It’s here!!! My favorite post of the year!!! And you wanna know why? Because it is the fastest makeover on the planet. Yeah, a makeover. I said it. You’re probably sitting there like, “Well, it finally happened. All of that inhaling sawdust and furniture paint has finally done it. Lauren has lost her mind.” But let me tell you something……
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17 luxurious master bedroom designs to inspire ideas for your own bedroom retreat at home. Master bedroom refresh plans are HAPPENING!!! As usual, this one was totally not even on our radar a couple of weeks ago, but the more I looked around our semi lackluster bedroom from the baby fog co-sleeping days aftermath, the more I realized it really…
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How we hung our stairway gallery wall quickly and easily without any accidental nail holes + inspiration for other gallery walls in the house. Well, lookie there! It only took a YEAR… but we finally have photos of our second-born framed on the wall in our house. I mean, I think I deserve a Mother of the Year Award or…
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Answering all of the questions nobody talks about for how to turn your blog into an actual full-time business to support your family. Buckle up, y’all. This is a BIG one. If you’re here for the DIY and decorating, skip on by me today because I’m pouring out ALLLLLLL of the answers to the bajillions of blogging questions out there….
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A round-up of the best kid-friendly coffee tables with rounded corners, non-breakable materials, easy clean-up from spills, and no tipping. Look out, world! We have a toddler on the move and she’s practically a walking bumper car 24/7. I could have taken a picture of her for proof, but the girl doesn’t stand still for longer than a nano-second, so…
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A master list of all of the best amenities and essentials to set up your guest bedroom like a hotel suite to help guests feel pampered and relaxed. “Come and knock on our dooooooooor. We’ll be waiting for youuuuuuuu.” Sorry this post just made me burst out in song a little bit. Because ever since we finished our modern vintage…
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Tips for incorporating classic pieces on a Thanksgiving table that save storage space, time, money, and create versatility for every season of decorating. This post is sponsored by Walmart. 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…
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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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