Today I am sharing a simple thrifted desk makeover with Rustoleum chalk paint. I had time to waste the other day and I meandered into a Thrift store. I wasn't really looking for anything specific. I saw this primitive solid oak desk and felt called to swoop it up. It was so perfectly simple, sturdy......
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Simple + Stunning Fall Centerpiece.
I am SO excited to share this post with you today. Do I say that every time? Perhaps, I just really enjoy when my visions come to life. I am sharing today a complete stunner of a fall centerpiece... but honestly guys it cost me MAYBE $25 and maybe 20 minutes. I'm telling you... whip...
The best subtle greige paint for your home.
That title is a bold claim, but after 7 years of having the same paint color in all the common areas of my home and not being tired or annoyed of my wall color, I feel like I can make this claim, that today I am in fact going to share with you the best...
My Favorite Fashion Basics.
We're about to embark on a 5 day trip with our kids and a couple theme parks are on the trip's agenda. I feel like I have finally figured out what I really want to wear on trips like these so I can be comfortable and look put together simultaneously. Instead of packing stand alone...
Tips + Tricks to make a white room not feel boring.
I don't know about you, but I love me an airy room . Give me all the white and neutral spaces, am I right? I recently took my master bedroom from a dark navy blue existence, to bright white walls. This is what my bedroom looked like before I started this makeover. And here is...
Affordable and timeless living room details.
I have mentioned in passing that there was truly nothing fancy about my front living room, I feel as if a lot of people don't believe me. This room feels so casually elegant but it is SO collected over time but it still feels fresh and current. To me when I buy furniture pieces, no...
DIY window bench with storage.
I have dreamt of adding a window bench in my living room for years, since we purchased our home five years ago. I finally rolled up my sleeves and decided to DIY it myself, a window bench with storage! This bench is beautiful to look at but it also provides A LOT of extra storage...
King Size bedding that actually FITS.
I have long been on the hunt for king size bedding that properly fits a king size bed. Brands ranging from Target to Pottery Barn have long let me down. I don't know why they make king duvets only 6 inches longer than the top of the mattress at so many places. I feel like...
Ikea Billy Bookcase Hack
I am so tickled with the way this project turned out that I can barely contain my excitement long enough to write this post. Hopefully I can contain myself long enough to make this a helpful post for you all and share how I went about doing this Ikea billy bookcase hack. There are a...
How to: Open kitchen shelf styling.
One of my very favorite design features for kitchens has got to be open shelving. I think adding them to a regular old kitchen really wakes up a regular old kitchen and takes it to the next level. That being said, I get questions about the open shelves I have in my kitchen ALL the...
DIY Painted Wallpaper Tutorial.
Popping in today to share this super simple DIY painted wallpaper tutorial with you all. I recently completed my boys room, you can read more about that here. We were lucky enough to purchase our home with the bead board wainscoting on the bottom ⅔ of the walls in this room. We painted the bead...
How to design for kids.
This subject is near and dear to my heart, because I always knew I wanted to be a residential designer and create spaces for families to live their lives. I thought I would share a few of my thoughts on the subject today with you all because I often get asked how we "live with"...
How to prepare your home for an Emergency with First Alert.
Being in a family of First Responders the importance of Emergency Preparedness is not lost on us. We recently finally took the time to sit down with our kids and kind of put it all out there what they could expect if the fire alarms went off in the night, and what they would need...
DIY Craftsman Style Trim
I am so excited to share with you my secrets to creating character in our builder grade home. I've shared how I love all the millwork, but I wanted to focus on how we built up the frame of my Kitchen Window to give it character with DIY Craftsman style trim. This project all started...
How to install luxury vinyl tile + a fun bathroom makeover
I have a real good before and after to share with you all today along with a fun video tutorial (my increasing fav.) This is a story all about my friend Ashley. Her and her husband purchased a dated ranch home in their dream location last year and has been slowly bringing it into this...
DIY: Easy shelves big impact.
Have you every installed shelf brackets, measure everything, and they still come out unlevel and wonky? I want to share my tips and tricks to getting them perfect every single time! I recently added some easy shelving that has made ALL the difference on this large wall in my home. Adding shelves with a few...
The best Ikea curtains on the market!
Yes, yes I did in fact add an exclamation mark to the title of this blog post because this is something I am just very passionate about. While some things from the good ol' Ikea are made poorly and perhaps even cheap... these curtains are AMAZING. Ikea has about 30 different white-lineny-curtains with strange names...
Tips for a stylish + welcoming entry way
I have been thinking about sharing this post for a long time, like maybe 6 months or so... ever since I decided that the adorable bench I had in our entry way just wasn't functioning for me. I loved the bench, but in the past I had always had an entry way table. I really...
What I'm loving: Summer Essentials
My favorite season every year is always the NEXT season, ya know what I mean? I love spring, but always look forward to summer. I love summer, but always look forward to fall. Are you the same way? I think I love the change of seasons so much, because it's like a BIG breath of...
Easy recipes for a toxin-free laundry routine.
I've shared with you here before how I have been on a mission to clean up our home. You can read more about my mission + my approach to ridding our home of toxins here. My slow but steady approach to having a chemical-free home has been working well for us, an area that needed...
A Simple Upgrade to Our Builder Grade Home.
This post has been sponsored by Rubbermaid ® FastTrack ® Closet™. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I am so excited to share this project with you all today! It is maybe not the MOST beautiful eye candy you've ever seen, but it has totally changed the way we live in our home. And...
