Guys, I can’t even. Wait wait, my bedroom makeover for the One Room Challenge isn’t even DONE and I’m over-the-moon already. I’m afraid it isn’t going to get done this week or month either. Happiness with an unfinished room is what happens when you spend almost a YEAR sleeping with your mattress on the floor and […]
Bringing Cottage Charm To A Space
*Special shoutout to Better Homes & Gardens for sponsoring this post! Affiliate links contained below I can hardly believe that this room ever looked this dark and dungeon like. It had come SUCH a long way, and yet it lacked that cottage-y feel that makes you walk into the space and immediately want to sink into the coziness […]
Airbnb Cottage Tour: Before & After
It has been a year since I started remodeling and decorating our cottage guest house and I don’t think I have ever taken you on a before and after tour of the space. I have worked hard to make it a sweet little space for Airbnb guests, and while I’m not quite done yet it has […]
Moody Dining Room Makeover
Whew, what a difficult One Room Challenge! Not because this was a tough room to decorate, or because it required a big remodel, nope…rather because in all 6 (actually 7) weeks we had to get it done, the items I ordered didn’t arrive until a week or so ago. It was definitely a race to the finish…as […]
A Simple Entryway Refresh With Big Impact
*This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens brand carried by Walmart! Woop! (affiliate links below) **Walmart Giftcard Giveaway below!** My Cottage guest house entryway was shaping up beautifully…it still needed something. Is it weird that I only bother to decorate and organize the entryway right at the start of the fall season? I […]
Fall Cottage Home Tour
If you are coming from Houspitality Designs on this bHome fall tour, then welcome!! If you aren’t, you are still welcome, and you have just joined the most awesome Fall tour ever…so be prepared to hop from blog to blog! Okay, guys I’m a little weird. This may be a strange fall home tour for […]
How to Turn A Kids Closet Into A Play Nook
Turn a closet into a kids play nook and store all your child’s toys the easy way! *This post is amazingly sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens blogger network. Huzzah! *Affiliate links below. This is the closet in my sister’s apartment. She has a 1-year-old little man who is just the cutest (proud aunty here), […]
The Apartment Files: Lorilea’s Midcentury Mod Style
Tour this stylish midcentury modern inspired apartment designed by an everyday person. Sometimes a little vision is all it takes to make your space special! You know that friend who grabs a paint brush and asks “when do we start?” any time you tell them about your latest project idea…that’s my friend Lorilea. This chick is a […]
Twin Bedroom Makeover
Watch this twin bedroom go from bad to fab in a few simple steps! Budget rooms can be beautiful after all…a few carefully chosen items is all it takes. *This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens brand, found exclusive at Walmart. Woop Woop! This post contains affiliate links. As a mom to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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… […]
