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The console
So just the other day I was shopping around with my husband. We went to a fun antique store we like to go to just to browse around for fun. I should never do that. We came home with a few things. Things we don’t need, but were an amazing deal. I was planning on painting and selling a few of these things, but when I brought this piece home, I knew it had to be a part of our house. The thing that caught my eye…actually my husband’s…. was the detail and character of this piece. It looks like a beat up seventies console, but I loved the lines and…
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A bit of spray paint
I can’t believe it is November already. Time is flying. I love the fall, and decorating for it is so much fun. That being said, I also love Christmas, and decorating for that is a lot more fun. So every November 1st I start thinking about how I want to decorate. Little touches I want to change from previous years, or crafts I want to do. This week I have been thinking about my porch. I have had this fun lantern for years now and it has recently been out in my back yard. I painted it yellow so that it would stand out in the yard. I cleaned all…
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A mood board for my daughter’s room
I have been “working”….ummm thinking about my daughter’s room for the past little while now. We have purchased a desk already that I am going to re finish, so now it’s time to work on picking out some more of the details. When I start a room I like to do a mood board. A mood board is just a place to put all of your ideas and design inspiration for the room. I look online and decide on all the things we want to buy or put in the room. I then open excel and just copy and paste all my ideas about the room so it is organized in one spot.…
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Hallways
Starting my hallway project took a lot of time and thinking. The whole thing started with this fun hook rack I found at an antique store. I made a wreath for it, and hung it at the end of our hallway. I knew that I wanted something more hanging on the walls, and I decided that it would most likely be pictures. You know all those pictures you have taken over the years, those pictures you want to display but don’t know how? Well here is my clean and simplified version of a gallery wall. I have a very long hallway in my upstairs that I needed to decorate. I have seen some…
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Classic pot pie
Brrrr…it is a cold and windy fall day at my house. One of my favorite things to do on a cold fall day is to make something warm and comforting for dinner. This is one of my families all time favorites. It is a classic pot pie I created years ago, and it never gets old to make or eat. Here is the recipe. Classic Pot pie Dice 4 large carrots Dice 3 stalks of celery Place them in a pot, fill with water, and cook until tender. Brown 2 ½ cups diced chicken making sure to season the chicken with salt and pepper. Filling: 1/3 cup butter ½ an…
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A fun Friday find
So I have this spot on my dining room wall. I have been thinking now for more than a year what to put there and I finally came up with something. A map. I was shopping at my favorite antique store and found some old maps they were selling, and I fell in love with them. The only problem was that they were large. Larger than my space could take. Still, I loved the idea of it, so I searched online and found an antique map that was the right size for my wall. I found a store from pinterest that carried old maps but the price was pretty high. So I decided…
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The power of words
I love words. I love them in books, magazines, spoken, and displayed in my home. Words have a lot of power. They can capture your imagination, draw you in, make you feel happy, sad, or inspired. They can very easily invoke memories, or set a tone in your room. Using words or quotes in home decor has been a very trendy thing, and still is. There are so many fun ways to display quotes or sentences that mean something to you or your family. Whether it is on boards, metal, fabric, or right on walls with vinyl. It can instantly add a bit of creativity and fun to any room…
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Chocolate banana Bundt cake…YUM!
Monday was my daughter’s birthday and she asked for a chocolate Bundt cake that looked like a pumpkin. So here is my attempt. I am in no way shape or form a cake decorator. I actually let my hubby do the birthday cake decorating most of the time. I am however, a baker. I love baking cookies, brownies, bread…you name it. I love cooking too actually. I am not particular. I usually start my day planning what is for dinner that night. Having said that, I wanted to share a fun and really easy chocolate Bundt cake recipe I got from my mom years ago. This cake is super easy,…
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I couldn’t pass them up
It's so fun finding great treasures at antique stores!
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My favorite…furniture shopping
I'm starting a new room... these are the chairs that inspire me.
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Grain sacks
I love love love antique stores. I have found one that I especially love here where I live. This is pretty random, since where I live doesn’t exactly have the greatest home decor stores or selections. So I was shopping around this summer and found some old grain sacks that were like five bucks each. I couldn’t resist picking a couple of them up. I spent the summer while the kids were home from school thinking about what I wanted to do with them, and I came up with a couple of things. The first and obvious thing I could think of was to make a pillow out of one.…
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Fall at my house
Holy cow it has been chilly here this week. Perfect fall weather to decorate the house! For fall, or any holiday for that matter, I like add touches to my already existing decor. My decorating style could be described as simple and comfortable. I am not into tearing the whole house apart for a season and putting it back together after the season is over. Trust me, I have done this a time or two in my life and it is not fun. Rather, I like to change simple things like pillows and blankets. Change out a picture, or add a pumpkin to some existing decor. So here is what…
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Layering
So I spent part of the day Monday working on my front porch. Fall is by far my most favorite season to decorate for, and decorating the porch is no exception. In general, my style is pretty simple and colorful. I like a space to have fun character pieces that speak for themselves. Usually when I put a room together, I like to layer decor. This was no exception with the front porch. I had purchased a burlap pumpkin wall hanging last year to use on my porch. When I hung it by itself, it just blended right into the siding so I came up with an idea. I grabbed a spare piece…
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Fall Book Wreath
When I think of fall I think of going back to school, new clothes, backpacks, apples, and books. This thought inspired me to make a wreath for my home from pages of an old book. I started with a foam wreath form I had laying around my house. I covered the form with some strips of burlap fabric I had left over from my dining room valence. I then tied a bow using some strips of straw to add that fall feeling to the wreath. Then I went to work ripping out pages of the book and rolling them into tubes. I glued three together and tied jute around the center.…
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September
No matter what, on the first day of September I start getting out the fall decorations. I can not help myself. I love fall! I have been excited to start decorating my house. I have hung my wreath, and I have a fun project up my sleeve. Happy September!
