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Preparing Your Home for Winter

I know we’re all trying to pretend like winter isn’t closing in on us, but I’m here to make you face the facts. Now is the time to start preparing your home for winter before the first big cold front...

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Thankful Banner

I’ve always been fascinated by time capsules. Looking back and seeing what was important to us at various times in our lives. Seeing a little kid’s scrawl and watching it mature over time. Such a...

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Wood Burning Tips

Yesterday, I shared with you some pictures from the wood burning class I taught in Philly this past weekend. Today, I wanted to go a little more into detail about how I made my specific projects and...

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Tween Girl Bedroom Makeover

This tween girl bedroom makeover post has been a long time coming, but as you can tell from the before pictures, my daughter isn’t likely to be going into the house cleaning career path as she gets...

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Murphy Desk

Earlier this week, I showed you some before and after shots of my daughter’s bedroom makeover. If you feel like hyperventilating and getting all twitchy, go take a look at those before photos! Yikes!...

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Bookshelf Headboard

When we started redoing my daughter’s bedroom, we knew that we were getting rid of her daybed and switching to a full-size bed. And I had my mind set on turning the bed into an entire wall unit to...

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First Floor Before Renovations

If you’ve been following along on my Facebook page, you’ve been hearing all about our new house that we bought! We just had settlement earlier this week, but luckily, we don’t have to be out of our...

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DIY Striped Walls

We’ve all seen lots of striped walls floating around Pinterest (and maybe my loft), but my daughter marches to the beat of her own drum and wanted something a little different for her bedroom. She had...

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House Renovation Progress

After my little breakdown yesterday over leaving our old house, I figured it was time to look forward now! While we haven’t started the major renovations yet on our new house, I’ve been keeping myself...

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DIY Picnic Table

This DIY Picnic Table started out life as a tree fort! About 5 months ago, we’re packing up and getting ready to move (yanno, BUSY LIFE!!), when the lady buying our house asks if we’ll tear down the...

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Living Room Reveal and Lighting

If you follow me on Facebook, it probably seems like I’ve been talking about our house renovation forever. Trust me, I’m with you. It feels like fooooorever!! Our renovation covered our entire 1st...

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DIY Desk from 2x4s

This DIY Desk from 2x4s is getting all the love from me right now. Because it filled up an awkward space in our living room that I previously wasn’t sure what to do with.  Because it’s practical....

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Before and After Living Room Makeover

Finally ready to share before and afters of our living room! I’ve been a bit missing in action lately, and I could easily blame it on the fact that we painted our living room/dining room/everything...

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How to Paint a Room with High Ceilings

These how to’s will show you how to paint a room with high ceilings the easy way! Yesterday, I posted our living room reveal and was so tickled that you guys liked the paint color as much as I do!! It...

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DIY Your Own Pillows

It’s easier than you think to DIY your own pillows! When my son was 3 years old (gulp, a decade ago!), he was in love with his preschool teacher. His preschool teacher had a love for cardinals, and the...

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Master Bedroom Makeover- Part 1

We all have talents in this world, right?? Mine is soooo not decorating. I know what I like, but piecing it together is brain overload for me. It just never seems to look cohesive and I struggle BIG...

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House Number Plaque

You are about to get a front row seat to exactly how cheap and lazy I can be. We moved into this house in 2007 and I disliked the house number plaque immediately. I remember the first time we came to...

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Preparing Your Home for Winter

I know we’re all trying to pretend like winter isn’t closing in on us, but I’m here to make you face the facts. Now is the time to start preparing your home for winter before the first big cold front...

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Thankful Banner

I’ve always been fascinated by time capsules. Looking back and seeing what was important to us at various times in our lives. Seeing a little kid’s scrawl and watching it mature over time. Such a...

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Before and After Living Room Makeover

Finally ready to share before and afters of our living room! I’ve been a bit missing in action lately, and I could easily blame it on the fact that we painted our living room/dining room/everything...

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