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• Finished Planter Boxes and Garden Update
  on May 20, 2013 in growing lettuce planter boxes Vegetable Garden growing vegetables
  The planter boxes are finished and filled. If you missed how we made them, you can read about them HERE.I stained the inside with some food safe stain made from whey and thought I had some oil based stain  for the outside of the boxes left...
• 16 Ideas For De-cluttering Your Pantries And Cabinets
  on May 17, 2013 in Organized Pantry organized linen closet Organization Hometalk
  Happy Friday to everyone! Having worked as a kitchen and bath designer and as a custom closet designer, I've seen a lot of cluttered spaces. Seriously cluttered.I'm talking pantries so full you couldn't find anything to save your life...and...
• Bring The Beauty In
  on May 15, 2013 in Vignettes Flowers Spring flowers
   I often go out to the garden and cut whatever looks interesting and bring it inside and put it in a vase. There aren't always flowers blooming in the yard, but there are a few in the Spring. Sitting outside yesterday looking out onto the w...
• How To Make A Wood Planter Box
  on May 6, 2013 in planter boxes deck planter wood project
  Mr. Fanatic made me some wood planter boxes this weekend. They are so pretty even in their unfinished state. You know I saw something similar on Pinterest and Mr. F loves to make things, sooooothis weekend he got out a few of his...
• April Showers Bring May Flowers...
  on May 1, 2013 in Vignettes Spring Spring flowers
  Happy May 1st everyone! May is my favorite month of the year. Not that I'm partial or anything, but the weather is gorgeous and Mr. Fanatic and I were married on the 3rd in 1986. Back to May flowers...There's nothing like a bouquet of Sprin...
• Master Closet Baskets
  on Apr 23, 2013 in master closet Organization baskets
  Ya'll REALLY like organizing...or at least ya'll really like reading about organizing because my most clicked on posts are about organizing. This photo is probably my most pinned pic and the post it's in: A Little More Organizing, has been...
• How To Make A Framed Chalkboard From A Mirror
  on Apr 22, 2013 in Craft Project Painting Project Paint Framed Chalkboard
  Do you ever need a vacation after you take a vacation?Mr. Fanatic took last week off  to do projects around the house and he now needs a vacation.A RELAXING vacation.Spreading 23 + yards of mulch is hard work.(That's about 621 bags for those of...
• Cooking With Gas
  on Apr 16, 2013 in Gas cooktop Kitchen
  I don't know why we didn't do this sooner because we have wanted a gas cooktop or stove since we moved into our first home back in June of 1990.In that house there was a double oven stove with electric coils.We made do.When we built our current...
• Spring Projects
  on Apr 12, 2013 in Spring Project list Spring Sprucing up
  How are your Spring Projects list going?Do you have a list or do you just wing it?I'm a list maker, so I definitely have one and since Mr. Fanatic is taking a week off next week...First off on our list is mulching our garden beds and putting dow...
• Happy Easter!
  on Mar 30, 2013 in Spring Tablescapes Easter
  Spring is back here in the Carolinas and the weather is absolutely gorgeous!Yay! Hope it's warmed up where you are, as well. We might have some rain this weekend, but at least the temps are in the mid to upper 60's. We'll be doing some work...
• Open, Open, Open...
  on Mar 22, 2013 in My Garden Outdoor Spaces Spring gardening
  All you young whippersnappers won't remember this, but there was a commercial on TV a loooong time ago where a woman  standing outside a store the night before a big sale has her hands on the store window peering in and is saying "open, ope...
• Spring Mantel
  on Mar 13, 2013 in Mantel Spring Mantel
  Spring is here...YAY!!!ok, not officially, but, here at Casa Fanatic, it definitely is.LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Spring!!!Here's where I put the twig wreath I made with all the dead fall from the birch tree in our front yard.I've already started collecti...
• How To Make A Twig Wreath or When Life Gives You Lemons...
  on Mar 7, 2013 in Craft Project Twig Wreath
  Ya'll know I LOVE trees...(if you don't, just click on the pic of my garden on my sidebar)...but, after any kind of storm, there's always a large number of branches that end up on the ground.That's ok in our backyardIn the woodsBut, not ok in the fro...
• Antique/Vintage Shopping
  on Mar 1, 2013 in Antique shopping junk shopping
  Are you glad it's Friday?  and March 1st? I sure am. We are just a few weeks away from Spring's arrival and I couldn't be happier.Spring is my favorite season of the year. My apologies to all of you who have allergies. If y...
• Barn Doors Completely Finished!
  on Feb 19, 2013 in barn doors barn door hardwar. diy barn doors
  It took awhile, but we finally finished the barn doors....completely.I showed you the barn doors back in December. They looked great just the way they were,but there was something missing. Actually, there were a couple of things missing. I...
• Cute and Easy Clay Hearts
  on Feb 13, 2013 in Valentine's Day
  Don't you just love a fun little craft?I had no idea what craft I wanted to make for Valentine's Day until I saw some cute homemade clay hearts that Vanessa from At The Picket Fence created. She made her clay and I tried, but somehow my clay did...
• Valentine's Past
  on Feb 12, 2013 in Valentine's Day
  Been feeling a little nostalgic lately & thinking about past Valentine's day. Waxed Paper Crayon HeartsOne Valentine's Day in particular stands out in my mind.Not because I received some big fancy gift, but because it was sweet. Mr. Fanatic...
• Hydrangea Update and Starting Seeds
  on Feb 5, 2013 in Hydrangeas Vegetable Garden starting seeds
  Remember these beauties from my neighbor's garden? Oh, how I love hydrangeas...aren't they just the most gorgeous flowers?My neighbor has 3 large hydrangea bushes that she graciously allows me to pick blooms from.In return I share fresh veggies...
• Valentine Vignette
  on Feb 1, 2013 in HomeGoods Goodwill Finds Valentine's Day Vintage Valentine Hearts
  The Vintage Valentine Hearts have a new home this year and have found themselves in good company among some of my favorite pieces on the dresser in our Foyer. The cut lace linen runner is my absolute favorite Goodwill find. You can read more abo...
• Vintage Valentine Hearts
  on Jan 26, 2013 in Sewing Project Valentine's Day Vintage Valentine Hearts Sewing.
  Pardon me while I get sentimental...  When I was a little girl, way back in the 1960's, my grandmother would make me beautiful dresses. She had the talent to see a dress in a store window and make a pattern out of a paper grocery bag,...

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