A simple step to a cleaner home.
"This post has been sponsored by Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day ®. All thoughts and opinions are my own." I am so thrilled to share this post and a little backstory as to why I recently made the switch to Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Body Wash with you today because this subject has been on my...
DIY: How to change a door into a barn door.
I am so excited to share this post with you all, I feel like I say that every single time but hey it's true. I'm very excited because I have been dreaming of this idea for a long time, and we FINALLY did it. Aka I finally talked my husband into taking a leap of...
How I changed my life, and my spice cabinet.
I feel like I am on the bandwagon of Marie Kondo STILL. Perhaps the excitement has worn off for some, but not for me! Our home desperately needed some systems, and I've been slowly working on spaces at a time. I recently tackled a cupboard that I'm just going to come out and say it......
Laundry Room Reveal.
This is a story of what once was the saddest laundry room in the history of life. It is a small 4' x 6' walk through to the garage of our home. It has been neglected and pushed aside for 5+ years, I previously wrote it off as hopeless and a lost cause... and not...
Helpful Tips for Disneyland Part 2.
Hey guys! I'm finally back with my next Disneyland tips post. I know a LOT of you guys enjoyed my last post, so here I am today with Part 2! In Part 1 I focused on prepping for the trip ( you can read that post here ), this time I'm sharing tips for getting...
Painted Dining Table.
I recently gave a $10 yard sale table an entirely new beautiful life in our home. I had wanted a really small pedestal table to put in our "formal" dining area but didn't want to spend a ton of money. I found an ugly duckling on Facebook Marketplace, I have failed you because I don't...
Friday Favorites
Hey hey! Last time I tested sharing my Friday favorites I got a ton of comments saying how much you liked it! So here we are again. I'm going to share five things that I use regularly, love to death, or am just plain obsessed with. First off, I get questions about this rug every...
Laundry Room Facelift.
Sometimes I get so overwhelmed seeing all this picture perfect homes, especially picture perfect laundry rooms and bathrooms and it makes me super sad. Sad because we don't live in a fancy house with fancy huge laundry rooms or luxurious bathrooms. I know we don't need the room as big as a launderette for workwear...
Friday Favorites
I thought I would start a hopefully weekly thing here on the blog, sharing 5 favorite things from the week. Sometimes products, sometimes recipes, sometimes snapshots from my week... who knows. I like lucid, undefined guidelines... call it the creative in me, or maybe just the gemini. First off, this backpack I ordered recently has...
Design Trends 2019
Image via Studio McGee I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Market in Las Vegas, which is basically a designer showcase of sorts for Interior Design. All the big and small names in the home dcor world, furniture makers, accessory designers, lighting designers, alllllll the brands have showrooms with this season's hottest, newest,...
Helpful tips for Disneyland Part 1.
We just got back from a week-long family trip to the Happiest Place on the West Coast... Disneyland! We opted into a family trip for Christmas this year instead of knick knack presents... and it was SO worth it. I'm minorly in love with this idea from now until forever. It was the honest best...
Favorites on Amazon
Are you ready for perhaps the most RANDOM collection of favorite things? I am SO excited to share with you the best things I've ordered on Amazon this year! I could try to curate it better but really, isn't the beauty of Amazon the ability to buy the most random things you want with such...
Neutral and Cozy Christmas Home.
I have taken a whole new approach to decorating for Christmas this year. I didn't pull out most of the decor that I had used in the past. I went with a neutral, natural, simple, and cozy approach when decking our halls this year. I didn't get rid of the bins of collected holiday decor......
Our favorite bedding ever.
If you haven't noticed or are new around here you may have noticed that I am always tweaking our house and changing little things for the better (or worse.. but I don't always share those escapades). I feel like homes are always evolving and the way you use them or need them. Anyways, today I...
So.. I became a Small Shop Owner.
I did guys, I really did it. I did something that I have dreamt of doing since I was a little girl. I know that sounds dramatic and cliche but really... I actually met up with a very old friend a couple of weeks ago and as I burst with the excitement of my business...
My Post Partum Struggle Part 2.
If you didn't catch Part 1 of this post you can visit it here. Today in this post I really wanted to share what I did to change my reality of being an overwhelmed mom who was just always playing catch up. I can't begin to explain how difficult I found being a new mother....
My struggle with Post Partum Part I.
The biggest blessing and strangest change in my life happen to be the same singular event... can you guess what that is? Maybe you can even relate to mine... It's becoming a mother. I feel like it's an event you spend your whole life growing up, knowing, or at least hoping would happen. Babies are...
Fresh Fall in our Kitchen.
Decorating this Fall has looked and felt a lot different than it has in the past. I have been going easy on the "things" and "extra stuff" in our home this year, I wrote a whole post about quieting the house this Spring and have pretty much stuck to it. I thought I would share...
Adding wallpaper to built ins.
I love this little project we completed in our family room that I feel like has completely upgraded our living space. Have you ever thought about adding wallpaper to built in's in your home? These aren't exactly your typical built ins, it's actually an enormous Besta entertainment center we bought from Ikea a couple years...
Inexpensive Statement Art.
Popping in to share this fun space that I spruced up this morning, with a really fun way to get inexpensive statement art for your home. I shared more in detail on my Instagram Stories, which isn't that SO fun how you can see projects getting done in real time? I love it! This area...
Freshening up our Dining Nook Part 2.
Sharing how I simply updated our Dining Nook with just a couple new pieces to get a whole new look.