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How to Set a Thanksgiving Table with Vintage China
I am a big fan of hosting in my home and have been the lucky recipient of a few different sets of china over the years. When I began to think about my own thanksgiving table this year I decided to use one of the vintage china sets. I ended up coming up with two…
Entertaining Essentials For Hosting At Home
We all want to host well in our homes but it is difficult to do anything well when you don’t have the proper tools. The more I entertain the more thankful I am that I’ve invested my money wisely in useful, multi-functional entertaining essentials for hosting in my home. Recently I’ve found myself in the…
Fall Front Porch Decor
Is it me or did October FLY by?! It was one blur of a month with one activity after another. I nearly didn’t do any fall front porch decor but my husband is a fall lover and knew he would appreciate the nod to the season. I co-hosted a sweet little baby sprinkle at my…
Little Tikes Play Kitchen Make Over for Boys
Last year my niece got a darling little play kitchen for her birthday. The thought of a play kitchen had never crossed my mind until we were visiting and my oldest son became quite enamored with it. He began asking to go to her house and play kitchen! A few weeks before his birthday we…
Camping Theme Birthday Party
There is something so special when your baby turns one. For my youngest son’s first birthday I knew we wanted to go with something relaxed and if possible outdoorsy. A camping theme birthday party fit the bill and remains one of my favorite parties. Since my little H’s birthday is in November I guess I’m…
Dapper Day Outfits
If you’re visiting Disneyland or Disney World in the Spring or Fall then there’s a good chance you might end up there during Dapper Day! Planning Dapper Day outfits is fun but can seem daunting without a little bit of direction. See how I pulled together vintage inspired outfits for our family for Disneyland’s Fall…
DIY Custom Closet for Shoes – $0 Makeover!
Sometimes the best projects aren’t the ones you expect. This closet makeover proved that point to me (again) when I gave myself the challenge to use only what I had to bring style and function to our shoe closet. See how far $0 went on this DIY custom closet! I went to grab my shoes…
Boho Bedroom Ideas from Emma’s Room
For the last few months my baby sister, Emma, has been living with us. (And by baby, I mean 21.;)) We’ve loved having her around and one unexpected surprise has been getting to put together her room. I had been working on this room to be a playroom and had just finished scraping the ceiling…
HOW TO GET RID OF POPCORN CEILINGS
Sure you can live with a popcorn ceiling, but if it’s driving you crazy this easy, step-by-step guide for how to get rid of popcorn ceilings is for you! For many of us living in the midwest popcorn ceilings are something we’ve inherited with our homes. I know it’s just a ceiling but I hated…