ORC Spring ’22 Family Room & Office

ORC Spring ’22 Family Room & Office

It's time for the Spring One Room Challenge! We're tackling one of our most ignored and neglected spaces, our Basement Family Room and Office. Project deadlines are a double edged sword. They can increase my productivity, but they also freak me out a little bit as...

Elsa’s Little Girl Bedroom Makeover

Elsa’s Little Girl Bedroom Makeover

Designing my kids bedrooms with them makes me so happy. I love getting their opinions and hearing their thoughts about what they want their rooms to look like. It's important they each feel they have a special space of their own, and I want them to have a say in how...

6 Home Design Ideas for a Happier Home

6 Home Design Ideas for a Happier Home

As a home design and DIY blog it's easy to assume that everything is just how we want it at our house. Nothing could be further from the truth! There are so many things we would like to change, fix or upgrade in our home. It does bring happiness when we accomplish a...

A Few of My Favorite (Home) Things of 2021

A Few of My Favorite (Home) Things of 2021

The year 2021 has been filled with big projects for our family. We're so proud of these and how they positively impact our lives everyday. We've also finished several small projects and added small things to our home that make a difference and are enjoyed as well....

Mixing Moodboard Art for a New Look

Mixing Moodboard Art for a New Look

Hey friends! Let's have some fun with moodboards today! Creating a moodboard when designing a room can be a very eye opening experience. It always fascinates me how changing just one element of a space can effect the overall look and feel of the room. Today that...

4 Reasons to Decorate Your Home

4 Reasons to Decorate Your Home

I've been thinking about this bare wall in our family room. That special piece of art hasn't come along yet (thrift stores hurry up please) so I'd rather leave it blank than hang something that doesn't feel right. It got me thinking. Why do we decorate? I came up with...

Spring ORC Week 3 – Mood Board

Spring ORC Week 3 – Mood Board

One Room Challenge   Music Room Mood Board. Mood boards are not my thing. I say this because I've only ever made one before these and it didn't go so well. Having now made a few more and with Canva my little design happy heart is warming up to them. Be gentle people...

Spring One Room Challenge 2021

Spring One Room Challenge 2021

Nothing like waiting for the last minute to decide on something! After overthinking participating in the One Room Challenge this Spring, I decided I should just go for it. It's such a great way to get inspired about your home and encourage others to do the same....

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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

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...

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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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The year 2022 was my first year as a home blogger. We accomplished so many DIY home projects it blows my mind. This year Jeremy worked a demanding job and I simultaneously homeschooled an elementary student, middle schooler, and high schooler, We didn't always have a...

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Buy Used Furniture and Save Thousands

Buy Used Furniture and Save Thousands

It’s Week 7 of the One Room Challenge. Is this what it feels like to run a marathon and reach the last mile? I think we can make it! We had big furniture decisions to make and a small budget. This kind of budget is only doable if you’re ok with used, or what I like to...