A free Christmas printable art set of 6 featuring vintage Christmas trees that work in all types of decorating styles. It’s that time of year, y’all! Free Christmas printable time! (Even though I know, technically, Thanksgiving is later this week.) I love whipping up free printables for y’all because it’s my way of saying “thank…
50 of the best gifts for her for 2019 with researched top-rated favorites in beauty, fashion, tech, self-care, lifestyle, and personalized sentimental gifts. Happy Monday, y’all! I’m so sorry for the radio silence here on the blog and on Facebook/Instagram this past week. Sick kiddos + Christmas decorating + master bedroom makeover projects have definitely…
The ultimate 75 page printable holiday planner to help you take the stress out of preparing for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s with checklists, calendars, templates, and more. Y’all!!! My Type A little list-maker self is doing CARTWHEELS today! I’ve sort of hinted here and there before that I was working on something huge behind…
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…
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…
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…
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 weeks…
A bright and colorful playroom decorated for Christmas along with 11 more kids’ spaces lit up for the holidays. I remember clear as day one of my absolute FAVORITE things to do the day after Thanksgiving growing up was getting to decorate my very own personal Christmas tree in my bedroom every year. It was…
A free printable to make any votive holder an easy Advent calendar candle and count down the days until Christmas. We’re officially taking the plunge and untangling the twinkle lights around here… Christmas is 6 weeks away, y’all!!! Robert and I spent all weekend spiffing up the house, and I can’t wait to share it!…
A quick and easy tip for preserving ink on handwritten recipes and frame letters as sentimental art in your home. It’s not every day that you can frame letters and decorate with something that turns you into a blubbering sob fest. I mean I’m certainly one to boohoo over those P&G Olympic mom commercials or…
How to repurpose an old coffee table into a designer-inspired ottoman bench with tips for getting a faux weathered wood look and how to tuft upholstery. This is one of those projects that has been sitting in our garage for oh… an eternity and a half. Do you ever take a stroll through the thrift…
Every year, it happens. I turn into a Dickens-reciting, carol-singing, cookie-baking, tree-sniffing, cocoa-chugging lunatic, and if any of that is wrong, I don’t wanna be right. And now with this cheerful addition in our dining room, I’ve got it baaaaad, y’all. If it were up to Robert, we’d have a real Christmas tree in every…
A big thanks to the Christmas Tree Promotion Board for sponsoring this post. As always, all opinions are 100% my own. Now that Thanksgiving is over, we are sticking fir branches and cedar wreaths in every nook and cranny in this joint. Twinkle light all the things! Back in September, Robert, Olivia, and I trekked…
A Christmas entryway bench and a free downloadable set of winter evergreen botanical prints for a printable gallery wall. I’m either going to get Buddy the Elf-level enthusiasm or bah humbugs in response to today’s post. Because we can officially start talking about Christmas, right? Right?! I really love fall, and part of me is…
This house could beat up our last house with its hands tied behind its back and one eye closed. It has crown molding in every room, hardwood floors all over, French doors for days, and all the nooks and crannies my old home lovin’ heart could ever want. But the storage space. Ohhhh the storage space….
The other day, my sister-in-law and I went on a mommy date to Target and turned our shopping list of 5 items into 46 and chatted for 2 hours straight while we oohed and ahhed over every single department in the place. It was glorious and exactly what I needed after a long, exhausting week….
A big thanks to Arhaus for sponsoring this post. All opinions are 100% my own. In all honesty, the word “luxury” is not tossed around all that often at our house (okay, never actually). Because most of the time, when I’m vacuuming up crushed Goldfish left from Olivia on the living room rug on a daily basis and hunting through local thrift…
Decorating tips for autumn for a tight budget with ways to shop smart in clearance aisles and thrift stores + a full autumn home tour. Happy Fall, y’all! It’s hard to believe I’m really saying that when it’s 80+ degrees outside. If you’ve never visited my little corner of blogland before, you should know, I have…
I remember distinctly the moment I discovered Pinterest. I was sitting with my laptop cross-legged beside Robert on our brown microfiber sofa in our 600 square foot apartment. We’d been married for all of 2 weeks, and we had more wedding registry kitchenware spilling out of half unpacked boxes than we had actual cabinet space….
No house is complete without an American flag. That’s what Robert always says. I love the ol’ red, white, and blue, but my husband… he takes it to a whole new level. When we’re trucking along on the interstate, he’ll “ooh” and “ahh” over those giant car dealership American flags billowing in the wind. If a…
