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Rum Balls Recipe

Susan Brinson
Recipes
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Before starting this house renovation, I baked and canned all the time. In fact, I’d dare to say we leaned more food blog than renovation and design blog before we bought this house. How times have changed! Our season of life.

When I was asked to be part of the cookie recipe swap, I practically

One Small Thing: Cast Iron Pans

We broke up with Teflon and have a new relationship with the cast iron pan. After the constant replacing of scratched pans and wondering if Teflon is really safe to cook on, we decided to ditch it. I was scared to live with out it! I love making a… read more

Susan Brinson
Style
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The Vegetable Garden, Our Backyard Adventure

After living in our house for the first year, I (Will) decided I wanted to try my hand at a vegetable garden. I wasn’t looking for anything fancy, just a dirt plot to grow our own food and thus started our backyard vegetable garden adventure.

Year One

Our first attempt… read more

One Small Thing: Soap

I think about the environment and sustainability often. It’s such an overwhelming, huge topic, I’m not sure where to begin making changes. My stress level about the state of our wildlife, food supply and general planet health is something I try to make better decisions about in the future…. read more

Susan Brinson
Style
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The Fence One Year Later

Last summer we spent several months building this fence (sponsored by Lowe’s!). It was a long, but rewarding process. no really, a 4 month project. We did everything from planning the design, select materials and building it with the help of our friends. The fence has contributed to our… read more

Queen of May Bathroom: Before

This renovation has been a slow one. I want to talk about this part of the process because renovation and design has a public face of being ‘fast and easy’. We don’t talk often enough about how that isn’t always true.

Media has trained us to respond to ‘instant… read more

Susan Brinson
At Stonyford, Interior Design, Renovation
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Updating the Electrical in an Old House

We did it. We updated our electrical. What had been years of anxiety and a vortex of unknown is done. And it was way less painful that my imagination said it was going to be. Our house is from around 1850 and we were scared, mainly because we had… read more

A New Look at Slip Covers with Bemz

This post is sponsored by Bemz. Their product + our style = the perfect collaboration. We hope you’re inspired.

Bemz makes transformative slipcovers. I have to admit, when I first got the email introducing me to the product, I was a bit unsure. Bemz makes slip covers for… read more

Susan Brinson
Interior Design
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Three things we did to reduce ticks in our yard

Living in the Hudson Valley has one draw back: ticks. I know most people in the North East are plagued by these little pests, and want to enjoy being outside during warmer weather. The tick itself is not the real issue, it’s the disease they carry: lyme. I’ve had… read more

We opened an online shop!

Friends!!! I’m not sure if I’m excited or terrified to say this, but we opened a little online shop. I’ve always loved the idea of having a shop. For my friends and family that have known me for a long time, I’ve always been dreaming up some product to… read more