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When you live in a smaller home, one of the biggest challenges is finding practical storage solutions. Living room storage can be especially tricky, and even moreso with small kiddos. Kiddo things can take over living room storage in a hurry! We love our home to feel cozy and inviting, and that means that our decorating style doesn’t try to hide the fact that we
By now, I’m sure you know my feelings towards Target are this: can’t stop, won’t stop! But when it comes to home decor finds, I think you will agree with me. Target is seriously stepping up their home decor lines, and I want it all. There are so many wonderful decor finds from Target, and they keep coming out with more. Your guests will never
Spring is right around the corner, which means the season for festive spring brunches is upon us. My family loves any excuse to brunch. But the prime holidays for our family to host a festive spring brunch are Easter and Mother’s Day. Do you have a brunch to host? Then check out the six festive spring brunch tablescapes below. They are sure to get your
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
Do you have a closet in your home that needs a makeover? Maybe it’s a closet that is just a dumping spot for all your miscellaneous stuff? We did a small closet makeover recently on one of our front entry closets. We have two small front closets that have functioned as shove-it-and-forget spots for the past year. The problem with these closets is that they
I’ve been gushing over writing this post for a while now. I’m a total accounting nerd at heart, and since I’m married to a CPA, you can imagine what our dinnertime convos look like. Sharing excel hacks. Discussing depreciation and breakeven points on our appliances, furniture, and latest home projects. Speculating about which stocks will perform well and why. Needless to say, I’m exxcited to
One of the best parts of starting a new year is seeing everyone’s new years resolutions. After the holidays, I usually have an itch to get our house organized and back on a normal routine. Our small house is lacking dedicated storage and organization spaces in general, but one area that was particularly a mess was our front closet organization. We have two front closets
We recently did a super quick bookcase upgrade to our playroom bookcases. We inherited a pair of bookcases with our house, but we’ve struggled with where to put them. We are always in need of more storage space in our small house, and these bookcases were very underutilized in their previous spot. Ideally, they would flank a daybed in our playroom, but the wall wasn’t
We recently slashed our cable bill by over $500 annually (after figuring in our up-front investments to switch our plan). I’m still shocked at how much we saved, and even more shocked by how little we miss our old cable TV plan (read the full details here). Part of the plan involved mounting a TV antenna to maximize reception. You see, one non-negotiable part of this
I am technically a grown up, but there are times when I still feel like a thirteen year old on the inside. One of those times is, hands down, whenever my husband travels for work. Is it just me? I have a college degree. I’m married. I own a home. I have a cat that I keep alive. I have children that I keep alive. Heck,
Happy Easter! We had a wonderful weekend celebrating with family and friends, and I’m excited to share. Easter weekend came early this year, and though the weather wasn’t very welcoming (it was in the mid twenties all weekend), we still had a fabulous time. Below I’m recapping the highlights of our weekend including our simple Easter egg wreath, Easter egg decorating, the egg hunt and
Mother’s Day is one of those holidays that gives you an excuse to love on the mamas in your life. Below I’m rounding up thoughtful gifts for mom under $25. Whether you’re shopping for yourself, your own mom, the new mom, seasoned mom, fashionista mom, down-to-earth mom and any mom in between, this list will steer you in the right direction. AND even better still