I made this in honor of Leap Year. My 2020 Leap Year meal is here.
Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers
Left Side: Leap Year – Carrots cut with a cookie cutter, Frogs – Radish cut with a cookie cutter, rubbed with matcha powder, Lily Pads – Spinach, mashed blue potato
Right Side: Frog – Green apple cut with a cookie cutter, blueberries
I made this meal for myself. Peanut noodles are often a lunch staple for me but I have not made them in awhile.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Whale – Zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, Water Spout – carrot cut with a knife, peanut noodles
Top Right: Pistachio nuts
Bottom Right: Seahorse – Apple cut with a cookie cutter and brushed with cinnamon, blueberries
I made this cardinal themed lunch for myself.
Container: Wooden box purchased in Kyoto at Bento&co.
Contents: Cardinal – Mashed potato with tomato paste cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – Dried blueberry, Beak – Black sesame seeds, green pimento olives, broccoli, macadamia nuts, lettuce, Nest – Spiral carrots, Eggs – Mozzarella balls
I made this meal for myself. The tortellini has a delicious Vodka Sauce.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Elephants – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, cheese tortellini with Vodka Sauce
Top Right: Pepitas
Bottom Right: Elephant – Bell pepper cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker detail, spinach
I made this meal for myself. I didn’t realize when I roasted the potatoes that as teeth they don’t look as healthy. It is always fun to make food in this series.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Teeth – Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, potato (roasted) cut with a cookie cutter, hummus
Top Right: Almonds
Bottom Right: Teeth – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, orange
For this meal, I resurrected a series I have not visited in awhile, Featured Ingredient. All of my past meals in this series were made in this style box and included 3 recipes that incorporated the featured ingredient. Today I have pistachio nuts.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Pistachio Falafel with Yogurt Sauce (the sauce even has pistachio in it!)
Top Right: Pistachio Energy Ball
Bottom Right: Chocolate Pistachio Kiwi
I enjoy changing the seasonal decorations in my beautiful home. My focus is on my dining room and the floating shelves in the first floor hallway. My Mom thinks I should decorate practically everywhere but it is enough for me to focus on these two areas.
My dining room Valentine decorations are similar to last year but I added the peony topiaries from my summer decorations and kept the gingerbread houses from Christmas since they work for winter / Valentine’s day. My corner shelves reuse some items but are completely different from last year.
Meal: Hearts – Fresh Mozzarella cut with a cookie cutter, roasted eggplant, pasta, tomato sauce
Drink: Sparkling water
Snowman: my niece (from marriage) gave this to me for Christmas a long time ago. She made it from gourds.
Honeycomb Heart
Handmade Silk Roses in Green Vase: I made these in 2004 for my wedding. Bird seed was put in them for guests to throw after the ceremony. My cousin did it at her wedding in 1992. The green vase has been in my collection a long time.
Hearts: Plastic hearts from the Dollar Tree many years ago.
I made this XOXO cheesy rice meal for myself. I was inspired after looking at my Valentine collection and thought I should add more to my XOXO section.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Plate: XOXO Red bell pepper cut with a cookie cutter, rice with garlic and Cheddar
Bowl: XO – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, plain Greek yogurt, cinnamon
This is my 1500th post! Unbelievable!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Conversation Hearts is a new theme for my Valentine collection.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Conversation Hearts – Green mashed potatoes with matcha powder, Red mashed potatoes with tomato paste, Blue mashed potatoes with butterfly pea flower powder, Press mashed potatoes into heart rice mold, imprint letter set, peas
Top Right: Conversation Hearts – Sweet Tarts
Bottom Right: Hearts – Radish cut with a cookie cutter, lettuce
I made this heart bread lunch for my Mom on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Heart – Shaped bread
Top Right: Hearts – Cheese cut with a cookie cutter, pecans
Bottom Right: Hearts – Yellow bell pepper cut with a cookie cutter, spinach
I had some blue potatoes I wanted to use so made this ocean themed meal.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Jelly Fish – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, blue potato mashed potatoes
Top Right: Green olives
Bottom Right: Orange
Happy Groundhog Day! I made this meal for myself as part of my Groundhog Day series.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Groundhog – Sweet potato cut with a cookie cutter then roasted, mashed cauliflower with ricotta, smoked paprika
Top Right: Hazelnuts
Bottom Right: Clementine
To celebrate Setsubun (bean throwing day) in Japan, I made this Oni sweet potato lunch. This is only my second time doing this theme. Here is my first.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Oni – Roasted sweet potato with cheese and food marker details, Setsubun (in Japanese) carrot cut with cookie cutters, roasted asparagus
Top Right: Dry Roasted Wasabi Edamame
Bottom Right: Clementine
I made this seahorse lunch for myself. I am fascinated by seahorses but have only created food in this theme twice in the over 12 years I have blogged here. When I made this meal, I ended up breaking my cookie cutter (first time to break one). Don’t know if I can fix it or if I need a new one.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Seahorses – Sweet Potato (cut with cookie cutter), ricotta with blueberries
Top Right: Lime and Chili Almonds
Bottom Right: Fish – Radish cut with a cookie cutter, butterfly pea powder, mashed cauliflower
My friend Deborah’s birthday was this week. I invited her to come over yesterday for a neighborhood walk and dinner. Hasselback vegetables have been on my mind. It was exciting to try hasselback butternut squash. The whole meal was delicious.
