Confession time: Sewing
I have a confession to make. I don’t know how to sew. Well, that’s not entirely true… I can fake my way through making a pillow and other easy projects, but I don’t have the creative genius of people like this and this. In hopes that my husband, or mother is reading this. I’m begging [...]
Ruffle Cork Board
This is a new little project that I recently completed. I hope you like it. I wanted to dress up my ordinary looking cork board. It started out looking like this. I spray painted it white and added some ruffles, and this was the end result. I’m so pleased and I really, really love it. [...]
Shopping in Your Jammies by guest designer Christopher Lowell
We are so excited to have Christopher Lowell back on Fresh Nest sharing more fun tips with us. Today he is talking about shopping online and how to do it right and safely. You can find Christopher most recently on Work That Room – where he takes a person/family’s design dilemma and breaks down the [...]
How to Build a Retaining Wall
I’m here with an update on phase 1 of our landscaping redesign. We’ve been very busy at the house, and though we aren’t quite finished, we’ve made some great progress. To refresh your memory, here is a picture of our house before we started. Our curb appeal was in dire need of a change and change was [...]




