It’s the freakin’ weekend!!! When I shared the first Bless’er Heart Weekends post a couple of Fridays ago, so many of you told me how much you loved it, so I’m just gonna keep ALL of the randomness coming. Haha! If you missed it before though, I started this post as a way to have a laid-back friend-to-friend chat with…
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How to make DIY antique mirrors using old secondhand picture frames quickly, easily, and without the mess. If I had a dollar for every picture frame project I’ve ever done, I’d have a whole lotta dollas. They’re simple, they have a million possibilities, and it never fails to find a whole heap of them at thrift stores. A few weeks…
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3 dining room mood boards with 3 different styles of boho farmhouse, modern, and French vintage for a small-ish budget. Last week seemed to have a theme on my Instagram feed thanks to our quick dining room spruce and my friend Bre’s Gift of Gathering book release (which sent me on a rabbit hole of sharing tons of easy tablescape…
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A Halloween vignette on an entryway table using items already around the house for a festive foyer to greet trick-or-treaters. Rumor has it fall temps are FINALLY supposed to hit the Carolinas this weekend and I AM HERE FOR IT! Every October, my in-laws plan this massive pumpkin carving party, which we’ll be attending this weekend, so it has me…
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How to score deep discounts with warehouse deals and liquidation sales with online “scratch and dent” shopping. You know what’s cool about inviting a bunch of visitors to your house? Suddenly all of the house projects you’ve been putting off for weeks/months/years get bumped way up on the priority list. Before you know it, paint is getting touched up, light…
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A round-up of 20 beautiful ceiling fans to add modern style to a room while keeping the climate comfortable. Welcome to fall in the South where it’s typically 90 degrees in October and we’re still clinging to our ceiling fans for dear life. Last week, when I shared our guest bedroom makeover, the number one comment from y’all was “Thank…
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I wanna know where my “tabbie” people are. You know… the ones whose brains are basically like an internet browser with a million tabs open all at the same time? Yeah, we’d be soul sisters. Because I’m betting I’m not alone. If my brain were a laptop, that little annoying “rainbow wheel” would be constantly spinning trying to keep up….
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A boring guest bedroom gets a luxe, vintage chic makeover using thrifty projects, budget finds, and simple decorating tricks to maximize style and space. The idea for this guest bedroom makeover all started in February back when we had a big family reunion at our house and about 10 cousins ended up crashing on our living room floor as an…
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What do you do when you’re hit with a virus on top of traveling to NYC and back for Better Homes & Gardens all in the span of a week? You do what any girl craving some kind of therapy would do and hit the online shopping sales. (Or at least this girl did.) If you follow my Instagram Stories,…
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A round-up shopping guide with 14 of the most popular designer wallpapers and their cheaper dupes to get the look for less. This post should be entitled “Welcome to the Rabbit Hole of Wallpaper I Somehow Got Lost In”. #storyofmylife The discussion of wallpaper popped up in the Bless’er House Budget Decorating Facebook Group last week, and then oh… 6…
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This post is sponsored by Walmart. 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…
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Access to a free autumn landscape art printable that you can print directly from your home printer and frame for budget-friendly fall decor. We keep it classy around here. And by “keeping it classy” I mean we wear plastic tiaras on the regular and have frequent Barbie tea parties. #girlmomlife Buuuuut our kitchen is the real kind of classy with…
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This post is sponsored by Walmart. Go big or go home. That’s the motto of this post. Well, really we’re already home so I guess that phrase makes absolutely no sense at all. But anywho… We went BIG in the guest bedroom! With art that is. If you ever have a large blank wall that you’re, well… drawing a blank…
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A round-up shopping guide of the most highly rated streamlined modern baby gear and vintage-inspired STEAM toys to inspire sensory development. How in the world did we blink and our baby is already just weeks shy of a year old?! There’s no way that’s possible! The other day, I had to fight back the tears as I hauled off a…
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A basic, beginner’s step-by-step tutorial for making soy wax candles from repurposed secondhand candy dishes, tea cups, bowls, and jars. It was a balmy, crisp 94 degrees in the Charlotte area yesterday, so naturally, I’m over here making DIY candles in my cozy sweater, right? The life of a blogger is super weird, if you didn’t know that already. 😉…
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Our new favorite tile and flooring resource + 3 bathroom design plans for moody, beachy, and cottage styles. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Floor & Decor. All opinions are 100% mine. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Floor & Decor. All opinions are 100% mine. Robert and I went on…
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Meet the ever allusive piece of furniture in the guest bedroom makeover that kept me scouring thrift stores for weeks and scrolling for hours on all of my secondhand thrift shopping apps. I was determined, but this vintage cane headboard finally made its way to the Shaver abode last week after I found it on eBay! (BTW, here’s other budget-saving…
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“Be kind. Everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” I’ve debated for months to share this post. And, to be honest, after I write this down, it’ll be even tougher to hit the “publish” button. But I feel like I owe it to any other women out there who have gone through or are currently going through the same…
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Why ditching traditional fall colors is a better decorating decision to stretch your dollars + the best neutral fall greenery and decor on sale. This post is sponsored by Wayfair and Birch Lane. Fact: I don’t own a single piece of orange decor right now. Also fact: Even though fall is quickly approaching, I’m not mad about Fact #1. And…
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Happy Labor Day Weekend, friends! After a busy two weeks of our little crew being back in school, it’s so nice to have the long weekend to soak up some family time that we’ve missed now that summer is coming to a close. It’s bittersweet for sure BUT nothing some time grilling out around the pool and a smidge of…
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