Here’s one of the bedrooms at the Lodge. Please don’t be disturbed by the crooked blankets.
Or the pillows that aren’t placed just right.
On another note, before the first guests arrive last week, I’d had the darnedest time finding bedside tables for the Lodge. I could have ordered tables that matched these beds…but for some reason they were really, really short.
Plus, the matchy-matchy thing gets to me after awhile.
So, as luck would have it, I found a furniture store that had several of these in stock. When I first saw them, I pretty much just walked by. I didn’t think the style was right, and besides that, they weren’t bedside tables. They were side tables for the living room. Desperation eventually took over, though, and I wound up getting these for three of the bedrooms. And I LOVE them! They’re black, but the finish is rubbed and worn. And as it turns out, the exposed wood color on the rubbed areas looks great with the rustic beds.
Cheap and available—that’s pretty much all I look for in furniture anymore.
Don’t get too attached to this armoire because…it’s gone! I loved it from the get-go, but there was just something about it that didn’t work in the spot it was in. I’ll show you what’s there now in tomorrow’s post.
Fortunately, we’ve been getting all these things at a furniture store that doesn’t mind swapping things out here and there. This is a good thing. I have problems with commitment.
This white dish/deer/oven corner has also turned into Coffee Central. Which means it’s my favorite place in the whole house.
And here’s my newest notion: If I need to inject a little color, I can just throw different colored scarves around the deers’ necks!
Ornaments on their antlers?
Mardi Gras beads?
Bueller? Bueller?
There’s the entry.
My mother-in-law suggested I move all the dinner plates from the white dish/deer/oven corner to the shelf directly under the island cooktop. It’s already made cooking—and serving—so much easier.
Translation: I don’t have to walk anywhere. Yippee!
And finally, my friends, I would like to share with you what I’ve decided is the worst thing about living in the country:
If you’re in the middle of baking something and you find you’ve run out of eggs…
There are no neighbors to bail you out.
Thirteen years later, I still haven’t gotten used to it.
Love,
Pioneer Woman
Ree Drummond is the founder of The Pioneer Woman and a lover of butter, basset hounds and life on the ranch! Ree started her blog in 2006, and now millions visit ThePioneerWoman.com every month for her trusted recipes and fun family stories. Here’s what she has been up to since it all began:
New York Times Bestselling Author
Ree has written two memoirs (Black Heels to Tractor Wheels, and Frontier Follies) plus nine bestselling cookbooks:
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl (2009)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier (2012)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: A Year of Holidays (2013)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinnertime (2015)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Come and Get It! (2017)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier (2019)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy (2021)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner’s Ready! (2023)
The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes (2025)
Food Network Host
Since 2011, Ree has been sharing simple, family-friendly recipes—and the occasional kitchen prank!—on her award-winning show The Pioneer Woman, filmed right on Drummond Ranch. Ree is also a regular judge on Food Network competitions, including Christmas Cookie Challenge.
Founder, The Pioneer Woman Collection
Ree has been creating and selling kitchen and home products at Walmart since 2015 and she’s involved in designing every piece and pattern. The line now includes best-selling appliances (you have to see the floral blender!), plus hundreds of pieces of cookware, tableware, and more. Ree doesn’t like to play favorites but the Agatha print has a special place in her heart.
Restaurant and Hotel Owner
Together with her husband Ladd, Ree has opened several bustling businesses in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, including The Pioneer Woman Mercantile—a bakery, restaurant, and general store that draws visitors from across the country (many come for the biscuits alone!), P-Town Pizza, Charlie’s Ice Cream Shop, and The Boarding House, a charming hotel with eight different rooms decorated by Ree and Ladd.
Media Personality
Ree appears regularly on national TV shows like Today, Good Morning America and more—all while managing to keep flour off her shirt.
Wife, Mom and…Grandma!
Ree’s kids (daughters Alex and Paige and sons Bryce and Todd) are all grown up, and as of December 2024, Ree is the proud grandma of the cutest baby ever, Sofia Scott, born to Alex and her husband Mauricio. Ree still cooks for Ladd (and the kids when they’re home), and she also looks after a few mischievous ranch dogs.
