Here’s a fun little project I did a little while ago. I bought some pre-cut 2″ wooden cubes from Michael’s (a craft store), painted them white, and decoupaged photos onto the blocks. For two of the blocks, I printed out words and decoupaged them as well. It’s a unique way of displaying fun little photos!

This is a memo board I made for my office. I love it and the best part is – it was FREE!!! I used this gold frame that I had in my attic for years. It’s pretty but not my style. So I painted it white. My mom was going to throw out some cork […]

I’ve been wanting to create a sign to hang in the nursery above Avery’s crib for a while, and last week I finally found the perfect sized piece of wood down in our dungeon (the basement). After begging Hubs to let me have it (he wanted to use it for something practical – what’s THAT […]