Ideas to make your home brighter & your heart lighter
I’ve always been bugged by the placement of the thermostat in my formal living room. It’s smack dab in the middle of the wall below the staircase. Obviously when the builders installed it, they weren’t thinking about aesthetics. They placed it almost in the middle of the wall, meaning that when I hang art there, [...]
Let me take you back a year. It’s one of the hottest days of summer, but I have a “project.” I’m set up in my driveway, fair-skinned and un-sunscreened in the midday sun — with a paintbrush and a new can of Paris Gray chalk paint, ready to tackle a $5 yard sale table. We [...]
Are you ready to DIY until you drop? Rub elbows with other sweet tea-loving bloggers? Make your blog even more fabulous than it already is? Then, you don’t want to miss the Southern Bloggers Conference, to be held in Raleigh Oct. 12-13 (with an optional thrifting day on Sunday, Oct. 14). Squeal! Atta Girl [...]
It’s been a little quiet around AttaGirlSays.com these past few days. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. I decided to take a huge leap and open a first permanent retail space with a friend — a booth in Golden Antiques & Treasures in Summerfield, N.C. You will find us in Booth #8. It has [...]
I’ve been slowly putting out my Easter decor, and I thought I’d show you some of the handmade touches I’m incorporating into my holiday decorating. These apothecary jars, inspired by Uncommon Designs and Shanty 2 Chic, are one of my favorite holiday decorations because they’re quick-change artists. Switch out the bows, hang some letters from [...]
The Atta Girls have lots of craft friends. On occasion, we will ask one of them to share their handiwork with you. Here’s a post from our friend, Amanda, who is quite the whiz at making wreaths. “If you’re from the South or have ever visited the South, there’s a chance you’ve seen little, brown, [...]
With the exception of Christmas, I’m usually woefully behind on my holiday decorating. But there’s something about the promise of Spring that has prompted me to start my Easter decorating early this year. (It may also be that I didn’t get to decorate for Easter last year because we moved into our house just three [...]
