CHRISTMAS Blue and White Fall Decor With Vintage Finds
Have you discovered in this life that there are friends and then? There are FRIENDS. You know. FRIENDS that make you banana bread and bring it by your house with coffee because you had a bad day. FRIENDS that know you love to play mahjong and they learn the game just for you. FRIENDS that know you don’t really cook...
DECORATING 7 Ways I Make My House Smell Like Fall
In the saddest of news, the twins left yesterday for college. Around here summer is officially at an end. It isn’t new, they’ve left before. And I’ve been sad before. But yesterday for some reason was different. I think this summer was just so precious. There’s a moment in life when you realize that those littles that sat at your...
FASHION 12 Affordable Fashion Finds From Walmart
I don’t know if I mentioned this in the 2 zillion emails I send to you, but I am the luckiest grand-dog-ma in the whole world. See that cute and adorable Goldendoodle? Her name is Scottie. And she comes to visit me once or twice a week to stay while her parents are busy conquering the world. And just in...
HOUSE 25 Fall Hutch Decorating Ideas
Have a hutch? Ready to decorate? Here are 25 hutch decorating ideas for fall including a formula to decorate any hutch in five steps. Just in case you were wondering what I’ve been doing since I told you all about the cover of this magazine? I’ve been handing them out to anyone I meet. Just looking at it makes me...
DECORATING 21 Fall Wreath Ideas For the Front Door
Remember when you all asked me about the basket on my door with the fall stems? Look what I found. This fall decor comes with this beautiful basket and the leather-colored strap and this BEAUTIFUL arrangement with pinecones and leaves and acorns and the prettiest fall texture. And in amazing news? It’s under $25. Good thing I’m all about a...
DECORATING How To Decorate a Kitchen Island For Fall
I have a pin board with tons of inspiration for fall. I’ve been working on it and planning for it and trying to figure out unique ideas for decorating the house this season. Just between us? I was thinking about using purple this year. Can you see it? Layers and layers of purple and violet and magenta with persimmons and...
HOUSE Do NOT Decorate With This For Fall
Around here I talk a lot about decorating. Okay—sometimes I talk about Lee Press On Nails and shopping the side of the road and bad hair days and football and the best cookies on the planet. But decorating is definitely number one at the top of my talking-about list. However today? Today I’m going to share a story that’s not...
CHRISTMAS 10 Affordable (and Super Cute) Fall Doormats
I wish I could explain to you how full of happiness I am at this exact moment. It’s September Eve Eve. And last night? I watched my first official (that wasn’t a scrimmage or pre-season) FOOTBALL GAME of the season. My fall totes are down from the attic and everything is separated out into different rooms. Sigh. And is if...
DECORATING Easy Fall Flower Arrangement In Three Steps
// artichoke stems // pomegranate stems // pink flowers (similar) // white vase (similar) // I have a new word for us courtesy of my 8th-grade niece. Have you ever heard the term “mogging?’ M-O-G-G-I-N-G. She was telling me an exceptionally scintillating story about life in middle school (which of course you know I’m all ears about) and mid-conversation, she...
Holidays Mushroom Decor Ideas For Fall
Remember when I shared how I decorated the kitchen island with a fairy garden with a moss fairy hut and acorns and pinecones and snails? And mushrooms? And you all sent me e-mails and left messages and told me that you loved mushrooms (and fall, too) and we all thought that was the end of the story. But just like...