Beautify Your Backyard: Five Tips to Create a Homegrown Sanctuary
Today we welcome GE Lighting who is guest posting about lighting your backyard.
As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, homeowners will be spending more time in the outdoors, especially in their own backyards. Here are a few tips on how you can turn this space into a summer sanctuary:
- Create an extension of your home with your deck, gazebo or sunroom. Decorate the space with the same fabrics, furniture and accents as the house’s interior to create an outdoor escape. You’ll have the perfect romantic getaway or relaxing nook without leaving your property.
- Breathe new life into old furniture and reupholster cherished pieces with all-weather fabrics. For items that are wicker or wood, grab a can of paint and a brush to add flowers, swirls and polka dots for a fun, garden theme. For the more artistic decorator, these shapes can be done freehand, or run to your local craft store for stencils and embellishments.
Land O’Frost Brand Ambassador
On Monday, Land O’Frost’s community site for moms launched. It’s called Land O’Moms and I am proud to say I am one of three brand ambassadors for Land O’ Frost.
I am thrilled to be able to lend my voice as a mom of daughters who are inching closer to their tween years. Additionally, my family eats Land O’Frost lunch meats anyway, so the partnership is a definite win-win.
Right now on landomoms.com you can download a coupon for $2 of Land O’Frost Premium. Get the coupons while you can. They’re going quickly!
West Elm’s 65% Off Sale, GoodLivingKitchen.com
West Elm, the modern, contemporary furniture arm of Williams-Sonoma, is having a sale of up to 65% off some really great pieces to brighten up your home decor for the new year. A few items I think are great buys: striped jute cotton rug ($12.99) — chunky plaited wool rug ($59.97) — organic clover bath mat ($24.99) — teak bath shelf ($39.99 – $89.99).
On the Net: www.westelm.com/shop/sale
FOOD FINDS
Have you seen Palmolive’s microsite, GoodLivingKitchen.com, with B. Smith as the celebrity spokesperson? I love when companies embrace diverse angles to reach various online communities. GoodLivingKitchen.com is a wonderful site filled with healthy recipes and kitchen tips for busy moms who want to entertain and cook like pros.
I wish that the site had a social networking component such as a Facebook page and a Twitter account to connect with and also the ability to leave comments on articles. It is such a well-developed site that the only missing component is the social aspect.
On the Net: www.goodlivingkitchen.com
Coming This Week — Topic-Based Posts
We all make New Year’s resolutions, right? My resolution for Mommy Too! in 2010 is to streamline the content so you can better find information and resources I post. Thing is, I’ll be starting this week.
Each day will be dedicated to a different topic, so three months from now when you want to find that amazing maternity dress I featured or the infant product recall you heard about, it will be easier to do. You’ll also be able to go through the archives as well.
So, without further ado, here are the topics I will cover each weekday. I hope you join me!
Nadia Simone: Age 2 1/2 years
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