Guys, when I heard that familiar voice of Jonathan Scott on the phone, I may have gone starstruck and speechless for a moment. But only a moment…Jonathan is such a down-to-earth guy it wasn’t long before I felt at ease and we were chatting away. It’s hard to believe that it was almost a year […]
Locker Styling Kit
Okay supermom/dad ready to help your kids rock the first day of school? Send them back to school with an amazing locker styling kit filled with crafty items for them and their friends to use for the day. Most likely your kid is just as creative as you, and wouldn’t you have loved a customized locker […]
Frame Refresh – From Damaged to New Again
Somebody tell me at what point in your life as a mom do you get to start buying nice things? It’s the moment when you watch your laptop slip from your 9-year-old’s fingers and crash to the floor in almost slow motion, bounce, then crack in two…those are the moments you have to actually remind yourself that […]
Cozy Cottage Family Room
*This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes and Gardens brand found exclusively at Walmart! Guys, I’m so excited to share some big news! After much debate about what to do with our guest house (turn it into a studio? rent it out?), we have decided to turn it into a cute cottage retreat and […]
DIY Kitchen Utensil Holder & Dish Holder Set
Make the cutest kitchen set complete with a DIY utensil rack, dish holder, trivets, and matching napkin holder!
30 Gorgeous Throw Pillow Covers (That Won’t Break The Bank)
My throw pillows go like butter against the sun. It’s like I have 6 kids (because every child might as well equal two) and a couple cats that are scratching the living daylights of the pillows. But no, I have 3 kids and no animals (although, when they act like animals I say “see, this is why […]
Boring To Beautiful: Basket Hack
*This post is awesomely sponsored by my peeps at FrogTape®. Woop woop! I just saw the coolest thing ever! Baskets made by hand from a tree trunk. I mean a tree’s trunk was literally chopped and the wood peeled off the sides of it, then soaked and split further into thin strips in order to […]
USA Patriotic Marquee
Ready to get patriotic? Here in the U.S. everyone is putting up their flags, and rolling out their stars and stripes banners in preparation for our 4th of July Independence Day. I have a fun little marquee project that you can celebrate Independence Day with, then re-decorate later into a cute little “US” marquee sign celebrating […]
Trendy Mailbox Curb Appeal
*This post is awesomely sponsored by The Home Depot. Woop Woop! How silly would it be to spend all this time designing the perfect home only to ignore the curb appeal? When The Home Depot and Gibraltar challenged me to bring a little springtime curb appeal to my mailbox area, I don’t think they knew […]
Contemporary Cottage Kitchen Makeover
Wow, what a wild 6 weeks! And by wild I mean bone-tiring non-stop work to makeover the kitchen in my guest house. Why did I do this again? Oh right, because nothing is more motivating to get the work done than the 6-week One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home! In case you missed […]
Landscaping Around Utility Boxes
Something that can hide the ugly, and bring a pop of color to turn this from an eyesore into a feature I have an unfortunate utility box eyesore right by the entrance of our house…the area guests first see when they walk up to our house. No, it isn’t the front door, but our driveway loops […]
The Perfect Breakfast Nook
*Say whaaat?!! This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes and Gardens at Walmart. Affiliate links below Mothers Day is right around the corner, and the breakfast nook in my cottage kitchen is coming together perfectly for us moms to ‘break in’ the new kitchen with a fun mother’s day brunch celebration! In case you […]
Cottage Kitchen – Floored by Progress
*Ahoy! Affiliate links below! Guys, how is that we are in the 4th week of the One Room Challenge already?? Agh! I’m just not ready for this…progress is SO slow ya’all. On the bright side, I got a whole slew of beautiful things for the kitchen! Some I found during my cottage kitchen shopping spree, and […]
Small Cottage Kitchen Remodel – The Plumbing Is In!
*This post is fantastically sponsored by Moen! Awesome sauce! Woo hoo! We have plumbing!!!! Okay, so that may not seem quite as exciting to you as it does to us, but hey, you try living without a sink and running water during a kitchen remodel. 😀 Hey, you try living without a sink and running water […]
Cottage Kitchen Remodel – Cabinets & Countertops
Woohoo! Week 2 of the awesome One Room Challenge hosted by Calling It Home, and I’m already starting to see a huge difference in my guest cottage kitchen remodel! I admit, I had a very basic idea of what I wanted to see in my small cottage kitchen, enough to order cabinets and granite, but […]