Romaine Spinach Salad with Apples, Toasted Walnuts, and Avocado Dressing
Hasselback Butternut Squash – I didn’t use sage and forgot to use the pumpkin seeds. I used vegan butter.
No Bake Vegan Almond Joy Bars – I halved the recipe.
This week was my friend Carol’s birthday. Since it was a “special” numbered year, I invited her to ask a friend to join us. Our trio created a different dynamic that was very welcome on a dark winter day. Delicious food and good conversation created a delightful evening. To keep things easy for me on a worknight, I bought the salad and dessert and only made the main course. It is the same Wellington I make for Thanksgiving and Carol’s birthday but this year to be different I folded it into triangles.
Wegmans Avocado Ranch Chopped Salad Kit – I used a different shredded Cheddar than what came with the kit. I put the ranch dressing on the side of the plates.
Vegetable Wellington – (I used frozen Puffed Pastry with homemade pesto, goat cheese, roasted zucchini, red bell pepper and asparagus), served with Citrus Beurre Blanc sauce
Wegmans Triple Chocolate Mousse Cake (half size), raspberries
I made this cute lunch for myself. Others in this series are here.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Penguins – Cheddar cheese, yellow bell pepper, blue potato cut with a cookie cutter then roasted, hummus
Top Right: Macadamia nuts
Bottom Right: Penguins – Carrot cut with a cookie cutter, spinach leaves
I made this flower bread lunch for my niece on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Flower – Shaped bread with Nutella inside
Top Right: Flowers – Carrots cut with a cookie cutter
Bottom Right: Raspberries
I made this fun meal for myself.
Container: Book Bento Box
Contents: Dinosaurs – Sweet potato cut with a cookie cutter and roasted, mashed cauliflower with ricotta cheese, walnuts, chocolate chips
I enjoy making themed mashed potato meals. Here is my collection!
Updated: 4/6/25
WEATHER
Tornado Mashed Potatoes
FLOWER
ANIMAL
BIRD / FLYING THING
Japanese Crested Ibis Mashed Potatoes
FISH
HALLOWEEN
Jack-o-lantern Mashed Potatoes
DAY OF THE DEAD
CHRISTMAS
Christmas Tree Mashed Potatoes
NEW YEAR
VALENTINE
Conversation Hearts Mashed Potatoes
ST PATRICK
EASTER
4TH OF JULY
PRESIDENTS
George Washington Mashed Potatoes
Abraham Lincoln Mashed Potatoes
CHARACTERS
Snoopy and Woodstock Mashed Potatoes
Charlie Brown and Lucy Mashed Potatoes
JAPANESE CULTURE
Emperor and Empress Mashed Potatoes
Reclining Buddha Mashed Potatoes
IMAGINARY / EXTINCT / ??
LIFE ACTIVITIES
TRANSPORTATION
TOY / GAME
MISC
I made this snowman bread lunch for my Dad on the day that my parents, niece and I went on a little daytrip to the Buffalo Botanical Garden greenhouses.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Snowmen – Shaped bread with food marker details (I served Cheddar on the side)
Top Right: Macadamia nuts
Bottom Right: Snowflakes – Radish cut with a cookie cutter, spinach
Keeping with tradition, my niece and my Mom made this breakfast while at my house for Christmas.
