Live off our Land!

Back to Basics pioneerplanning.com

Raised garden beds cannabischronicles.wordpress.com

"The Urban Farming Guys" cityfarmer.info

Backyard chickens = Fresh eggs!! foodrenegade.com

Your reference guide marypeterson.typepad.com

Urban Thoughts.

A girl can dream.

Cusco Charmed and Inspired us.

Peru's city of Cusco invites you in breathlessly. Crisp fresh air up this high.. you adapt quickly, you must. Sip on some warm tea and start exploring. Rows and rows of beautiful textiles, organic pottery and original woodwork. It gives you inspiration to keep wandering these ancient narrow streets. Streets filled with Spanish colonial architecture, huge beautiful stone walls and unique charming doors at every turn. You don't want to miss anything. Here, many structures share the foundation from old Incan buildings, a glimpse into the days of when Cusco was the Incan capital. Cusco's Cathedral is just stunning! Then, as you enter, you are immersed into a Baroque wonderland. This building means everything to the people of this glorious city. You can truly feel the warmth of everything this city is made up of just ooze through the walls of the incredible old buildings. I was inspired to come home and acquire old pottery to fill my back yard with. To surround myself with old beauty, add some warm colors to my house and sip on some Peruvian coffee with warm whole milk. So, my lesson learned, we must appreciate ALL we have. Old, new, little or abundant. It comes down to appreciating the simple things in life. This will always result in happiness. I hope you enjoy these beautiful photos of Cusco and find some inspiration from them as well.

Antique picnic table = new dining room table!

Our project this week is to refinish this beautiful old picnic table. Its got such a great form. Those beautiful modern legs and old rustic top are going to make my dining space look so chic! So stay tuned, I will give you the "how to" on this amazing project!

A little about us...

We are sisters and best friends. We come from a background of hard work and "do it yourself"! We both are inspired by our parents, who constantly have amazing projects going on at there home. Our mother, the artist, gave us both the love of design and of all things beautiful. Thanks to her we can appreciate our world's wonderful art history and architecture and(how can I forget) the amazing classical music concerts we attended. These experiences opened up new doors to us. Always got our creative juices flowing!  Our father taught us about the art of urban gardening and farming. His love and obsession has been, basically living of his land, his way. Very inspiring!!  Any project we attempt we ALWAYS consult him. So all of our creative genes come honestly. Also, almost anything you will see posted here was probably finished with the help of one of our creative consultants. (Mom and Dad).

We both have reached a point in our lives that we would like a little of the control, ok, all of it! I guess this blog is our attempt. We want into the creative world, and the only way it happens is if you make it happen! We will pretty much post anything creative that we do. Mostly redesigning interiors, refinishing furniture, organizing projects, our fun flea market trips, some gardening and more!! We hope we can inspire you to make your space beautiful! Hope you enjoy!