While perusing outdoor furniture, I stumbled upon a fancy rattan chair. The Boy had just okayed purchasing patio furniture, so the search was on. I made an offer to the seller that was soon accepted, and I made an appointment to pick it up. I drove an hour and walked inside his home. My heart skipped a beat, and then I quickly sank. Here[...]
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With both bedroom makeovers wrapping up, I have decided to keep being crazy with the old ball rolling on the home makeovers. This time I'm looking at you my home office. It's a hot mess of books, papers, magazines, vintage treasures, vases, lamps, random pretties I like to Instagram and then forget to put away, and possibl[...]
If you forgot to purchase gift tags for your holiday gifts, do not fret! Here is a free printable for DIY holiday gift tags. Simply download and print! I had started designing these a while back but became too busy to finish, but still itching to complete. The nudge towards December was just the shove I needed to put on the final touches[...]
I think I need to start off here with yes, these are just awful photos, but bear with me here. It gets much prettier to look at =) Instagram has been on my mind as of late. I joined WAAAAAY back in March 2011 and had a shtick. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of my feed, you can see it for yourself. Quiet embarra[...]
I have to admit, 100% of the time, if you were to place two identical items in front of me, one having spectacular packaging and the other with horrible type and all the crazy colors of a fruit bowl, I'd pick the pretty packaging hands down. Even if it cost more money, I'd buy the pretty packaging. Materialistic, maybe? Vain, maybe?[...]
OMG! OMG! OMG! I’m totally geeking out! In fact, you could say I’m a giddy little school girl jumping up and down with glee. My pipe shelf photo was one of the 14 chosen in the #MYDOMAINE Instagram Challenge! All participants were asked to show off their proudest organization moment. To be included[...]
So today, I have been sitting here staring at a blank screen, wondering what in the heck I'm going to write about. I had absolutely no clue until I started to weed my way through all the bucket challenges and first day of school pictures on Facebook—procrastination at its best. Ya, no, you will not see me dumping ice-cold water on my h[...]
So, I've decided to start a series called, "How I Make Emily Henderson Cry". If that name is completely irrelevant to you, just know she is my girl crush an HGTV star who I idolize. If you read my to-do list, you know that there are many areas in my home that aren't perfect. Yes, there are nooks of perfection, but there are also&nbs[...]
The present state of the mantel styling makes Emily Henderson cry...seriously, it does. It needed a makeover...badly. One of the best features in a home might just be the fireplace, and mine was embarrassing. To say the least, it was not the fireplace of my dreams. In fact, a large part of me wanted to take a sledgehammer to it. But rath[...]