Kangaroos – chocolate chip pancakes cut with a cookie cutter, Nutella
Others in this series:
Bear, Bunny, Groundhog, Camel, Cows, Dinosaurs, Ghosts, Moose, Raccoon, Sloth, Squirrels
I made this fun and seasonal meal for my parents and me. We LOVED the wonton snowflakes!
Roasted Potato Snowflakes – cut potato slices with a snowflake cookie cutter, rub with butterfly pea powder, roast until tender
Snowflake Wonton with Blueberries
Happy New Year! I made this festive meal for myself.
2024 – Nishiki Rice pressed into cookie cutters with plastic wrap, dried parsley
Roasted butternut squash
Happy New Year! Here is my collection of New Years / Year themed meals. As with my other collections, I will update when I create something new.
Updated: 1/1/26
My niece made a gingerbread greenhouse while visiting me this year. I suggested it because I always wanted to make a greenhouse out of gingerbread and I thought she would like it. It is beautiful!
Gingerbread Recipe: I used this recipe.
Royal Icing Recipe: I love using this recipe which uses Meringue Powder. It hardens fast and in works very well.
Windows: Gold quality gelatin sheets
Candy Cane and Gingerbread Men: purchased icing decorations
Green Path: Sweet tarts
Gingerbread Men Gardens: Mini gingerbread men sprinkles with candy rocks borders
Snow: Royal Icing
Poinsettias: Pink fondant cut with a mini star cutter, silver decorating balls, spaghetti
Pots: Rolos
Bench: Chocolate Wafer Cookies
We had a special Christmas with several rounds of guests. My parents joined me from December 21 – December 31. My brother and his wife joined us from December 22 – 25. My 21 year old niece was here from December 27 – December 31. My Dad did a lot of cooking this year since everyone requested his specialties: pizza, stuffed mushrooms, onion rings, and blueberry blintzes.
I posted some meals separately: Christmas Eve Appetizer dinner and French Christmas dinner. Previous Pig Scone Christmas breakfasts are posted here, here, and here. The only difference this year was Cranberry cheese from Aldi.
My parents, my niece, and me enjoyed a soup and bread meal with cut-out cookies on the evening of her arrival.
Christmas Hand-Pies – pie crust, tomato sauce, mozzarella
Asparagus – Boiled asparagus with butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, and salt
My niece made this gorgeous Buche de Noel.
On December 24, we prepared an appetizer dinner for 6 (Mom, Dad, Carol, Andy, Kerry, and me). My Dad did a lot of cooking since many of his specialties were on the menu. I think we all had a great time!
This year, the theme I selected for my main meal on December 25 was “French”. Six of us feasted on this meal: Carol, Andy, Kerry, Dad, Mom, and me. My Mom made the beautiful arrangement. I printed the menus. I made the holly felt napkin rings a long time ago.
Vegetable Crepes – with sautéed onions, red bell pepper, and zucchini
Individual Potato Galettes – I didn’t use the herbs
French Cheese Course – Mild Cremeus de Bourgone – Marcel Petite Comte, Saint Agur Blue, Petite Toasts
Mini Buche de Noel Stump – I had to make the cookies since they are not sold anymore.
Apricot Tartlets – I made my own pie crust and used apricot jam and a sugar orange slice from Trader Joes.
Chestnut Trifle – I made the Chestnut Puree.
My critique of the meal:
The French onion soup was great! It is a recipe I have made for many years. The only problem was my oven, it doesn’t broil without shutting off. Usually I broil in my toaster oven but 6 would not fit. The Shaved Carrot Salad I would not make again. The drinkers loved the French wine. My Mom wants the crepes again soon. I don’t know if I ever made them for her. I usually make them for my niece from marriage. The cheese course was amazing. I did a consult at Wegmans. Everyone was so excited for it that nobody took photos of it until it was mostly gone. As usual for special holiday meals, I made a dessert trio. The stump was an icebox cake but since the thin chocolate cookies are no longer sold, it was more effort to make the cookies. It was worth it! The apricot tarts were enjoyed by all. It was easy for me since I often made jam tarts for my niece and nephews from marriage. I don’t have a lot of experience with chestnut desserts. This was sophisticated and delicious! I bought the chestnuts in the European section at Wegmans.
