Marian Parsons, Author at Miss Mustard Seed

living room lighting from Lamps Plus

by Marian Parsons | May 23, 2024 | All Things Home, Decorating, Family Room, Living Room, My House

This post is sponsored by Lamps Plus. As always, all words and opinions expressed are honest and my own. I shared the plug-in wall sconces from Lamps Plus before Christmas, but I never wrote about the details of the fixtures as well as another lamp we selected for...

planting the espalier apple trees in terra cotta pots

by Marian Parsons | May 22, 2024 | All Things Home, Gardening, spring, summer

Yesterday, I shared how we primed, painted, and installed the vintage-style trellises on our blank white wall of siding, and today, I want to share how I planted the espalier apple trees in large terra cotta pots and tied them to the trellises. When I mentioned...

cedar vintage-style garden trellis reveal

by Marian Parsons | May 21, 2024 | Gardening, woodworking

Last week, my mom came out for the day to help me with some work in the garden along with priming and painting the vintage-style trellises. You can find the complete (and free) plan for the trellis we built HERE. When I first brought the lumber home to build the...

Lucketts Spring Market 2024

by Marian Parsons | May 20, 2024 | All Things Home, Antiques

Friday morning, my mom and I set off early to hit the Lucketts Spring Market Early Bird day. I had scouted out some large terracotta pots for my espalier apple trees that were only available at the Winchester Home Depot, so we stopped there on the way to pick those...

DIY cedar garden obelisk

by Marian Parsons | May 16, 2024 | All Things Home, Gardening, spring

I was on a high from building the vintage-style trellises for the front of the house, so I decided to do more math and make a DIY cedar garden obelisk. I bought enough wood to make three trellises (two large and one small), but I decided to do something different on...