By far, one of the questions I've received most often from readers over the past year is "how the heck did you sell your house so fast?" Yep. We did it. Sold our house for over list price in less than 48 hours. If you are new to RNS, welcome! And a little background. Until ... [ Read More ]
April Showers Bring May Flowers, Weeds & Snakes!
April showers bring weeds and May flowers here in the Mitten State and.... snakes. April showers bring May snakes, y'all! Almost 13 years in our historic neighborhood without a single sighting... I've now been terrorized twice by these slithery rascals already at the ... [ Read More ]
If You Obey All the Rules for Decorating, You Miss All the Fun
I'm gonna let you in on a little secret.... I don't believe in creating a lot of "rules to live by." In fact I have just a few: Never dye my own hair (yikes! chalk that up to experience) Never let my mom drive in D.C. rush hour traffic, especially through ... [ Read More ]
Smudging to Cleanse a New Home & Chase Away the Evil
Let me start by saying I am not someone who has ever really believed in witchcraft, life on Mars, Area 51 and all that jazz. I'm basically a skeptic. Though I am on the fence about ghosts... Mostly because I've lived in an old house and... you know.... things go bump in the ... [ Read More ]
“Create Everyday Challenge” & Artsy Project Ideas for the Creativity Challenged
Some of you know my "real" job is that I'm a writer. One topic I recently wrote about again was art therapy. I've always played around with artsy projects and garden "stuff," but I'm not sure I realized the therapeutic role it played in my life. Lately, ... [ Read More ]