The front of the house here at Sweetwater has five light fixtures. Two on the sides of the door and three across the front of the garage....

Yesterday, the thermometer in the car said 100 degrees.....but the calendar says it is Autumn!   Go figure! I have been gradually s...

Don't worry.....I am not going to go all political on you! The cover up at Sweetwater is NOT scandalous! It is simply the way tha...

Part 2 of Summer Decorating on a Budget can really be summed up by the following: I admit freely to being a "fabric"holic! ...

Source Time for summer decorating....bright, fresh, and airy are words that come to mind. Lightening up the look of the family room...

Ahhh....Spring in Minnesota! One day it is sunny and 75 degrees. The next day it is cloudy with snow! The garden store is calling....come...

It seems like ages ago that Mr. S,  the Sweetwater Grandboy and I went shopping and bought a new sofa. It WAS ages ago....November in fact!...

Whew!   This holiday season seems to have flown past.... and yet it also seems like the Christmas decor has been around forever! Was ...

Isn't this quote from Anne of Green Gables apropos for the second day of October? Once October arrives, it is definitely pumpkin ...

Oh so many years ago...20 in fact....one of my favorite TV shows was The Christopher Lowell Show.  Do any of the rest of you remember thi...