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How to make vignettes
Want to know a secret that most people miss when it comes to decorating, what makes rooms feel finished? Often we secure the basics in a room (furniture, maybe paint) and then move on to the next ‘need’ and then wonder why our rooms still feel flat. The difference between a furnished room and a…
January tablescape
Now that the holidays are over and we don’t have any ‘big’ holidays for a while why would we set a tablescape in January of all months? Isn’t this supposed to be the ‘off” month after all of our holiday hard work? No way! Now is the time to practice our skills so that our…
How to make a Good Tablescape (and what is a tablescape?)
Pinterest is filled with pretty holiday tables and decor. I have flipped through magazines and Pinterest seeing the beautiful holiday table images and thought “but HOW do you do that?”. Only to then flip to a new page or image thinking it was beyond my ability. If this is you, I am here today because…
DIY Tips and Ideas for Holiday Storage:
If you love seasonal decor then you’ve inevitably run into the problem of how to store it throughout the year. Here I’ve gathered up my best DIY tips and ideas for holiday storage that are easy and inexpensive. My step mom is one of the best real life decorators I know. Her house has always…
Create A Cozy Home With These 3 Tips
Every morning my husband wakes up early, turns on a lamp and sits in a chair to read his Bible in our living room with a cup of coffee. When I wake up he is usually up out of the chair but the lamp is still on and when I round the corner to the…
DIY Fairy Garden Ideas For Kids
The last few years the boys and I have casually named one of our backyard planters a fairy garden. In reality it has been an ignored planter that ‘special’ rocks, shells, and various ‘treasures’ are pushed into a pot of dirt. Occasionally seeds and left over plants will get stuck down in there too. Last…
How to Start Composting for Beginners
A few years ago I decided I wanted to start composting….and truthfully I was overwhelmed and didn’t how to start composting for beginners. As it turns out composting is super simple and easy to begin. Now if you aren’t familiar with composting you may wonder, “what is composting?’. Composting is simply recycling organic material (food…
DIY Built in Desk (Basement Series 4)
For all of you saints who have stuck around while I’ve shared allllllllll the details on our basement – thank you! After the carpet, walls, ceiling, and back grid wall were completed added one more project to complete this space, a DIY built in desk! We’ve always wanted to allocate a space to have a…
DIY accent wall in the basement (Basement Series 3)
In the middle of our basement renovation we realized we had to do something about a damaged wall. After tossing around some ideas we decided to try our hand at a DIY accent wall. These look great in living rooms so we hoped it would translate to a basement too. It was an easy project…
How to Finish a DIY Basement Ceiling (Basement Series 2)
Knowing we couldn’t save the drywall on our basement ceiling we came up with a plan that we could do ourselves. If you are renovating your basement maybe this finished DIY basement ceiling will work for you too! Now that you’ve seen the before pictures of our basement you’re all caught up on why this…