TIPS Look Who Is Shopping For a New House
If you have been following this blog for more than a hot minute, you’ve seen this living room before. I grew up in this living room. Oh, the stories these walls could tell. Years and years and years of holidays and laughter and conversations and generations of family celebrations. About seven years ago, we bought back the house...
DIYs My Best Secret I Used For How To Dye Seashells
Looking for an easy project for summer? Here’s how to dye seashells as well as creative ideas to decorate with them. Once upon a time there was a family of seashells. Long ago, somewhere between NSYNC and the Jonas Brothers the entire shell family washed up on the beach. And the wind swept them across the sand. And the water...
TIPS Nantucket Travel Guide (What We Did On Our Nantucket Trip)
If you look at a map of Cape Cod—it looks like a really strong person making a muscle. If you think I’m geography joking, just look at this map. See the flex? You’re welcome. Now that I’ve told you—you’ll never be able to unsee it. And right below the really big muscle? There are two little islands. Martha’s Vineyard and...
TIPS 9 Mistakes To Avoid When Styling a Bookcase
Does decorating a bookshelf seem overwhelming? No worries. Here are 9 mistakes to avoid when styling a bookcase. In case you were wondering? I am the BIGGEST MISTAKE MAKER EVER. You might read this blog and think —that KariAnne—she has it going on. Ummm. {gulp} Truth? I MAKE MISTAKES ALL THE TIME. Yep. All. The. Time. Now don’t get me...
TIPS The 10 Best Things I’ve Bought Lately (August Edition)
Y’all. It’s that time again. The time when I share my favorite things I bought over the last month. If you’ve been reading this blog for more than a minute you know how much I love to find a bargain. And when I find something I love? I have to share. Just between us—sometimes I find what I think is...
Before and After The Next Chapter Of This Before and After Hutch
Does this before picture of this hutch look familiar? I’ve shared it several times before. I think I paid $75 for it at our local ReStore and we brought it home and kind of took it apart and transformed it into a hutch that looks nothing like this. It was painted SW Mindful Gray and I decorated it with tons...
TIPS 7 Unique and Creative Lighting Solutions
What are your thoughts on overhead lighting? Are you team table lamp? Or team overhead lighting? (Or if you live in Texas, overhead lighting with a ceiling fan). As for me and my house? We are not really about anything that shines light from above. In my house, overhead lights cast weird shadows and make my skin (and my rooms)...
DECORATING 21 Fall Porch Ideas
Looking for fall porch ideas? Here are 21 porch decor ideas from the front of my house from the last 10 years. How is the weather where you are? In Texas. It was 105 yesterday and it’s supposed to be 104 degrees today and then we are going to have a cool front with 97 degrees. I know I’m going...
DIYs How To Finish Wood Naturally
Looking for an easy way to finish wood without harsh chemicals? Here’s how to finish wood naturally with this furniture makeover. Does this piece look familiar? This wonderful, incredible, amazing cabinet. (total aside: so many of you messaged me that this was an Eastlake washstand and that kind of made me love it even a little bit more). My aunt...
BOOKS Summer Reading Challenge
Not to be dramatic… …but books have changed my life. They’ve changed the way I write. They’ve changed the way I talk. They’ve helped me with the SAT and the GRE and a zillion other tests. They’ve introduced me to plethora and facsimile and myriad and unwieldy and a zillion other words that you don’t find a lot in conversation...