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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…
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…
DIY BOXWOOD WREATH TUTORIAL
Last year I got on a serious wreath crafting kick. Why wreathes? No idea. Obsessed? Yes I was. I started with deco mesh, and to pat myself on the back, got pretty good at it. So I made like a million. (FYI I have only 1 door that accommodates a wreath.) Then I made two…
Why I didn’t blog in December
I launched this blog in January of last year. In my heart I’d been writing it for many years (and indeed did write a blog sporadically elsewhere) but I knew it was time for me to get serious and DO IT if I ever was going to. My baby goes to kindergarten this year and…
First World Problems: What to do about my living room curtain rods
I moved into our house 2.5 years ago and there has been one thing hanging over my head since day 1: our living room curtains. Our home was the model home for our neighborhood. From what I can gather that meant that it was professionally decorated and that it got some extra features (most of…
Easy Valentines Decor
When it comes to the smaller holidays, like Valentines Day, I am all about the K.I.S.S. method of decorating – Keep It Simple, Stupid (also, did you know that the US NAVY came up with that acronym?). In fact I really don’t own that much holiday specific decor for Valentines Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter,…