It is referred to in our home as "peanie bunkle", and I am under orders from my husband to hide it from him and mete it out in reasonable portions as an occasional treat because if he sees the jar, he will eat it...all of it. It is the only reward that will convince Emily M.Scampercat to forget her umbrage at having her nails clipped...peanie bunkle distracts her from any irritation. As for radish sandwiches, I like them open faced,on a slice of good, crusty french bread, thickly sliced and thickly slathered with butter...sprinkled with salt&pepper. If there is a glass of wine and some strawberries or grapes in the picture, so much the better. Oooh, luxury though is the same meal, but with the bread spread with soft, aged brie instead of butter. Mmmmmm.

Haha! I know.....so mean. It will be fun though, promise! I've received oodles of help and suggestions and I'm so appreciative, so now I need to move forward and make it my own and will update you with a surprise reveal when it's all done! :)

I'd actually consider going a light gray to show of a bright yellow front door. I'd probably do window trim in a darker grey, and just paint that white space in the middle of your windows the same color as the house. Agree about the utility box being fairly obvious. You really need to spruce up the landscaping here, that would be the very first thing I would do. A few grasses by the foundation do nothing for the look and don't really work. Put larger shrubs closest to the house and smaller ones further away. Buy some shrubs tall enough to cover that box, put in a nice curved bed by the house and another by the walkway heading up. Eventually, I'd think about adding a porch by the front door, would look more welcoming.

We just bought the shutters. Sunburst shutters, not cheap. Our entire first floor windows are the same white plantation shutters so we won't be painting them. That would completely ruin the shutters. It's been a dark, gloomy, rainy day so I've had the shutters closed when I took the pictures. Normally they are open but no light would be coming in on a day like today anyway. We can't have a family room without a single window. I'm not removing the window to avoid coming up with an idea of what to hang on the walls. When we moved furniture back into the house after remodel we did toy around with the idea of the 2 seater on the other wall but it looked even worse. The lamp is only temporary. Something we had before and it moved back into the room but I hate that lamp, it doesn't stand up straight so it will be replaced, hopefully with a table lamp. Beverly.....I agree about the area rug. Definitely looking for a bigger rug. Again, this is just what we had and reusing until I find something else. No suggestions on what to hang on the wall other than how everything existing is all completely wrong?