Doing a little Christmas shopping gives you a great excuse to get out and enjoy them, support local small businesses, and also check a few things off your list!.

I’m not really sure what happened there.I guess it seemed practical?

Well, when I decided that I would actually start working at.this desk nook in our living room.and that I wanted it to be cheerful, I knew I’d have to do something about brightening up this wall.

I wasn’t sure if paint was really even a viable option on this faux stone wall, but it ended up working out beautifully, just like with a regular stone wall, and today I’m sharing the process.Here’s how to whitewash a stone wall!.

I’m sharing this post today as my monthly contribution to the Thrifty Style Team.

The magic of paint never ceases to amaze and it’s always a very budget-friendly solution.Why This Type of Garden is Perfect for This Spot.

One of the reasons that I was really interested in naturalizing this part of our property is that it runs right next to the road, which can be pretty busy at times, at least as far as country roads go.I really wanted to be able to create some kind of barrier between the traffic and where we walk, so that we can kind of get the sense of being away from everything, just for a little while.

A little grove of sumacs popped up on a pile of rocks we placed here temporarily a few years ago and we loved them so much that we just left them.We’re now allowing them to spread out a bit further so we can enjoy their shielding capabilities along that section of road.. Of course, this requires no work on our part because sumacs spread pretty happily all on their own, which brings me to the other perfect thing about a garden like this: It’s basically zero maintenance.. We spend so many hours every week in the summer cutting our lawn and this allows us to cut a little bit less!