A DIY tutorial about how to build a realistic looking oversized faux fireplace using a thrifted mantel. When we moved in to our builder-grade-basic cookie cutter house 7 months ago, we immediately started pining for a fireplace. (Considering we moved in a week before Christmas and didn’t have a mantel for our stockings, that might explain it.) The builder would…
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DIY Restoration Hardware Knock-Off Rope Chandelier
Hi lovely friends! Have you ever seen a designer piece and thought, “I can totally make that for a couple bucks”? I had one of those epiphany moments one day when gathering some dining room inspiration ideas, and I am so excited to share the results with y’all! I’m not going to lie, this was a bit of a tedious…
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Thrifted Puppet Theatre Facelift (Land of Nod Style)
Hi friends! I’m changing things up a bit today from my usual quest in home decor to show y’all a fun little thrift store find for my (nearly) 2 year-old. Yikes! If you’re looking for a great toy for your little one that they actually won’t get bored with and requires lots of imagination (and is cheap to make- yay!),…
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The Style Friendly Man Chair Compromise
Marriage is all about compromise…at least that’s what my parents tell me, and I guess since they’ve been married for 33 years, I should take their word for it. But when it comes to decor ideas in the house, Robert and I don’t always see eye to eye. For the most part, he goes along with my plans and actually…
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Too Many Projects, Not Enough Muscle
Okay y’all, I’m going to fess up to something. These are the Bless’er House confessions- no judgement here, right? So here it is. I have a tendency to take on projects too big for my novice DIY skills, and I let halfway finished items sit in my garage until I can work up the guts, or scrounge around the tools…
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Goodwill Find: Vintage Coca-Cola Crate Centerpiece
Any time I happen to be passing by my neighborhood Goodwill and I have the time in the day, I hear a little sing-songy voice in my head that says I bet they have some amazing stuff in there. And someone else is going to snatch it up if you don’t. Must. intercept. the pretties! (Insert Gollum voice.) If you’re new…
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Classic Southern Tomato Pie
A recipe for the best classic Southern tomato pie perfect for summer. There is a handful of things that reminds me specifically of summer- fresh cut grass, the smell of the beach, and big ol’ juicy tomatoes. For as long as I can remember, my dad has grown a vegetable garden every summer, and it has always produced way more…
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The Most Efficient Way to Create a Gallery Wall
A few simple tricks for creating a perfect gallery wall. I’m a tease. There, I admit it. I told y’all I was ready to share our gallery wall at the beginning of last week when my photos from Shutterfly arrived, and then typical perfectionist me decided to spend days picking and tweaking and analyzing. But hark! It is done! I’m…
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Red, White, and Blue Sangria
Happy July 4th, y’all! Okay, I’m 2 days early, but you guys are going to thank me for being an early bird on this one. I do not drink alcohol very often, and when I do it’s usually only one and on a special occassion, so that drink better be darn good when I get one! And, for me, sangria…
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Thrifted Bread Box / Recipe Box Makeover
Who has two thumbs and is addicted to chalk paint and Goodwill? THIS girl! (Okay, I was going to post a really goofy photo of me doing some weird pose in response to that line, but I’ll spare you guys…and myself the embarrassment.) When those two things collide, here is what happens: When I was in Goodwill last week, I…
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Give Me a Sign- The Big Yellow House
What a fun and beautiful weekend we’ve had! I hope y’all had a lovely one too. I’ve mentioned before way back in the day…something like 3 months ago…that my husband grew up in a house built in 1904 that my in-laws, Barb and Ernie, restored over the years. It truly is a hidden gem in the foothills of South Carolina,…
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DIY Chalk Painted Mason Jar Dispenser
Hey friends! Have you ever heard the saying bad things come in threes? As fate would have it, we exceeded that amount in bad luck this week. After getting a flat tire, finding myself locked out of the house, doctoring a toddler who has struggled with a fever since Wednesday, and our dog Lola injuring her leg, I’m hoping we…
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4 Thrifted Frames, 1 Easy Distress Technique
How to easily distress anything – plastic, wood, glass, resin – for an authentic looking antique finish using just paint and Vaseline. Hey y’all! I think I’m finally getting back into my groove after last week’s Myrtle Beach trip. This project I’m sharing with you guys today is really a little teaser for what’s to come. Remember my mash up…
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Toes in the Water, Toes in the Sand
I know Zac Brown Band uses another word for that second “toes” but I’ll keep it family friendly here. 😉 We made it home last night after a beautiful week in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for our annual beach trip. My grandparents took my brother and I to the beach along with my parents from the time I was 6…
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Toddler Photography Made Easy SmartPhone Trick
Greetings from Myrtle Beach! (If you’re sitting at your desk at work savoring a cup of coffee in order to put off a report, I sincerely apologize for rubbing in our whereabouts and you can live vicariously through us, deal?) My parents, my grandmother, Olivia, and I have been spending the past three days covered in sand and taking…
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Giveaway: 10K Pageview Celebration!
I warned you guys Friday that I had a little surprise cooking up for y’all this week to celebrate reaching 10,000 pageviews! That just boggles my mind. For a lot of bloggers out there, that’s chump change, but for little me who just started getting into this blogging thing only 4 months ago, that’s HUGE! So thank you thank you…
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DIY Mason Jar Vanity Light
How to inexpensively transform a basic vanity bathroom light into a farmhouse style vanity light using mason jars and spray paint. Hi y’all! Despite having some technical difficulties this week (sometimes computers get saucy and put up a fight), I’m so excited to be sharing this project with you. If you’re not a Pin-a-holic, you may not know this, but…
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An Office and a Gentleman
Hey friends! I thought this update would not be coming until much later in the summer considering our lack of progress on the “office” so far since we moved in nearly 6 months ago. And I say “office” with those little quotation marks because our little room upstairs has been moreso a giant drop zone / storage room / junk…
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Inspiration Mash Up: 10 Vintage Inspired Gallery Walls
Hey guys! I hope everyone is having a lovely Monday morning (or at least one with lots of good coffee). Now that school is out for the summer and I no longer have a ginormous stack of grades to do (hallelujah!), I have been diving head-first into a bunch of ideas for the multitude of bare walls around our…
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The End of a (Very Short) Era
Today has been an emotional day. I’m currently sitting in my nearly empty classroom, save for the bulletin boards and framed posters I have left on the walls for the next lucky teacher to inhabit room B215. If these walls could talk, they could tell you more stories than I could imagine in the 40+ years since they’ve been built….
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