before i start sharing NEW pumpkin & fall decor ideas, i wanted to time-travel back to last September and show you my 'TROPI-fall...

the summer heat must be getting to me, because i'm jumping on the 'Christmas in July' theme.  👀 WHAT???!!!!  truth is i've...

our backyard in Southern California underwent a transformation back in 2020.... when the pandemic shutdown happened and we had to cancel our...

i always tell people 'i see things differently '...  that means i use elements & materials in ways they weren't intended to ...

the summer heat arrived here on June 30th, so i've been busy completing some fun new EASY projects around our home (which has a tropical...

i read that term - happy MAHALOween - on a tiki bar's website. when this fun phrase gave me a way to incorporate my love of tropicana de...

i was cleaning our indoor tiki bar the other day, and as i moved some of the tiki mug collection off of a shelf to dust it, i sat the two ce...

my penchant for tropical decor and tiki culture inspired this new pumpkin project... our So Cal home is filled with tikis and bamboo and lea...

i'm in a tropical state of mind, if you can't tell... since i can't visit the island this year, i'm creating a tropical vibe...

 when we moved into this house four years ago, our decorating modus operandi was truly ' use what you have '... more than 90%...

last winter, i created a lot of tropical & tiki decor as part of our fun 'Happy HULA-days' Christmas theme. you've se...

yes, yes, i HAVE lost my everlovin' mind, thankyouverymuch ! last Christmas, in the midst of my flurry of decorating in our Ha...

along with the plethora of tikis i've been creating, i've added some other tropical decor elements to our home for summer... ...

in March, we worked on the raised herb garden in the backyard, ordering plants online from our local nursery - who offered curbside no-c...

these signs appeared in my past two posts... one for each recent project. do they look familiar to you? they should - you've seen ...

you may have seen the sign that says 'Tipsy Tiki Bar' in my last post... that's connected to another recent 'restyle...

you guys, i discovered that my kids actually listen to me! i mentioned to two of my daughters that i was sad that i couldn't go t...

many many many vacations have been cancelled or rescheduled this year, by many many disappointed people. myself included. there we...

our Hawaiian holiday style continues onto the dining table... using what we had on hand already, along with a few simple and inexpensiv...

our Happy HULAdays theme begins at the front door,  with a totally terrific tiki welcome... i made these guys by simply painting fa...