Happy spring, and welcome to Thursday Favorite Things! I am thrilled to celebrate my eighth year co-hosting this fabulous weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers with Katherine of Katherine’s Corner and a fantastic group of bloggers!
Happy spring, and welcome to Thursday Favorite Things! I am thrilled to celebrate my eighth year co-hosting this fabulous weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers with Katherine of Katherine’s Corner and a fantastic group of bloggers!
Happy spring, and welcome to Thursday Favorite Things! I am thrilled to celebrate my eighth year co-hosting this fabulous weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers with Katherine of Katherine’s Corner and a fantastic group of bloggers!
Happy spring, and welcome to Thursday Favorite Things! I am thrilled to celebrate my eighth year co-hosting this fabulous weekly link party for bloggers and blog readers with Katherine of Katherine’s Corner and a fantastic group of bloggers!
Spring has sprung (despite the lingering snow!) so it’s time to check out some simple spring decorating ideas with pops of color to brighten up our homes for the season.
This week I am excited to join several amazing bloggers for the Bloggers’ Best Spring Home Tours, graciously hosted by Lynn at Living Large In A Small House and Amy Sadler Designs. You will find links to all of the amazing spring tours at the end of my post.
Welcome friends, to my “Cranberry Christmas Kitchen! It’s the heart of the home where vibrant, fresh and faux holiday fruits and Christmas plants inspired by old world, European or Colonial Christmases past mix and mingle with a bit of vintage Christmas treasures to create my beloved, timeless, vintage-traditional Christmas aesthetic.
Happy winter friends! Yes, winter can be happy when you appreciate the opportunities for slowing down, reflecting on the year ahead and endulging in all things cozy and comforting! I have been nesting around the house during all the snow days we had, and I am particularly loving the winter vibes in our dining room. Today I am excited to be sharing the dining room as part of a Vintage Cottage Weekend with my friend Debra of Common Ground! This post contains affiliate links.
After the beauty and excitement of the holidays with festive colors and twinkling lights I like to continue to keep our home looking cozy and magical for winter using greenery and garlands. Today I am excited to share a preview of our nearly finished sunroom and how I am cozied it up for the winter with a beautiful pre-lit Dandan Pine Garland from Seasonal LLC. *I received this garland for review from Seasonal LLC. All opinons are my own.
Embrace the warmth of hearth and home during the long winter months with cozy winter decor!
Welcome to a fun winter blog hop where my blogging friends and I are sharing how we are “Keeping it Cozy” in our homes during the long, cold months of winter. You will find many other creative ways to keep it cozy this winter by visiting all the lovely hop participant’s posts at the end of this post.
Hello friends and welcome to our cozy “wintergreen” home! Even though the weather around here has been unbelieveably spring-like so far this January without a sign of snow, I have still decorated our home with cozy winter treasures including lots of greenery. Today I am excited to be joining 23 blogging friends for the Cozy Winter Home Tours! You can check out all of the beautiful winter decorating ideas via the links at the end of this post. *This post contains affiliate links.
Hello dear friends and welcome to our winter home! Today I am so happy to be hosting the Cozy Winter Home Blog Hop where 16 blogging friends are getting together to share cozy winter decorating ideas. For my post I am going to show you how I have transitioned from Christmas to winter and how I am “keeping it cozy” in our home for the season. *This post contains affiliate links.
Choosing new pool tiles isn’t a small decision in its own right that can either improve how your pool looks and feels, or it can be a design choice you will come to regret for many years. But the thing is, the purchase of new pool tiles doesn’t just need to be a practical choice; it can be something that helps you add fun, intrigue, and life to a pool and your surrounding landscape too.
Let’s take a look at a few pool tile ideas that can give your backyard an instant facelift.

Create a Mediterranean Look
If you love the warmth and character of a European-inspired outdoor palette, it’s worth exploring Mediterranean tones for your pool.
Look at warm terracotta tones, earthy ochres, and sun-bleached creams to use around the pool and on surrounding surfaces. It delivers a sun-soaked, relaxed atmosphere that feels timeless, not trend-driven.
If you’re wanting more of a Greek feel, then whites and blues work exceptionally well here; they’re not as warm, but they deliver a fresh look that embraces the essence of Europe too.

Sleek, Modern, and Neutral
If you’re after a cleaner, more contemporary look, then large format tiles in soft grays, warm whites or pale stone tones deliver a polished finish that lets the architecture of the pool speak for itself. Plus, fewer grout lines mean a more seamless appearance, and when you pair this with the simplicity of a neutral palette, you get a calmer, uncluttered feel for your pool.
This look works really well for people who have more of a geometric style, i.e., rectangular or lap pools. As in these designs, the lines of the design are part of the aesthetic, meaning the tiles will become a backdrop rather than a focal point.

Glass Tiles for a Shimmering Water Line
If you’re after a more striking look for your pool, then you need to look into glass mosaic tiles for your pool. Use them as a decorative band around the waterline rather than as a full interior surface. Glass mosaic tiles capture the light in ways no other tiles can, and they shimmer and shift as the water moves, creating a jewel-like effect that elevates the entire pool.
If you choose a contrasting waterline band in a deep cobalt, for example, or aquamarine, you can create a visually stunning look that’s not overwhelming.
Go Dark for a Natural Lagoon Feel
Dark pool tiles such as deep charcoal, forest greens, navy blues, and near blacks produce water that looks rich and mysterious and more like a natural body of water than a conventional backyard pool. This look is increasing in popularity, and more people are opting to add depth to their pools via the colour of their pool tiles.
And if you create a lush garden built around your pool, the contrast will be even more striking delivering a more organic feel to the pool and landscaping as a whole.
Real estate is not for everyone, like everything else out there. There is no guarantee that anyone is going to like getting into real estate, but if you think that it’s something you would enjoy, you won’t know for sure until you give it a go. We understand that it’s a lot of money to invest in something if it turns out that you don’t actually enjoy investing here, but once you’ve gotten through the first one, if you don’t like it anymore, you don’t have to continue.
Your home’s exterior is just as important to look after as your interior. However, it can often get neglected, especially when it comes to time limitations. At the same time, depending on the type of weather you get around your area, your desire to go outdoors might not be very high up on the list of priorities. *This post contains affiliate links.




