As is my tradition, here are my Top 10 Lunches from 2023! It was my second year renovating and decorating my house and a special project at work took a lot of my time. I did not put as much effort into planning and making cute meals as other years, but I still created and shared.
I made this cheese and mashed potato crown for King Charles Coronation.
I made this pesto rice parrot for myself.
This camel vegetable potato salad was for my friend Arna.
This cute polenta bird meal was for my Mom.
I made this cute tortilla windmill meal for my Mom.
My 21 year old niece made this mushroom and rice cow.
I made this bread diploma for Natalie when she graduated from High School.
My Mom ate this cream cheese and polenta snowman.
I made this fun fairy meal for myself.
I made this Santa cheese lunch for myself.
I haven’t posted a yearly cookie tray since 2015. In the years since, I often made at least one type of cookie (usually a cut-out sugar cookie). This year, I will make cut-out sugar cookies with my niece. Last year my Mom wanted an assortment so I attended a cookie exchange. Mom asked me to make my own assortment of cookies this year since she prefers mine. It was my first time since I was married to make 5 different types and freeze. I hope that my family enjoys!
This year because I was busy on a special project at work, I was unable to make gingerbread in time for the Eastman Museum (they need it in the beginning of November) but I was able to make a small easy creation for myself in December.
Gingerbread Recipe: I used this recipe.
Royal Icing Recipe: I love using this recipe which uses Meringue Powder. It hardens fast and in works very well.
Templates: I used this.
Pathways: Blue Sweet Tarts
Doors: Pepperidge Farm Milano cookie, Doorknob: Rainbow Coated Chocolate Chips
Walls: Pink Royal Icing
Windows: Royal Icing transfers
Roof: Pink and Green Sweet Tarts
Roof Line: Peppermint Marshmallow Twists (Dollar Tree), Green Apple Wiley Wallaby (Dollar Tree), Green Dinner Mints (Dollar Tree)
Greenery: Spearmint leaves, royal icing covered ice cream cones (the taller tree has 3 stacked cones)
Fence: Mini pretzels
Snow: White royal icing
New techniques I tried this year:
My Gingerbread Collection: Go here to see most of my gingerbread creations.
Merry Christmas! Here is my collection of Christmas themed meals.
Updated: 12/27/25
THEMED CHRISTMAS MEALS
7 Continents Dinner (2018)
12 Days of Christmas (2021)
Carol of the Bells (2020)
Dumplings Around the World (2013)
Dumplings Around the World (2024)
White Themed Christmas Meal (2022)
French Christmas Dinner (2023)
Gingerbread Man Dinner (2025)
Candy Cane Dinner (2025)
CHRISTMAS COOKIE TRAYS
REINDEER
Carrot and Kohlrabi Flying Reindeer
CHRISTMAS TREE
ANGELS
GINGERBREAD MAN
Soy Sauce Rice Gingerbread Man
Vegetable Potato Salad Gingerbread Men
CANDY CANE
Vegetable Potato Salad Candy Canes
Mashed Potatoes and Red Bell Pepper Candy Canes
Bread Cherry Juice Candy Canes
Bagel Tomato Paste Candy Canes
Polenta Smoked Cheese Candy Canes
HOLLY
WREATH
Rice Broccoli Red Pepper Wreath
SANTA
SNOW GLOBE
12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS
Poached Pear with Partridge Crisp
Pumpernickel Sandwich Calling Bird
Vegetable Food Art Calling Birds
POINTSETTIA
BELLS
I made this festive lunch for myself. It was a delight to eat!
Glass Container with Lid
Santa: Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, Green Goddess Ricotta Pasta, cherry tomatoes
I made this cute breakfast for my Mom.
Glass Container with Lid
Angels: Pineapple cut with a cookie cutter, cottage cheese, cinnamon, mixed nuts
I made this fun pesto polenta holly themed meal for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Holly – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, homemade pesto, cucumber skin, cherry tomatoes, cheddar mashed cauliflower
Top Right: Holly – Melon cut with a cookie cutter, dried cranberries
Bottom Right: Holly – Cucumber cut with a cookie cutter, Radish
My friend Deborah and I celebrated our 5 year friendiversary with a dinner at my home. I made the tart and salad. I would make both again! The small tarts were fun and delicious and the Almond Lime dressing was Wow! Deborah made the attractive and delicious cake. It was a fun evening.
