Florida Room Inspiration

As we start to move indoors for the winter in Colorado, we were inspired by the idea of a Florida room from Douglas Elliman Real Estate.  We wanted to create a few beach inspired decor ideas that in the dead of winter you could enjoy the next closest thing to sun and surf!  Come check us out on Pinterest, and view some of our ideas for the coziest Florida room ever. 

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#Epic39

Well it's official, now you all know how old I am!  As the last year in my thirties, I wanted to make it an epic year.  But starting off about 8 weeks ago (birthday date), I didn't know what that would look like.  You can come up with all the usual things like exotic travel, skydiving, and learning to fly a plane which I want to do, but it's starting to become more than that.  I'm starting to recognize just the small little things that are making my life epic. We launched the Discovery Homes website, plus our Etsy store is up and running, so that's where I've been for a month.
The one thing that has been epic at the house is the garden!  You all know what a tough start we had with the weather and warmth, but it has really turned around.  We've got some new comers to our garden scene as well as some old favorites, but let me show you how they are all doing.

The very first garlic crop ever.  Totally can't complain.  I put in 17 cloves, and got between 13-15 garlic bulbs.

First season of the artichoke as well.  I didn't get too many from my 12 plants, however pretty impressed for season one.

The cantaloupe was sweeter and more juicy than anything in the store.

Another new crop to our garden this year was cauliflower.  Planted 5 plants, already roasted and ate 2 heads.  Yum!

The cucumber crop has been incredible.  This is pickle batch number 3, and still have more on the vines.

It's definitely cool season crop time, and the broccoli is growing like crazy.  Pick it, roast it, and eat it for the perfect addition to dinner.

These ladies are the center of our garden this year, and are making a plethora of eggs.  We are getting an average of 6-8 eggs per day.  Perfect addition to our little homestead.

A bumper crop of pumpkins have been harvested this year.  We planted them in the front flower bed due to lack of room, and they thrived here.  We have at least 30 pumpkins of varying varieties.

Using them for little fall decoration outside..

and inside.

Usually when fall is over we throw these guys out for the deer, however this year I will cut up and save many of them for the chickens to eat during the winter.






Looking forward to sharing with you all the things I find to make my 39th year epic.  No matter what your epic looks like, make your life the best it can be.

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Inspiration Books

It's the last day of school today, and I find myself having just a little bit of time on my hands for the last time in at least two months.  Have you ever loved looking through magazines, and find something that sparks an idea for a project or a recipe that you would love to make.  However you don't want to keep the whole magazine, and the odds of you finding that particular recipe again or forgetting it all together are very high!  I create "scrapbooks" for lack of a better word, and then I get to look through them, and get inspired any time I want.  I have at least three for just recipes divided into lighter foods, heavy winter cooking, and the drinks, breads, and desserts.  I have one for gardening, which just recently spilled into another book, one for gift ideas, and another for Halloween and Christmas ideas.  I even have them for fitness routines and sewing ideas.  Today was my day to add to the inspiration scrapbooks.  I have had a pile of magazine pages ripped out and ready for me to put them into their respective books.

Needless to say I spread out a little, this is fun to do in my craft room.  I can set up, and if I don't finish, no picking up right away required.

The well loved ones in blue with circles and squares are my recipes, and it's fun to have new recipes to try.  I can get bored with making the same thing again and again, and this give me a chance to try new ingredients and flavors.

Just a page or two...

Can't wait to try this recipe!

Hope you get inspired!

Happy Creating

-K-

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