Nurturing hearts and home
We recently did a super quick DIY 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. We wanted our bookcases to flank a daybed in our playroom, but
I LOVE creating cool prints for kids that bring joy, inspiration and color to any space. The latest line from Sweet Lilac Prints is the Sprouts Collection: a line of cool kids prints that match a variety of styles and budgets. These prints are perfect for children’s bedrooms, nurseries and playrooms! Art Prints for The Coolest Kids The Sprouts Collection is a playful, Scandinavian style
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
Landscaping your yard can be a lot of work. Cutting grass, watering plants and weeding is time consuming and sweaty work. But there are smart tricks to creating a low maintenance landscaping design that leaves you more time to enjoy your yard, and less time slaving over it. I’m sharing the low maintenance landscaping design we chose after hours spent researching and talking to garden
A while back I posted about our small closet makeover into a mini office. After living with the space for a few months, we made three changes to add more function. Before talking about the changes, let’s quick recap. This closet is too small to hang coats. It became a dumping ground for random stuff and wasn’t functional at all. Here’s what it looked like
If there’s one thing I cannot resist, it’s a cute set of whimsical arrows. Put it on your wall, a necklace, blanket, garland…it doesn’t matter. Give me all the whimsical arrow art! When we updated our little girl’s room, we toned down her pink walls a bit with a big ol’ piece of whimsical arrow art on one wall, and her white dresser flanked with
OH say can you see…red white and blue decor? Give a salute to the grand ol’ flag with these patriotic decor finds featuring American colors, stars and stripes. The best part? Score them all for under $25. Give your space a star spangled bang with these fun Patriotic Paper decorations. Change out your throw pillows for less with these American flag pillow covers Dress up your table
When it comes to kids parties, I’m a huge fan of making our own favors. Not only is it fun to get crafty with the kids, but DIY-ing your own is a great way to teach your child the importance of gratitude. My daughter had a BIG idea for her DIY rainbow party favor, and I’m sharing the details below. BUT it doesn’t have to be
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,
Last time we talked about our fireplace, we wrapped up our DIY tile project and installed a floating mantle. Which means we are now onto the finale of our fireplace project: adding built ins around the fireplace! Hooray! Adding built ins around the fireplace was always the end goal of our living room project. Why? We needed storage!! Functional storage! To recap briefly, we had
When it comes to kids parties, I’m a huge fan of making our own favors. Not only is it fun to get crafty with the kids, but DIY-ing your own is a great way to teach your child the importance of gratitude. My daughter had a BIG idea for her DIY rainbow party favor, and I’m sharing the details below. BUT it doesn’t have to be
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