Hi friends! While I don’t have a brand new upcycle or DIY to share today, I just wanted to take a moment to wish you a Happy New Year. I started this blog 6 years ago, and had absolutely no idea what direction it might go or where I would be years later. Having this…
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Our Christmas home + what I learned about Christmas ornaments
Most years I find myself digging thru each and every box and bin for every last ornament and all the Christmas decor the house can hold. You know you have more than enough ornaments when you can no longer see the tree. This year seems to be different. I finished the home office, and brought…
Easy white Christmas wreath + burning the banana bread
Do you ever feel like you don’t accomplish enough? Like simplicity or relaxing and letting some stuff just go is something you’re just not good at? I have not a confession or a secret to tell you, but a statement. It’s a statement because anyone who knows me knows I forget things sometimes. Or I…
Cozy spots for Christmas: Merry + bright Christmas home office
Well before Thanksgiving I had visions of creating a spot in our home to read, relax, and enjoy the season away from it all. Enter my home office which is STILL going thru what seems to be a three year makeover, but we put that on hold to enjoy the most wonderful time of…
DIY Galvanized Plate Chargers
I have always wanted a set of beautiful plate chargers, especially for the holidays. And, being a thrifty mama I have had a really hard time justifying the price tag to amass enough of these to create a full place setting around our farmhouse table. I have thought of picking them up at Dollar…
How to make a wooden wall sconce-fixer upper style
Remember the left over pre-fab white bead board from the back of the farmhouse church pew? Yep, we found a way to use the last of it. I have wanted to make something I can hang these Mason jar holders on for quite a while, but to date have just incorporated them on…
Farmhouse style church pew before + after
We all seem have that thing (or twenty things) that we are looking for. It might be the perfect long dresser to turn into a buffet. The missing piece of china to complete the set we have worked on collecting for years. Or, in this case the church pew. The pew that eluded me,…
5 things to make and bake right now for fall
I have a whole lot of fall goodness in the works right now. We had a 100 degree day this week, needless to say it almost took away my Fall Mojo. But cooler days have returned and so has the itch to cozy up the house and make some Fall stuff. But before I get…
How to dry hydrangeas + slowing your roll
The North side of our house has four gargantuan (that’s a real word right?) hydrangea plants. These things are huge, gorgeous and they have intimidated me for 8.5 years. This was the year I was going to win at hydrangea-ing. For real.
How to make a God’s Eye wall hanging
First off I must say that I do not crochet or knit. My daughter does and she is amazing. The skill is not in my wheelhouse, but I sure do like to buy yarn. Aisle after aisle of different textures and every color you could dream of. I have the hardest time with yarn, it’s…