8 favorite fall decor items for creating a capsule wardrobe in your home that will stretch your dollar and create endless decor combinations. I do this every year. I tell myself, “Oh, I’m just gonna stick a couple of fall leaves in a vase or two around the house and that will be my fall…
I have no idea if “capsule wardrobe” is a new term in the fashion world or if I’ve just been living in the dark for a long time (I’m guessing the latter since this girl is a jeans and T-shirts person). But recently, I discovered a blogger who I’m kind of obsessed with, I say…
Why, yes. Our front porch is still decorated for summer and our back porch is decorated for fall. #dontjudgeme Listen, if you live with the wacky fall weather of the South where it’s 98 degrees one minute and 40 degrees exactly 24 hours later, you get it. I’ve finally accepted fall over here (2 weeks…
You know what’s crazy? A box of cereal costs roughly the equivalent of an hour’s wage nowadays. What is that about?! I don’t have to be the one to tell you that when funds get tight with groceries and utilities, the home decorating budget is usually the first thing to go. I mean, the birth…
23 simple Christmas bedroom ideas to add to primary bedrooms, guest bedrooms, and kids rooms for cozy winter style. 23 Simple Christmas Bedroom Decor Ideas If the sun is going to set so insanely early every day, we might as well toss twinkle lights in all of our bedrooms to enjoy some winter hibernation, right?…
The most realistic Christmas garland, trees, wreaths, and stems and vintage Christmas decor favorites for a timeless, old fashioned holiday home. Today marks the day when Robert and I pull ALL of our vintage Christmas decor from the attic, crank up the Bing Crosby, and get to work! Bloggers are weirdly earlier than normal for…
10 fall decor ideas for the living room that save time, money, and storage space + fall decorating mistakes you should avoid. Apparently, once the kids are back in school, I get the itch to go on a fall cleaning spree cleaning sofas and throwing around fall living room decor. Sure, it may be 90…
A round up of 20 DIY fall decor ideas that take just minutes and are so easy to create a warm and cozy home. The kiddos woke us up at 6:45 am like they always do today (whyyyyy so earlyyyy) and it was pitch black and chilly outside when I swear it was bright and…
If there’s ever a choice to cook or decorate for Thanksgiving, I always choose to decorate and leave the cooking to the expert chefs in the family. (And by chefs, I mean my mom and dad… there’s a reason this isn’t a food blog, okay? I burn corn flakes.) 😉 As we were prepping for…
8 cozy fire pit ideas for outdoor fall decor and entertaining tips using budget-friendly finds from Walmart for a backyard campfire party. This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. I don’t know how we got so lucky with our gorgeous almost fall-ish weather this week, so we went all out with…
48 of the best inexpensive fall home decor items to curate a home capsule wardrobe with earth tones and hygge details to achieve a cozy vibe. I pulled out all of our fall home decor from storage today completely in honor of the fact that it felt rainy and fall-ish outside. I absolutely cannot let…
A round-up of simple DIY crafts and cheap fall decor ideas to make your home feel cozy and inviting for the season using (mostly) what you already have. Even though it’s 90-something degrees outside, it’s hard to believe fall is right around the corner! I already have a few cheap fall decor ideas on the…
A ROUND-UP OF THE BEST CHINOISERIE VASES, LAMPS, PLANTERS, JARS, AND CANISTERS FOR ALL BUDGETS FOR TIMELESS CLASSIC HOME DECOR. Chinoiserie is officially having a come-back moment. I mean, to be fair, it never really went anywhere. It’s always been and always will be a staple of classic decor, so it deserved to be added…
A round-up of the best French, Baroque, and antique gold mirrors for all budgets for timeless classic decor. Ever since I shared the post about How to Transition Away from Farmhouse Style, it has skyrocketed on Google. Apparently, there are a lot of us who are ready to trade the rusted galvanized metal for something…
If there is such a thing as a Valentine’s Day Grinch, it’s probably me. Don’t come at me for my three-sizes-too-small heart over here, but Robert and I don’t usually do Valentine’s Day gifts to each other or go out for a Valentine’s-specific date (random just-because dates are a regular thing though). I don’t hang…
All the best picks from the Studio McGee collection from Target for capsule decor to work in all seasons and in all sorts of styles. (Some affiliate links are provided below. Full disclosure here.) At this point, most of us can say the phrase, “I don’t get out much.” Haha! But right now, I’m missing…
5 rules for perfect end table decor ideas in a living room + the best items to include to make it pretty as well as functional. A couple of weeks ago I asked a bunch of y’all Instagram and in the Bless’er House Decorating Group what YOU needed help with and wanted to see here…
Tips for incorporating classic pieces on a Thanksgiving table that save storage space, time, money, and create versatility for every season of decorating. One day, there will have to be some sort of special therapy for kids who grew up with blogger parents. Because ours never really know what holiday it is around here since…
This has been the summer of refreshes for us. Refresh in the living room, refresh in the breakfast nook, and I’ve been eyeing our master bedroom lately thinking just maybe I can get away with a super cheap, big impact focal wall idea. Refreshes ROCK! And we’re no strangers to them around here. Because what…
6 steps to find your decorating style by examining your personality, your lifestyle, your inspirations, and what you already own to create the home you love. #decoratingstyle #findyourdecoratingstyle Confession: I don’t have a clue what I’m doing. I don’t have any sort of formal interior design training. If you ask me what my decorating style…
17 fall centerpiece ideas that you can make in 5 minutes or less as welcoming fall table decor, plus the most realistic artificial fall flowers. You know what’s the best fall activity? EATING! (You thought I was going to say leaf peeping or pumpkin carving, didn’t you? Maybe I’m just hungry; I don’t know.) But…
