Welcome back couch... and vegan cookies!

My daughter and I are just getting over a cold. It was only a 2 day cold, but it was *bad* one. I think my 15 year old cat and I are equal on sleep. Seriously. 

We decided to make our favorite yummy vegan chocolate chip cookies to make the day a little better. 

Everyone deserves a little dessert every now and then. {Even the vegans!}

Give them a try. 

Also, our couch is back.
refinished and reupholstered... check it out.

I had to fit a little tufting and some nail heads in there.
They are have been on my design wish list forever.

Before... remember?

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Savannah

We spent a little time in Savannah on vacation too. I am a graduate of SCAD {Savannah College of Art and Design} so I showed my friends around town for the day.

We took a Ghost tour of the Sorrel Weed house and learned the history of the home, while walking around a creepy, dark mansion. TAPS ghost hunters filmed an episode there several years back. We didn't experience anything {thankfully!}, but here are a few curious photos from tours of the house.

They handed our EMF detectors, which the kids loved.

Ok... I tried it too.

Then we went shopping. I wanted to move into one of the stores, Paris. Really everything was amazing and beautifully displayed.

... and I just *had to* visit my old college hang out, The Rail. The jukebox was gone so I couldn't play the Rolling Stones and Neil Diamond like we used to. We grabbed a beer in a to-go cup, as they do in Savannah. When in Rome...

Then we had pizza at my favorite pizza place in the world, yes, the world. 

Vinnie Van Gogo's.

No cheese, that's how we roll. :)

... and our friend's *real* pizza slice.

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Our trip to Fripp

I'm still unpacking from our vacation to Savannah and Fripp Island and I have that kid-in-a-candy-store feeling about all the goodies I bought. {more on that later.} Our drive was 14 hours and our friends brought walkie talkies so that made the drive a little easier.

We rented this cute Sunshine House with friends.


... so this was our backyard for a week. Love.






The girls made all of us t-shirts... so cute!

I'm not exactly friends with this guy, but I took his picture anyway.

There was lots of time for shelling.

We went shelling one night when low tide was at midnight. We wandered the beach with flashlights, and of course the guys couldn't resist sneaking up and scaring us. 

We are all a bunch of foodies, so we cooked a ton of fresh seafood everyday.

vacations = good food, right?

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The couch project continues...

We found this *amazing* American Empire couch a few weeks ago and immediately saw the potential. It needed a little help, and a bit of a modern-twist too. 

We had all those old layers stripped off... and lucky for us, there was Mahogany hiding underneath.

We chose the top stain. It isn't too dark so you still see the wood grain.. and it is a little less red too.

Here is where we are this week:

That might make it sound like I am involved in all this work and I am not. Not one bit... 

{shout out to Mary Beth's Furniture in Rochester, MI.}

I can't wait for the couch to be done... and in my Living Room... and nowhere near my six year old. 

Not sure how that is going to work yet.

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