This ruffly covered cord look will definitely be too fussy for some people, but I really like the contrast between the really traditional elements (like the lamps and the button-tufted settee) and some of the more rustic farmhousy elements like my light fixture and this garage-found side table.

These boots have always been super practical, dependable, and tough enough to hold up to some of the harshest conditions.Lately, with Pinterest being such a big part of everyone’s lives, these boots seems to be even more popular, but usually as a part of a cute rainy-day outfit or something like that..

Since we get so much rain, pretty much all year round here in Southwestern Ontario, I thought I’d try out a pair of these boots for myself about 6 months ago.I thought they’d come in handy for those slushy late-winter days and maybe an April shower or two.As it turns out, I’ve been wearing them for pretty much everything, all the time, always, and they’ve been really great to have for walking the dog through the muddy fields around our house, for.

, for early mornings when the grass is still soaked with dew.Basically so many of the rural lifestyle scenarios that we face out here everyday.

But that gets messy.

My hunter boots aren’t the perfect, shiny, Pinteresty outfit boots anymore, but I do need to keep them clean so I can run into town when I need to without looking like a crazy mud-monster..It matches her room, but other than that it’s pretty sad.

I tried to get a nice picture of it but that angle just doesn’t exist!.Let’s look at Jack’s tree from last year now and pretend that it looks like that this year again because I loved that tree.

That was back when he was like 5 minutes old and slept all the time.In years past I’ve done fun things in the mud room like this.