Lightroom presets that make images look true-to-life white balanced to create photos that are vibrant, crisp, and bright as if beautiful, clean light is streaming right into your space with the touch of a button. Today is a BIG DEAL, y’all! Well, at least for me it is. I know you can’t see me, but I’m doing a victory booty…
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It’s a sale week bonanza, y’all! But if you’ve spent the last few days on social media, you probably already know that. Basically, Amazon Prime Day has fierce competition this year, and we all get to reap the benefits. That day starts today! I always like sharing great home deals on here to make your bargain hunt a little easier,…
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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 HGTV and a lot of…
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This post is sponsored by Modsy and Minna Home. (Psst… check the end of this post for a chance to win a free design package, sofa, and a coupon code!) Back in April 2017, when we were first handed the keys to this house, it went something like this… Paint everything possible in the living room, breakfast nook, and dining…
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How to wrap a cigar box with contact paper to repurpose into a decorative remote control holder for a coffee table. Our family has been playing a fun little game lately. It’s called Hide the Remote from the Baby. I swear you can give an infant a million and one colorful toys with all of the bells and whistles, but…
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3 ways to decorate a small guest bedroom with an off-centered window to maximize on function, comfort, and space. I get the warm fuzzies with the start of every planning phase of a room makeover. It’s like Christmas, y’all! The anticipation is almost as exciting as the actual event itself. Almost. Believe it or not, we still have several spaces…
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It’s only taken me a solid 2 months after building, painting, and antique-mirroring this IKEA Hemnes cabinet into a pantry for our limited storage kitchen… …but the pantry is finally ORGANIZED! No one is more surprised than I am. Believe me. Remember this? Truth be told, the inside wasn’t as pretty as the outside for quite a while. But now…
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Hayward. The opinions and text are all mine. You know that saying… if you want a job done the quick and easy way, ask a lazy person how to do it? Confession time: I’m that lazy person. Productivity is my middle name about a lot of things, but making…
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Happy July 4th weekend, y’all! Well, really I’m not sure which weekend qualifies as July 4th since technically the big day is in the middle of the week, but we like celebrating early around here. Nevertheless, I took the time to #nerdout with researching all of the best massive sales for everything home related. I usually try to wait for…
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The best solution for painting vinyl siding to make it last and an inexpensive exterior pool shed makeover. We came, we saw, we busted out every money saving trick we could to conquer the pool shed. And we showed it who’s BOSS! Oooooooh aaaaaaaaaaah. That beige vinyl siding couldn’t defeat us, y’all. We might have lost 5 pounds in sweat…
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A free high resolution printable set of black and white modern minimalist botanical art and the best aged brass spray paint for frames. Story time: Back when we moved into this house two-ish years ago, I didn’t have a CLUE how to decorate it. Yeah, okay, I had Pinterest boards filled up with all kinds of decorating styles and a…
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A step-by-step tutorial for how to build a window box using scrap wood to add charm and curb appeal to exterior windows. Scrap wood piles, thrift store cast-offs, and easy paint fixes are our jam… but you probably know that by now if you’ve been following this blog for longer than a day. We’ve been in Operation: Pool Shed Refresh…
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MOOD BOARDS OF LIVING ROOM DESIGNS FOR TRADITIONAL GLAM, MODERN MINIMALIST, AND MODERN RUSTIC FRENCH STYLES FOR A SMALL-ISH BUDGET. Y’all totally surprised me a few weeks ago when I tried out this budget room design mood board thing, so consider this a “back by popular demand” kind of post. Putting together room designs into mood boards is something I’ve…
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We weren’t kidding when we said this was the summer of the backyard projects. Between the pool makeover, the pool shed refresh, and the back porch set up, this yard has seen a lot of love so far since spring. Thank GOODNESS it’s been a gorgeous, mild June for us. Otherwise my usually sweaty self in the summer would be…
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All of the best designer style patriotic home decor for outdoor entertaining that won’t break the bank. July 4th is a big deal at our house. Every year we host a pool party with anywhere from 30-50 friends and family members in the backyard to grill out hot dogs and celebrate our freedom together. It’s easily my FAVORITE day of…
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Chalk this one up as one of those random tips that usually come as an afterthought of the big reveal. Like that one time I shared our trick for painting French doors after taking on the big playroom makeover. Or that one time some of y’all noticed the disappearance of our attic door string during the hallway reveal. Or like…
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Slowly but surely, we’ve been chipping away at the breakfast nook refresh plans we’ve had on the docket since February. It’s a space that has been a tricky one for me since moving into the house, and even though I like the farmhouse look, I’ve felt conflicted about having that style in this house just because it doesn’t seem to…
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This post is sponsored by GLI Pool Products. Just in time for the hot Southern summer sunshine, the pool liner makeover is done!!! We might have already had three pool parties to celebrate. 😉 (Not even exaggerating.) Remember that whole backyard tour from a few weeks ago when the pool situation was a tad bleak? It looks a million times…
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A full list of paint colors, decorating sources, home improvement details, and DIY projects for a girly, classic bathroom renovation. The kids’ bathroom is so nice, I’m writing about it twice. Well, really it just had SO MUCH in it that it was impossible to cram it all in one post. And also rhyming is fun. If you missed it,…
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This post is sponsored by American Standard. Oh my stars, y’all! We made it! And we officially have the cutest kids’ bathroom in the history of ever on the planet! I’m only slightly biased. 😉 This space had a long journey starting with its beige beginnings when we first moved in. Then, Robert and I gave a quick paint job…
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