Life As Art
The birds are quite excited. At 7:00 am they're already busy singing, and loudly. When it's quite and I'm sitting inside the sound of their lyrical songs set the tone for the day. Be joyful! But we're not birds, we're humans and not just any humans, we're the ones...
Decluttering and Styling Our Large Bookshelves
The music room bookshelf was getting very cluttered. Here's my process of decluttering and styling our large bookshelves. Spring is in the air, it really is! Today I went for a walk and saw the first robin of the year. As a kid growing up in Michigan, it was always a...
Unfinished Wood Hack Furniture Flip
Watch how I easily transformed a dated-looking 80's coffee table by using this unfinished wood furniture hack without sanding. Sometimes happy DIY fails happen! I just had one and I'm so relieved it actually turned out to be a good thing. No, a great thing because I...
Life As Art
March is here! I was talking to some Instagram friends who live in northern climates and we agreed it can be a challenging month for us. So many people in warmer states are experiencing sunshine and the greening of their landscapes, but not us. Here in Michigan and in...
How to Affordably Add Character to a Builder Grade Home
When we started house shopping several years ago, we soon realized we had to figure out how to affordably add character to a builder-grade home. The homes in our price range and desired location just didn't have much, if any, architectural beauty in them. Here are...
The Easiest DIY Lazy Susan
So excited to share a super simple project I dreamed up. Let me show you how to make the easiest DIY Lazy Susan ever! A few weeks ago I was on Amazon looking for wooden lazy Susans. Nothing I was seeing really interested me or it was way more than I wanted to pay, so...
Life As Art
Can you believe it's already the last Saturday of February?! Here in Michigan we'll have another couple of weeks of snow and need to be intentional about enjoying it. The kids have been outside sledding on the hill by the side of our house a lot this past week. It's a...
How to Paint a Tile Floor to Mimic Stone
Want to give your bathroom floor a refresh with a quick fix? Let me show you how to paint a tile floor to mimic stone. Inspiration for Painting a Tile Floor It's hard to see the before of the kid's bathroom as the inspiration for painting a tile floor to mimic stone....
Create a Wood Slice Wall Bud Vase
My mom and my oldest daughter both have such creative spirits. They put together this wood slice wall bud vase, and it's been a conversation piece ever since. Mary, my daughter, wanted to devote a place in her apartment where she could start plants from clippings....
Make a Small Bedroom Look Larger – 5 Tips
Most bedrooms are smaller in size. Easily learn how to make a small bedroom look larger-5 tips show you how. Bedrooms are typically not the largest rooms in the home, and sometimes they're quite small. In today's high-priced real estate market every square inch...
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Adding Thrift Store Finds to a Classic Modern Home
If you want to bring a warm and rustic feel to a space, adding thrift store finds to a classic modern home is one of your first steps. Today I'm so excited to take part in a blog series called Thrifted Goodies. My blogging friends Rachel from The Antiqued Journey and...
Pottery Barn Arched Mirror Hack
So excited to show you this Pottery Barn arched mirror hack. Almost a year ago while strolling through a thrift store I scored this huge mirror. Here's what I did to transform it. Pottery Barn Dream Mirror This Pottery Barn mirror is one of my dream mirrors. The...
Life As Art
I'm sitting here looking out my bedroom window at the woods in back of our house. I see the encouraging fresh green that Spring brings beginning to spread across the foot of the woods. Thank God Spring is here! It wasn't a harsh Winter but it was a cold one and I'm...
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