8 steps to transition your decorating style from farmhouse (or any other trend) to a new decorating style without breaking the budget. This blog post title definitely needs to be qualified first with this statement: You do not need anyone’s permission to be anything other than yourself in your home. Do not ever apologize for…
5 simple items to use in the bedroom to make it feel cozy for fall + smart choices to stretch decor into other seasons. Couldn’t help it. I went fall decor crazy in the master bedroom. Buuuuut if the “fall” decor is actually capsule decor-ish enough, it can stretch on through winter so… win/win! (Some…
Tips for sprucing up your front porch to bring it out of winter’s hibernation mode and wake it up for spring. We’ve somehow entirely by accident gotten on a roll with our front porch lately. First with the DIY wreath on the front door. Then with all of our limewashed brick deets. And now I’m…
Simple ideas for decorating home for spring by using artificial greenery and flowers, decor capsule staples, and neutrals for room styling year-round. Happy spring, y’all! Well, it doesn’t totally feel like spring outside, but I’m calling it anyway. It’s spring. So there. 😉 I’m joining in with my friend Krista from The Happy Housie and…
A modern meets traditional meets farmhouse summer living room with ideas for decorating a light, airy space using budget solutions. When you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to want a glass of milk. When you give a decorator a new rug, she’s going to want to redecorate the rest of the room. That’s…
Hey, buddies! Guess what! We have an actual dining room to eat Christmas Eve dinner in this year. I know that might not be earth shattering to you (and truth be told, it’s a blessing to have food to eat at all #perspective), but I’m pleasantly surprised that we got our act together enough over…
Hey, beautiful friends! I have to tell y’all, last week’s “real life” house tour just made my heart burst reading all of your sweet comments and messages. It’s not always easy to put our flaws and all out there in perfect social media land for the world to see, but y’all made me feel good about it….
16 of the most realistic fake pumpkins for all budgets perfect for low maintenance fall front porch decor. I’ve officially had enough. Enough of tossing rotten pumpkins after only 3 weeks. Enough of cleaning pumpkin goo off of our porch steps. DEFINITELY enough of spending more money to replace said rotten pumpkins because it’s hot…
A round up of the best fake flowers that look real, 12 places to buy them, + tricks to make artificial flowers look even more realistic. So uh… I blacked out the other day and accidentally bought like 8 bunches of fake flowers. I don’t know how it happened. Total mystery. Just my need for…
The top 12 blue green teal paint colors most recommended by designers for a moody yet vibrant space in bedrooms, bathrooms, and home offices. This week, we are all about embracing teal paint in the office / conference room / multipurpose meeting space for The Cottage with The Life House Women’s Shelter in our community!…
The 3 biggest paint color mistakes most people make and the best tips for how to choose paint colors for your home interior rooms like a pro interior designer. There is nothing more frustrating than spending hours painting an entire room only to step back and discover you absolutely hate it. Ask me how I’ve…
Make this DIY Thanksgiving centerpiece idea for your own table decor using a scarf, thrifted candlesticks, and other common cheap finds to create a high end look. It’s possible we’re living in The Twilight Zone these days. Because as Robert and I were walking through our neighborhood with the girls on Halloween night, I saw…
A room for 3 pre-teen and teenage girls gets a dramatic beach themed bedroom makeover with triple bunk beds, camp art, smart organization, and cozy lighting. This post is sponsored by Romabio. Ever since Robert and I did the boho cottage shared bedroom makeover for two of the five sisters who live down the street…
This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. A quick guide to create a simple dinner table setting for any occasion or holiday using tricks to make inexpensive dinner table decor look upscale. We are not set-the-table kind of people when it comes to the every day. (I mean, more often than…
How to make your own Parisian style faux marble dining table in under an hour by using a kitchen countertop. This project might go down in the history books as one of the fastest we’ve ever done. I am so totally in love with this Parisian style faux marble dining table we whipped up in…
How to make a breakfast charcuterie board as a fun, thoughtful Valentine’s Day breakfast for kids or adults. This post is sponsored by Better Homes & Gardens at Walmart. Even though I know Valentine’s Day is supposed to be for couples, Robert and I love to make it more about our girls with a Valentine’s…
3 techniques for DIY painted pumpkins using spray paint, metallics, and dirt to create concrete, antique brass, and black earthenware looks. Definitely broke my “fall decorating” rule on this one. That’s what rules are made for, right? 😉 But when it comes to using materials I already have (yay free!) and getting creative with different…
How to paint ceramic and use spray paint for an ombre effect + a thrifted vase gets an Anthropologie-inspired makeover. You know what? If I had a dollar for every time I uttered the phrase, “I found this really random thing in the thrift store.” Well, I’d have enough for a thrift store shopping spree,…
Our attic clean-out makeover and how we store our seasonal decor + free printable seasonal storage bin labels for Christmas, spring, summer, and fall. We’re a mixed bag around here. One minute we’re celebrating “pretty” room makeovers, and the next we’re up to our elbows in 60 year old dust, digging through our dirty attic…
The rest of the world has moved on to all things 2020, and we’re still over here reminiscing about 2019. But just like looking back over all of the projects y’all loved last year, it was interesting to see all of the items Y’ALL liked as much as we did that we shared throughout 2019….
I was *this* close to not putting a stitch of Christmas greenery in our bedroom this year what with us wrapping up the exterior makeover and prepping for Christmas Eve dinner and all of the Christmas family activities we have on our calendar. It just seemed kind of like, “Well, no one is going to…
