TIPS The Cutest Spring Home Decor Finds Under $25
Looking for budget spring home decor? Here are some of the cutest things I’ve found to decorate your home for spring under $25. After all that rain and cold and yucky weather this weekend, I woke up this morning to sunshine. Isn’t that amazing? It was brilliant, warm, wonderful sunshine that danced in through the windows and made me so...
PROJECTS DIY Valentine Heart Pillow
I think this is the year of simple for me. Anyone else on the same page? Right now I’m going through all my closets and drawers and cabinets and shelves and cupboards and packing it all up and donating it. I stopped working on so many things that were taking up space in my day and my head that I...
DECORATING How To Choose A Rug
I’ve researched over 55 rugs and now it’s down to four rugs. Here’s the same space with different rugs. I need help with how to choose a rug. Guess what? I made a big mistake. Don’t worry. Don’t be alarmed. It actually happens all the time. See this room? I was working on a little update and I had a...
TIPS 19 Decorating Mistakes I’ve Made (and How I Fixed Them)
The key to making mistakes? You don’t let them stop you. Here are 21 decorating mistakes that I made and how I fixed them. || pink tulips || Remember last year when I wrote about decorating mistakes? Guess what? I made a few more over the last year in 2024. Truth? I STILL MAKE THEM ALL THE TIME. Yep. All....
PROJECTS 7 DIY Scrap Wood Project Ideas
Looking for simple scrap wood project ideas? Here are 7 ideas that you can make with leftover wood scraps. I’m not sure if you remember the story of these doors. In case you missed it the first time (which is completely possible because there are always a plethora of stories going on around here) you can read the story in...
TIPS 21 of My Favorite Earrings for Spring
Before we get to the earrings I have an announcement to make. I wanted you to be the first to know. No gatekeeping. After I watched the latest episode of Season 5 of “All Things Great and Small” on Masterpiece on PBS this weekend? I’m officially taking a time machine back to 1940 and living in Yorkshire. Did you watch...
FASHION Amazon Fashion Finds For February
// blue and white striped blouse // silver flats // light blue jeans // I have been writing this blog for over 12 years now. Can you even believe it? Oh, good. Me, either. And the most amazing news? I love writing it even more today than when I first started. Especially when I have something to share like I’m...
BOOKS How To Embroider a Book
Guess what? An official rug decision has been made. I wanted to thank you SO MUCH for all your input. It meant the world to me and I read every single comment and kept a tally and the rug is ordered and I’m redoing the room to make sure it fits and fingers crossed it turns out even better than...
DECORATING Classic Blue and White Room Design
Remember this room? If you missed the post let me Reader’s Digest it quickly. I shared this room with a rug that I ordered that I thought didn’t work in the space. Then I found four other rugs and photo-edited them in the space, and then I asked for your help. My favorite people in the entire world. I asked...
DECORATING Spring Bedroom Makeover
When the twins were born, this is the room that they came home to. We had a house (you can see the house before Thistlewood here) that we lived in that was a couple of blocks away, but we were in the middle of renovations and the house was full of dust and the twins were preemies who were born...