Save Money with a Thrifted Fall Table Setting
Have you been shocked by your grocery bill lately? I decided it was time to save money so I completely thrifted a Fall table setting. Thrifting and Fall don't seem to have much in common, except they do! Fall is a time to harvest and Thrift store are ripe for the...
How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2
Welcome to How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2. All the hard work of putting our above ground trampoline in the ground for a safer play space, was so, so worth it! Go here to read about how we did it in Part 1. How to DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 2 The...
How To DIY an Inground Trampoline Part 1
Hey DIY Friends, This is part 1 of How to DIY an Inground Trampoline. Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the results in part 2. Last Spring after a few weeks of quarantine our boys started to get restless. They spent a lot of time jumping on our two trampolines,...
Zero Dollar Family Room Refresh
Have you ever heard of a zero dollar family room refresh? No? Well, let me tell you a little story about big ideas. I'm passionate about our homes, not just mine, but yours as well. Having beautiful places where you can be your own interior designer and create space...
How to Successfully Repot a Ficus Tree
In this post I share with you how to successfully repot a ficus tree. It seems almost every time I complete a home or garden project I find myself thinking these words. Why did I wait so long?! In the case of my ficus tree I completed the repotting project just in...
Beautiful DIY Plywood Plank Flooring
In this post I'm sharing how we added beautiful DIY plywood plank flooring in our large music room for only a few hundred dollars. It's so interesting to me how renovating a home can lead to design decisions you thought you might never choose. That's what happened in...
Our Music Room Makeover with DIY Projects
Our music room makeover with DIY projects galore has been quite the experience. Even though it was an exercise in perseverance it was a blast! My favorite part is that the whole family made it happen over eight weeks of preparation into one room. Our Music Room...
Affordable DIY Botanical Wall Art
This was such a fun outing and we were able to create affordable DIY botanical wall art once we got home. Finding beautiful botanical art doesn't have to be expensive. In fact it can be an incredibly low budget, high end look for your home. As I was working on our...
DIY Glass Engraving as a Personalized Gift
You can easily make your gifts special with a DIY glass engraving as a personalized gift for Father's Day, Mother's Day or any occasion. For Father's Day this year our oldest came up with a great idea. She decided to surprise her Dad with an engraved wine glass. After...
A Room Makeover Starts to Come Together
Ya gotta love it when a room makeover starts to come together. This week our music room has come leaps and bounds. It's taken planning and patience, and it's so fun when the whole space starts to really take shape. Today was that day! A Room Makeover Starts to...
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Life As Art #28
Welcome to Life As Art #28! Peony Season And just like that the peonies have come and gone. The short season is such a lovely one and thankfully we can count on it happening every single year. Does life happen to you or do you happen to life? For me it's a little of...
Budget Friendly Ideas for Your Summer Front Porch
Get ready for the very best budget friendly ideas for your Summer front porch. I love making an area beautiful with affordable finds and today were doing that with our front porch. Summer is here and it's not too late to spruce up your front porch! with only a few key...
Saving and Upcycling a Small Shelf
It felt really good saving and upcycling a small shelf we've had for many years. It would have been easy to donate it to Goodwill or Salvation Army, but instead I spruced it up and gave it a new purpose. A little history. This piece of furniture was made for us many...
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