Decor & Organization
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Christmas Ornament Basket DIY using Plant Stand
Hi again. It’s so good to have you back. Today I want to show you how I used the leftover branches from the bottom of our Christmas tree to make this beautiful decorative basket for our front porch. Begin with any shape outdoor planter or plant stand and the leftover branches from your live Christmas tree. I have had my plant stand for years, and can’t find one exactly like it to link, but I linked a couple of hanging baskets and a plant stand. I think either of those would look amazing, but how cute would this decoration look in this replica bicycle! First, you will want to…
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Rustic Wall Decor with Farmhouse Beads
Hi everyone and welcome back. As promised, today we are going to make a rustic wall hanging using farmhouse beads. For a complete farmhouse bead tutorial, click here. Supplies To make your own rustic wall decor, you will need a wooden word, I chose “Blessed”. You will also need a bead strand and a pompon garland. I found this garland at Michaels. You will also need a rustic window frame like this one: I used a window frame that I bought a few years ago and had been using as decor on our back porch, but I found some similar ones here and here. Preparation You…
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Modern Rustic Dining Room Accessories – ORC – Week 4
We are in the home stretch of our modern rusting dining room update. The painting is finished! The furniture is in! The light has been hung! Now it’s time for the easy stuff. The accessories! If you have been following along, welcome back! If this is your first time visiting we are so glad you are here. If you would like to catch up, you can find my previous weeks updates on the One Room Challenge® by following these links. Week 1, Week 2, Week 3. I can’t believe we are in week 4 already! I started this week by adding accessories to my bar cart, the one piece…
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Simple and Inexpensive DIY Farmhouse Bead Strands
Farmhouse Beads Are Everywhere! They are definitely the home decor item of the moment. There are plenty of places to purchase them, but I want to show you how simple it is to make them for yourself. Supplies You only need 3 items, and 15 or 20 minutes to make a basic strand of farmhouse beads. You will need wooden beads, tassels, and some type of cording. I use leather cording or multiple layers of jute cording to make sure they are durable. If you want to spice things up, especially seasonally, you can add some glass beads, or multi-color wood beads. For example, you can do red…
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Farmhouse Dining Furniture and Rustic Light Fixture – ORC Week 3
Welcome back! This has been an exciting week for us with the delivery of both our new farmhouse dining furniture and rustic lighting fixture! I can’t wait for you to see the progress, but first a reminder of where we started on our One Room challenge™ journey. You can check out my week 1 post and see my plans for this room here, and my week 2 post where we painted, and painted, and then repainted here. Before I jump right in with this week’s update, I want to take a moment to say what an exciting experience this has been. I want to thank Linda and…
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Dining Room Renovation – Painting – Week 2 – ORC
Welcome back! If you are just joining us for the One Room Challenge, you can check out our plans here. This week was painting week for us and the paint colors didn’t exactly go as planned, but in home renovation isn’t that usually the case! If you remember, the Chinese Porcelain color from PPG Paints is my inspiration for our room. So with such a rich wall color, I wanted a neutral for the ceiling. I chose Alpaca. It’s a beautiful warm grey from Sherwin Williams and I have used it in other rooms in our home. I thought it would be the perfect paint color for the dining…
