A shopping guide with some of the best resources for plaid home decor to cozy up a room for fall and winter on a budget. Earlier in the week, while we were waiting out Hurricane Florence and I had my giant swollen preggo feet propped up for a day, I somehow got sucked down the rabbit hole of pretty plaid…
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Money-saving decorating tips for adding coziness and texture to a space for fall decor without having to shop for it. I officially want to roll myself into a cable knit blanket burrito style and go all homebody status for the next few weeks. Little snippets of fall have been creeping into our house lately. But this year, as I’ve been…
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Shameless bragging moment: Our house got an 8-page spread in the September 2018 issue of The Cottage Journal: Southern Cottage! So many of y’all have sent me sweet messages about it, and yet we’ve been so tied up with finishing the nursery and tackling the last of fall projects on our list that I haven’t had any time to mention it. (Oh,…
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The best course for teaching you how to photograph interiors and jumpstart your career as a blogger, interior designer, real estate photographer, or stylist. Maybe I should title this post “True Confessions of a Bad Photographer”. Because four years ago, that’s exactly what I was. Bad. Really embarrassingly bad at taking photos. If you don’t believe me, feel free to…
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Tips for decorating a neutral fall mantel by reusing classic accents and simple color palette around the obstacle of a TV + 29 more fall mantel decor ideas. It never fails. Every single fall I use decorating as my therapy. Could be the back-to-school chaos that throws our house into a tizzy or the suddenly packed schedule that makes us…
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How to turn a toy horse figurine into a designer-inspired concrete equestrian statuette using just paint, wood craft, and glue. Don’t tell my daughter, but I might be stealing her toys for craft projects from now on. Okay, okay… I’m totally kidding. But after today’s thrifty DIY, you might be convinced to rummage around in a toy box for home…
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Autumn mountain landscape art printable with green and copper fall kitchen shelf vignette, plus 28 more free fall printables for the home. Can we just ignore the fact that it’s hot and humid outside here today and pretend it’s fall already? I’m in complete denial over here and just putting out pumpkins and copper in hopes that it will convince…
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24 tried and true maternity must-haves with fashion, health, beauty, and wellness essentials to make pregnancy easier. This post is so totally random and completely outside of the home / DIY realm I’m used to sharing with y’all. But I’ve gotten messages from so many of you lately who are also currently expecting little ones. It got me thinking about some…
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A step-by-step tutorial for painting interior doors to make a statement in any room, plus the best tools for making them durable. I’ve been meaning to write this post for oh… I dunno… a year? Because apparently when you start painting your doors any color but white, it starts to raise a lot of questions. Once I brushed on that…
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Y’all! We’re in the final month of this pregnancy! I mean… HOW did this happen so fast?! I haven’t really shared a bumpdate with y’all because well… 1. Second baby syndrome (Weekly bump pics? What are those?) 2. We’ve been busy busy busy with so many different projects and family trips that we’ve let time slip by in a blink,…
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A round-up shopping guide with the highest rated nursery gliders and rocking chairs that have a designer look for less than half the price. This week in nursery makeover news: We have hardwood floors! Well, okay, they’ve always been there, but they were just hiding under carpet begging to see the light of day. Our contractor arrived this week to…
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A step-by-step tutorial for making craft pumpkins for fall using thrifted vintage wire bread baskets and mini bundt pan Jello molds. Accidental “light bulb” moments might be my favorite part about thrifting. I’ll be walking along, moseying through the shelves of random junk, and get all kinds of ideas just by looking at how platters and lamps and candlesticks and…
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How to get a high-end carved detail look for less on plain IKEA furniture using appliques. A big thanks to O’verlays for supplying materials for this project. If you want to test your family’s relationship, build an IKEA dresser together… Thankfully, we survived the one we built for Regan’s nursery without any temper tantrums. 😉 Nothing like pitching in with…
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How to declutter your entire house without losing your mind, plus tips and a free printable to make the process easier and more efficient. Nesting has STRUCK, y’all! I’ve been bound and determined these past couple of weeks to declutter every nook and cranny in our house. To be fair, I always get on a decluttering kick in the spring…
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A thrifted spare chair gets a Restoration Hardware style makeover using just chalk paint and wax. There are some people who have stray puppies and kittens that follow them home. For me, it’s furniture. And this time, it was a random spare chair that somehow hopped into my car in the thrift store parking lot. I couldn’t help it though….
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We’re chug-a-lugging right along on the nursery makeover, y’all! And the calendar has never felt so real. I’m praying this little sprout stays cozy for a while because it really is looking like this room will come down to the wire. If you haven’t been following along so far, here’s a quick recap of what this room looked like before….
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A round-up home decor shopping guide of favorite fall wreaths with a designer look for half the price. I’m breaking a cardinal rule. Like the “no white after labor day” rule. Except this one is more like the “no fall before labor day” rule. Because lately I’ve had fall on the brain! If you’re in the “it’s way too early…
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A whole house paint color palette featuring neutrals, blues, and greens for a dramatic, classic, calming home. Picking paint colors is tricky business. If I had a dollar for every time I lost sleep over choosing a paint color… okay, I’d have zero dollars and I’m being a tad dramatic, but it’s still nerve-wracking! It’s definitely one of the top…
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A step-by-step tutorial for hanging picture frame molding wainscoting and a shortcut to make it easier. Watch out, y’all! The nursery makeover has officially started and it’s getting reeeaaal! I mentioned in the last tour-through-my-brain-about-this-makeover that I kept envisioning lots of white picture frame molding on the walls (or wainscotting… potato/potahto). This was the nursery a few weeks ago. Not…
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A set of 10 free coastal art photography prints from South Carolina that can be framed anywhere in your home. Totally random post warning ahead: In the midst of family beach vacations, I really did tell myself that I wasn’t going to share fewer posts with y’all. I was just going to take a blog break for a few days…
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