Butternut Squash Tart with Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Salad with Almond Lime Dressing
Vegan Honey Nut Winter Squash Cake with maple syrup and pumpkin pie spices topped with a cream made of cashew butter, maple syrup, dates, vanilla, and coconut milk. Decorated with the last flower from Deborah’s garden.
My Mom and I prepared a Vegetarian Thanksgiving this year in Delmar, NY. My friend Carol and I drove the 3.5 hours to the Albany, NY area on the morning of Thanksgiving. My brother and his wife were supposed to join us Thursday evening but my Dad’s 91 year old Aunt died so all of our plans changed. Carol and I only spent one night and my brother didn’t come since my parents had to leave early on Friday to drive out of town for the wake and funeral. Our menus changed but I still had a nice Thanksgiving with Carol and my parents.
As usual, my Mom set a beautiful table. She spray painted artificial pears and added names at each place setting. She made the floral arrangement in a antique family ceramic turkey that my Mom’s grandpa gave her Mom.
Breakfast: Pumpkin French Toast (recipe at end of this post) with Turkey shaped butter and maple syrup
Appetizers: Assorted cheese and Wegmans Entertaining crackers
Soup: Pumpkin soup (with vegetable broth) served in small pumpkins, Cheese bread with Turkey shaped butter
Main:
Dessert: Pumpkin Pie with fresh whipped cream
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is my collection of Thanksgiving themed meals.
Updated: 11/30/25
TURKEY
CORNUCOPIA
VEGETARIAN THANKSGIVING MEALS
While preparing my Thanksgiving collection to share next week, I noticed I had never made a rice turkey. The lack of a rice shaped turkeys inspired this meal I made for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Turkey – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, brushed on soy sauce, roasted broccoli
Top Right: Hazelnuts
Bottom Right: Turkey – Cantaloupe cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – Cinnamon, blackberries
In my quest to try more vegetable forward meals, my parents and I tried roasted cabbage steaks for dinner. We served it with a lemon and maple ricotta. It was something different and we would have it again but the cabbage slices should be thinner so they cook faster.
Cabbage Steaks with Ricotta cheese mixed with a little fresh lemon zest and a drizzle of maple syrup.
I made this Hurricane themed mashed potato lunch for my Dad. He enjoys weather so I often make weather themed food for him.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Hurricane – Mashed potatoes with garlic and cheddar cut with a cookie cutter, black olive, green peas
Top Right: Spiral carrot
Bottom Right: Red grapes
I made this dinner when my parents visited in October. The salad went well with the gratin. The Butternut Squash Gratin was delicious and I expect to make this meal again.
Spinach Salad with apple, toasted pecans and a simple maple vinaigrette
In less than 2 years, I completed renovating / decorating all the rooms in my house. I am proud of the work my parents and I did. To celebrate I hosted a small open-house style housewarming. I never thought of myself as a decorator and I still don’t but I was able to decorate my house to fit me and make it my dream house. I am glad the renovations are over, I will have more time to focus on other things. When guests visit my home they are impressed with my organization and decorating. I get a lot of comments that my house should be on HGTV.
DRINKS
Orange Water – Water with ice and sliced orange
Mulled Apple Cider – Used apple cider instead of juice, didn’t use maple syrup or rum
SWEETS / SNACKS
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls – I used white chocolate with blue food coloring and a sandwich bag to pipe on little butterflies.
Leaf Shaped Cookies – I made a paper template from the leaf on my Dining Room wallpaper. Frosted it with buttercream.
Mini Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting – Funfetti cake mix with homemade frosting and a sprinkle of pink sanding sugar.
Mini Apple Pie Cheesecakes – I halved the sugar in the cheesecake, did not include the brown sugar in the filling, didn’t use the sugar in the topping, and didn’t use the caramel sauce.
Buttered Popcorn – My mom made these with oil in a pot and added salt and butter. We served it in little paper containers I found at Hobby Lobby.
Apple Grape Cheese Kababs – I found the adorable squirrel picks at hobby lobby. I made an assortment of combinations.
ACTIVITIES
I gave tours to guests who had not seen the entire decorated house.
I made a list of questions about the decor for guests to search for the answers.
