I thought I'd share

Since I've been a bit down lately, I have been up late (LATE) at night, surfing these beloved series of tubes we call the interwebs, and found some truly magnificent blogs. They are inspiring (teacup birdfeeder) and funny, and full of great ideas. I won't lie and say I don't covet the houses and their decorating budgets from the core of my being, but at least they share their design techniques and thift store finds, as well as lots of step-by-step projects...with pictures. This is key, since I need to "read the pictures" often to figure out what's going on!
Here are a few of my favourites. And their blogs have links that will take you all sorts of interesting places:

Butteryum. Lots of great recipes here. I made the stuffed shells and they turned out great. I can't wait to try the spaghetti sauce recipe.

Homebody.She's all about the thrift store furniture. I wish we had as good a system up here as craigslist seems to be for them (kijiji doesn't come close here).

The Pleasures of Homemaking. Check out her deck. I'm not sure if it'd work up here (the sea salt might eat it) but it looks great!



Living with Lindsay. She recovers a chair and it is magical. I wish I was this fabulous.

Southern Hospitality. Thanks for introducing us to beadboard wallpaper!

The image here is from Lavender and Roses.
Hopefully you'll visit these and be inspired too. :)