DIY projects to nurture hearts and home
Our Christmas fireplace is my favorite spot to decorate for the holidays. The fireplace is the focal point of our main living space, and adding Christmas decorations to it was such a fun project. This is the first year we were able to decorate the fireplace for Christmas after installing a new fireplace mantle with built in cabinets. I’m so excited to share our Christmas
Calling all thrifty crafters! I have a fun no sew sweater Christmas tree project for you. It’s inexensive, quick and so stinkin cute, I don’t think you’ll be able to resist. I love an easy and fun Christmas decor project, but when it’s no sew AND upcycled, I could practically shout for joy. Or jump. I’m more of a gleeful shouter than a gleeful jumper.
Hand lettering is super popular right now, and it’s no wonder why. It is a fun, creative outlet that anyone can try! Learning how to hand letter is something you can learn with just a few simple tools. All you need is a pen, paper, and the desire to learn! Maybe you want to learn to hand letter OR maybe you are just curious about
The two things I love about the holiday season are a home filled with loved ones and a home filled with the cozy scents of the season. But I don’t always want to bake a pie from scratch to get that smell. And although I do love finding and burning the best cozy scented candles, there are MANY other ways to make your home smell
I love bringing the best scents of fall into my home with a fall simmer pot. Simmer pots add an instant cozy touch to your home, and you know I’m a fan of that cozy feeling. If you are not familiar with simmer pots, the idea is to put yummy ingredients into a pot of water, then let it simmer. Making a fall simmer pot
Have you ever walked into a home and felt that “ahhh” feeling? A feeling of instant belonging, like you were welcomed and at home in the space? What, in particular, gave you that feeling? The answer is: many things! Many little things can work together to create a cozy home AND it can be simple to achieve in any space. Follow these six tricks to
If there’s one thing about decorating that most homes have in common, it’s a bookshelf. I’m going out on a limb and saying most homes, let’s say 98% of homes, have a bookshelf or two somewhere. We just added a literal wall of bookshelves to our home (read about the build process here), and you know what part of the project took the longest? Yep,
I will be the first to admit: I could not have DREAMED of a pink themed room, let alone a girls room with pink paint on the walls. Never did I dream of a full-blown pinkilicious little girl’s room. But, when we moved to our current home, we needed to repaint the kid’s rooms. We decided to let her choose from four paint options. Do
When you are trying to sell a home, you are willing to go the distance to make it feel welcoming. When we needed to sell our previous home, we needed to find something welcoming to put in the large entry hall. We didn’t want to spend a ton of money on something that might not fit with our next home, so we needed a quick
We had an emergency situation in our house last week. Believe it or not, it started around bedtime one night. My three year old was the one that discovered it. Can you guess what it was? We had [gasp] a monster problem. There were monsters in her room and she could not go to sleep. If this happens at your house, don’t panic! We figured
Our Christmas fireplace is my favorite spot to decorate for the holidays. The fireplace is the focal point of our main living space, and adding Christmas decorations to it was such a fun project. This is the first year we were able to decorate the fireplace for Christmas after installing a new fireplace mantle with built in cabinets. I’m so excited to share our Christmas
We are SO excited to announce that baby #3 will be joining our family this fall! What is the gender and how has this pregnancy gone so far? Read on for more details. Will We Find Out the Gender? This is a resounding “YES!” We are planners by nature in this family. Finding out the gender is a fun little tease before we get to
