DWELLINGS-The Heart of Your Home

Snowballs and I go way back.  Not the kind you form from freshly fallen snow, but the kind that grows on branches.   For as long as I can remember, my momma had a snowball bush growing just...

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Valentine's Day will be here before we know it, and though I LOVE celebrating, I don't usually do too much so far as decor.  So, I've sprinkled the kitchen island with a little love for this sp...

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We're friends, right.. So, can I be honest with you? It's hard to describe, but 2019 has been an off year for me.  It was way too busy and with too many projects that required too much tim...

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This weekend I was thinking about how far we've come with the cabin renovation and began looking at some pictures that were taken the first time we saw it.  That was back in 2015 and we closed ...

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The cabin is a special place.  On the drive up, it is truly amazing, how we feel the weight of the world lifting and peace settling in.  Once there, with the beauty that surrounds and the soun...

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We closed on our creekside mountain cabin in December 2016 and haven't stopped since!  It has been such an undertaking choosing this fixer-upper, living 3 hours away and it being basically a to...

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Happy New Year! Looking ahead to the year 2020, lets remember: It is a new year! Every day is a new day!

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After Christmas, once all the decorations are put away, doesn't it look a little bare! Is it just me or do you feel the same way? And now that Christmas is packed away, there is much more t...

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I still feel as though I've missed something, or as if something is still to come? It seems many of you feel the same with Thanksgiving being so late this year, which trickled into Christma...

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Christmas is only 5 days away and I'm still behind.  I'll say it's because Thanksgiving was late this year, because if I had another week all would be good, and less hectic, and I wouldn't be s...

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Are you ready for Christmas? Not me...I am so far behind in getting my decorating finished this year.  I am trying not to stress about it though.  I'll continue doing what I can and come Wed...

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Spring and fall are my two favorite seasons. So why do they pass so quickly? This fall has been an amazing show of color up in the mountains and I find myself longing for it to last...but the...

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Names.  Names are good.  We would live in chaos if we didn't have names for things.  When I reference my friends and family, I call them by name.  When we go on trips, we name the places we ...

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Last October while in the mountains we visited Barber Orchard for some apples and while there I noticed a huge bin full long neck and squat gourds.  Some were smooth and shiny, while others had...

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One of my favorite rooms in our colonial farmhouse style home is the downstairs guest bedroom. I call it "Aunt Janie's" room because this is the room she always stayed in when she would come t...

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Since I've been sharing more of the cabin with you, I thought I should move to the exterior and then back indoors.  If you've been following along, you know our mountain cabin is a fixer-upper,...

https://www.dwellings-theheartofyourhome.com/2019/09/creekside-dwellings-cabin-exterior.html

It's been fun sharing more of the cabin with you.  There has been a lot of life rearranging to make it possible for me to stay up here in the mountains while the renovations are going on.  Bei...

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There are so many memories, stories and special people that come to mind as I look around the cabin.  For me, that's what makes a collected home so special.  Over these past few years while re...

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I've been in the mountains during this latest phase of the cabin renovation and since there is so much of the cabin I haven't shared with you, I wanted to start with this antique lamp.  In the ...

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There is a lot of wood here in the mountain cabin.  The walls are original heart pine, old worn wood floors, there are wood beams on the living area ceilings and many of the bedrooms and hallwa...

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The current remodel work here at the mountain cabin is taking a l-o-n-g time.  This phase is the last of the interior spaces to be done and once finished we will have a master bedroom, master b...

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When I shared about early mornings in the kitchen and making coffee by the light of yummy scented candles and the soft flickering shadows from my antique hurricane, there was something I didn't ...

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The weather outside is dreary, but inside it is peaceful and quiet on this early Tuesday morning.

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I began my blog back in November 2010.  My life and blogging were much different back then... I'm still a southern girl, very thankful for the blessings and grace that God has so richly show...

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We will be traveling this weekend to attend a friend’s wedding, so please join us next week for Amaze Me Monday!  Here are a few pictures from our daughter’s wedding in 2012...you can see m...

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