*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 […]
DIY Custom Cube Organizer
[left][/left] [right]*This post is sponsored by one of my favs…Kreg Tool! Woop woop![/right] I have a set of store bought cube organizers that I absolutely love. I keep moving them from room to room because I can’t decide where I want it most! I would have bought a second set, but I started thinking it […]
Welcome Home Tour: Front Porch
I have lived in my new house all of 4 months now, and just barely gotten out of boxes. Which means my entire house is a hot mess, and I haven’t even begun any real decorating…just minor things, like painting walls and setting up furniture. …nothing says welcome home like a beautiful front porch! So […]
DIY Rustic Buffet Table
[tooltip text=”Special thanks to Kreg and Build Something for sponsoring this post! Let’s just say I’m a fan…”]This post is awesomely powered by Kreg![/tooltip] Since we moved into our new house two months ago, I’ve had picture frames, vases, and dishes sitting atop TV trays the corner of my dining room, and it was driving me crazy! Sooner […]
DIY X-Leg TV Stand
This post is awesomely powered by Kreg! So, I’ve been making fun of myself for my “college dorm” solution to the new TV we just got. I had a mancave moment (on behalf of my husband) and bought a big 50″ television, but forgot to check to see if it would fit between the windows where […]
Greenery Dinner Tablescape
Learn how to use greenery (plant cuttings) as a beautiful tablescape centerpiece when entertaining. It is cheaper than flowers, but just as beautiful! Something about all the gorgeous greenery outside has given me the urge to do something completely different *This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens brand found at Walmart. Affiliate links below. […]
Moving On – The Concord Home Tour
My house in Concord Ohio has sold and I am officially moving to North Carolina! Cue sigh of relief that this ordeal is over. Ugh. But my moving frustrations are a story for another day. It is bittersweet to leave this home, it was my favorite of all the houses we have owned, and this is […]
Elements of a Great Entryway
Ah the entryway… The space that greets my guests with that first impression. The space the mailman, the pizza delivery guy, and the unwanted solicitor I didn’t have the heart to turn away, spends moments of their day in. Never to see more of my home than the entryway. *This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes […]
DIY Ladder Shoe Shelf
Storage solutions are like world peace in my home… It is the answer to all my little first world problems. Hahaha! You have to understand, when I have to tell the kids to pick up their shoes for the 10th time this week…argh, well, you get the idea. I realize that this is all a part of the training […]
Custom Canvas Art
**Scroll to the bottom to enter to win your very own custom canvas art! You can put your family’s portrait, or anything you like! Add color, charm & personality with canvas art! [left]Hi everyone, this is Anima from This Design Journal again with an interesting proposition for you. Do you drop by the blog often? […]
Eat-in Kitchen Makeover
*This post is sponsored by GLIDDEN® paint, who we officially think of as a good friend of the family (you’ll see why).  All opinions, projects, and messy kids are my own. Why does it always catch me by surprise? After three kids you’d think I would no longer be shocked at the mass level of destruction even […]
The Evolutions of A Living Room
First it was a sitting room (really? Are we going to go a’court’in?), then it was an office, then it became a secret guest room hidden in a living room…ok, this space was kicking my butt. Sure, I managed to put it to some practical use over the years, but honestly it just never seemed to come together… […]
Branch & Twig Graphite Pencils
You know those people you meet that just have oodles of talent and taste? You know, the ones you want to be when you grow up… Well Stacy from Not Just A Housewife is one of those people. Girl’s got decorating game! This month Stacy invited me to join in a fun little series she hosts called […]
