Cottages and Bungalows Holiday Decor 2019 magazine…

I’m so excited to have eight pages of my photography and styling featured in the Cottages and Bungalows special issue, Holiday Décor! It has actually been on magazine stands since September 24 so make sure…

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Mountain farmhouse fall steps

It finally feels like fall here in the North Carolina mountains, and I’m quite sure there is no one on the earth more excited about that than I am!!  I did gather a few things…

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The Duncan Phyfe

If you follow me on facebook, or at whispering.pines.homestead oninstagram, then you’ll know all about my sofa saga. Once I figured out the rescue couch needed to go to my mother’s in order to have…

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DIY Victorian mantel

I have been wanting another mantel for my living room for a while, but couldn’t figure out where to put one. Well, not one to give up, and after a lot of thought, I did…

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Dark and moody vintage mantel

I’m so excited to be part of the 5th Annual Fall Ideas Tours!! Thanks so much to Angie at Postcards From the Ridge for putting all this together!! Today is all about mantels and fireplaces,…

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Mountain farmhouse fall tour

Fall.  It’s my favorite season. It always has been. Growing up here in the mountains of western North Carolina, fall was always this magical time where vivid Carolina blue skies met walls of saturated colors…

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The box is back!!

If there is one thing I’m known for, I’d say it’s the long box centerpiece. About eight years ago, my husband made a long box for me out of some of my grandfather’s scrap wood…

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The beadboard

This photo tells a story that means the world to me, and I hope the words I have chosen can express that. My story started here, over 100 years ago, in this house my great…

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