DECORATING 11 Products I Wish I Would Have Bought Sooner July Edition
// blue and white polka-dotted dress // I hope you had an amazing Fourth. Around here it was kind of next level. We had the entire family over for hamburgers and hotdogs and relay races. We had the bandana race and the egg toss and the doughnut eating contest and the water balloon toss filled with giggles and laughter and...
DECORATING 20 Best Affordable Outdoor Rugs
Looking for affordable outdoor rugs to makeover your outdoor spaces? Here are some of the best rugs that won’t break the bank. You all were the SWEETEST when I shared my front and back porch. So many questions—including rug questions. So today? This is a post about affordable outdoor rugs. Where you can get them? Which ones have the best...
DIYs How To Monogram a Planter
Need a simple spring refresh for your front porch? Make a DIY monogram planter box and fill it with spring flowers. Here’s the step-by-step. // daisy wreath // topiary bush // solar lanterns // three ball topiary // Just in case you didn’t know? The most brilliant people in the world read this blog. It’s true. You send me emails...
TIPS 5 Decorating Mistakes I Made and the Lessons I Learned
Along time ago in a land far away when I lived in a house in another state I wrote a post. It went a little something like this. Hi. My name is KariAnne (sounds like the word car with a long e). I make decorating mistakes. Lots of them. Here are five of my least favorite. That was then. This is...
HOUSE When Your Home Gets a Present
A while back there was a show on one of the networks featuring stories of old houses. I think it was called “If Walls Could Talk” or something like that. The host would visit a homeowner and the homeowner would share a piece of wallpaper that they found with a signature from someone famous or a shoe they uncovered in...
HOUSE Simple Garden Plan for Spring
Have you ever noticed when I share a picture of the front of the house it looks like this? Close in. Not pulled back. You don’t really see much of the yard or the overall front of the house. There’s a reason for that {hangs head in shame}. I want us to still be friends. And if you saw the...
DIYs 7 DIY Bookshelf Projects You Can Make
Looking for some simple DIY bookshelf projects? Here are 7 creative projects with DIY instructions ranked from easiest to most challenging. Please tell me you’ve seen these type of bookshelves everywhere. Big box stores. Yard sales. Thrift stores. The attic. These type of bookcases are perfect for storing cubbies with cubes in each of the squares and putting craft supplies...
DECORATING 7 Creative Containers For Flowers
Looking for creative containers for flowers? Here are seven creative ideas to make your flowers look even cuter. Do you ever sing the wrong words to songs? You know. Like if (hypothetically speaking) hear a song over the loudspeakers at the coffee shop and you think the words are all about how “Jeremiah was a bulldog” and you sing about...
Painting Techniques How To Pick House Paint Colors
Want to know how to pick paint colors for your entire house? Here are five simple tips to make the entire paint choosing process so much easier. You all are the BEST. Thank you so much for all the encouragement about the spring house tour. And the best part? All the emails you sent about paint colors in the house....
HOUSE The Sweetest Blue and White Find
// blue and white striped chair // Wednesday was the most wonderful day. It’s the day where I can see Friday in the distance. The twins called me to tell me they were coming home a day early for Easter. The plant delivery called me to tell me all those wonderful plants I talked about here. Those plants? They were...