THANK YOU FAVORS
I printed out labels, attached to small paper bags and filled with assorted chocolate.
My parents joined me this year for Halloween at my house. We each carved a pumpkin (in the photo above from left to right to right – Mom, Kathy, Dad). Dad made pizza with a face for dinner.
I put the trick-or-treat items in individual bags because it limits greedy kids taking two or three. Even with full-sized candy last year I had the issue last year of some kids grabbing multiples. I was not as prepared as usual this year so I only had full-sized candy for five — Nerds (put in the jack-o-lantern bags). All of the bags received candy rings, Utz Halloween pretzels, and Haribo Gummy Bears. I bought a Halloween book for my 2 year old next door neighbor. We wrapped it in tissue and added a pack of pretzels on top.
I had 27 treats prepared. The first kids arrived at 6:30 pm and by around 7:30 pm I was out of treats but it seemed like just stragglers at that point. Last year I only received around 30 kids. I was impressed at how polite the kids were. It was cold, around 39 F, but it was fun.
I made this dinner for my parents and myself. It was an easy make ahead dinner. I prepared it the night before. When I wanted to serve it, I only had to reheat.
Twice Baked Potato Jack-O-Lantern – cut baked potatoes in half, scope out cooked potato (careful to leave some shell), mix the scoped potato with a little butter, shredded orange cheddar, salt, and pepper, fill shells with potato mixture, garnish with pumpkin seeds to look like a Jack-O-Lantern.
Tomato Soup – This was easy to make and delicious!
This is supposed to be a bat. I think it does not look like one because I have the eyes in the wrong place. I made this for a night I had Carol over for individual themed dinners.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Bat – Mashed potatoes with Mexican cheese blend cut with a cookie cutter, Eyes – dried blueberries, cinnamon, 20 Minute Mole Sauce (modified to be mild)
Top Right: Bat – Reese’s peanut butter cup cut with a cookie cutter, peanuts
Bottom Right: Stars – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, blackberries
I made this Candy Corn themed meal for my Mom. She enjoyed it!
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Candy Corn – Pizza with mozzarella, cheddar, and gouda
Top Right: Candy Corn – Carrots, radish, and bell pepper cut into triangles, hummus
Bottom Right: Fruit – Fresh pineapple, coconut, Reese’s Pieces
I made this festive meal for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Spiderweb – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, Black beans and salsa mixed in a food processor and then piped with a zip lock bag, black beans, salsa
Top Right: Spider – Cheddar cheese rubbed with smoked paprika, roasted green beans
Bottom Right: Spider – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, rubbed with cinnamon, blackberries
Today I am revealing my renovated hallways. I am happy with the end results and am glad it is finally done. The last item was the carpet runner for the stairs.
FIRST FLOOR HALLWAY
Switch Plates and Outlet Covers: English Garden Aged Bronze Cover Plates from Wallplates.com, Floral from Etsy
Tile Floor: Merola Tile Harmonia Grove Green from Home Depot
Brown Mat: Waterhog Boxwood Doormat from Pottery Barn
Bench: I bought this from Touch of Class but can’t find it on their site.
Light: I found this unique light from Tuthill Lighting in Brighton, NY. I bought a can light conversion kit so my Dad could hang this light for me.
Butterfly Hook: Melody Towel Hook from Anthropologie
Flower Hook: Floral Solid Brass Double Coat Hook from Signature Hardware
Bird Hook: Underbrush hook from Anthropologie
Window Film: I bought it from Lowes. Elizabeth helped me to install. It was a 2 person job.
Stairs Runner: I bought this from a local store. It was a struggle to find something to match my floor. It actually looks better in-person than in the photo. It is not perfect but at least I have a fresh clean runner that is comfortable to walk on.
Corner Shelves: I can’t find this anymore but my Dad installed them for me shortly after I bought the house. I wanted a location for seasonal decor. I enjoy decorating for the holidays and this location is visible from my kitchen and is outside my bedroom. I have space between the 2 shelves since for Christmas and Easter I put trees on the bottom shelf.
SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY
Switch Plates and Outlet Covers: Vincent Van Gogh fromWallplates.com, Vincent Van Gogh 3 from Wallplates.com
Floor: My parents and I removed the carpet.
Decal on Laundry Shoot Door: Lily of the Valley cut with my Cricut (Elizabeth designed it).
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
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