DECORATING Pea Gravel Outdoor Patio Dining Area
Wondering how to create an outdoor pea gravel patio in the yard? Here’s how we added a patio to a corner of our yard. I’m not sure which I’m more excited about. The fact that we are in the path of totality for the eclipse today? Or that we finished the front yard this weekend (and created the CUTEST pea...
TIPS Best Mother’s Day Gifts for 2024
Looking for creative, unique, one-of-a-kind gifts for your mother? Here’s a round-up of the best Mother’s Day gift ideas to make her day extra special. Just for the record, these are not your ordinary Mother’s Day gifts. Not. Even. Close. These are the most creative and out-of-the-box and one-of-a-kind (and affordable) Mother’s Day gifts that I could find and I’m...
TIPS 12 Quick Chalkboard Decorating Ideas
Looking for quick and easy chalkboard decorating ideas? Here’s how I decorate my oversized vintage chalkboard 12 different ways. When you are a true junker or a yard-saler or an auction-goer or a shop-by-the-side-of-the-roader or a thrift store shopper, there is one mantra that you live by. Hope springs eternal. Truth? No matter how many broken dishwashers you find at...
DECORATING 21 Inexpensive Decorative Bowl Filler Ideas
Looking for decorative bowl filler ideas? There are so many inexpensive ideas to fill a bowl in minutes. Here are 25 of my favorites. Can we unpack a decorating challenge? You know. You have a bowl or a tray or an oversized vessel. It’s beautiful and decorative and stylish and incredible and and and and…. …empty. Maybe it’s empty because...
Decorating Shortcuts 10-Minute Flower Arrangement
Looking for an easy idea for a centerpiece? This 10-minute flower arrangement is so easy to put together and the instructions are simple. Yesterday, I turned down a street in our neighborhood and drove by the very first house we ever bought. Back before we had the twins. Back before I ever knew what the word blog meant. Back before...
DECORATING How To Decorate With a Basket Tray
Have a large tray and trying to find ways to use it? Here are nine different options for how to decorate with a basket tray. You all asked? And today? I’m going to deliver. When I posted all about how to remodel a kitchen on a budget (and every time I post a kitchen post) I get asked about this...
DIYs When NOT To Makeover a Yard Sale Find
Yesterday I was cleaning up the family room that’s located in the back of the house. It’s kind of hard to explain, but there are two sections this room. One you’ve seen a zillion times with tufted couches and a coffee table and chairs that swivel and the prettiest khaki and white rug. But there’s another area of the family...
DIYs How to Fix a Crooked Picture Frame
If you have artwork that’s askew it can be so frustrating. Here’s a simple tip for how to fix a crooked picture frame. Last fall I had a magazine come and photograph the house. (I know, right? I LOVE typing those words). It comes out in a couple of months and I can’t WAIT for you to see it. To...
Holidays 11 Simple Budget Graduation Party Ideas
Looking for simple budget graduation party ideas? Here are 11 ideas we used to decorate our party without spending a lot of money. I know this looks like a post about simple budget graduation ideas. But today? Today I am writing this graduation party post for me. I’m putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to write all the...
PROJECTS How to Turn A Photo Into a Watercolor
Looking for the perfect gift idea for Father’s Day or a wedding or anniversary? Here’s how to turn a photo into a watercolor painting with one click. I was shopping for artwork for my walls. And then I remembered something amazing. Instead of shopping artists and canvases and wall art and paying a lot of money for art? What if...