Decor & Organization
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Weekly Family Planner for the Command Center
I finally found the weekly family calendar that I have been looking for. I use one of the Mom’s calendars for planning further out, and I love it, but I need a larger and more prominent calendar to plan out our weeks. When I saw this at Hobby Lobby I knew it was the one. Even though I really like this one, it was missing a couple of things. First I sometimes need to keep track of papers which have to be returned to school on particular days or items that needs to be mailed on a specific date. To help with that, I attached Bulldog clips between each day.…
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My Trick for Perfect Placement on a Gallery Wall
I love gallery walls when everything is in its perfect place. I think I must be worse at deciding on the perfect place than most because I never get it right the first time. However, I have found something that works for me. At least, it works when the wall has to be painted anyway. If the wall needs to be painted a new color, and will require two coats of paint, I like to paint on one coat and then play around with the placement of my items making up the gallery wall. I have never had much luck with marking out the spaces on the wall with painters…
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Tiny Updates Major Impact
Sometimes while shopping for that perfect piece, you find exactly what you are looking for, well almost exactly. If it were just a little different it would be perfect. Sometimes you don’t have to live with almost perfect. Many times, simple changes can transition a piece from close enough to just what you were looking for. When I first saw this piece at Hobby Lobby, I loved it. The mix of letters, the rustic farmhouse look, the simplicity, the size. Everything was perfect. Well, everything except for the color of the N. I’m not a huge fan of pea soup green, but my problem wasn’t a particular dislike of the…
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Styled Bar Cart
I love this beautiful bar cart my parents gave me. It has top and bottom shelves, both of which are leather covered. It has a wine rack just below the top shelf. I really love it. But I’m not a big drinker, so going full bar-cart never seemed to be the right fit. Instead I have always styled the cart for the current season. After updating some dark colored candle sticks with white and gold gilding, I added a spring vase, and a piece of Mikasa stoneware. The wine rack stores a few bottles of wine, and the bottom shelf houses my Mikasa wineglasses. I love how these few updates…
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How to Apply Gold Leaf
Gold Leaf How To: Gold leafing, or gilding, can add an elegant look to many projects and it’s much easier to do than it seems. I want to walk you through the steps I used to add a gold leafing to these otherwise plain white candlesticks. When I first decided to update these candlesticks I thought I wanted to go with an all-white rustic look. However, when they were finished they reminded me more of something that belongs in Disney’s Haunted Mansion than something I would love to have displayed in my dining room. Don’t get me wrong, I do love Disney’s Haunted Mansion, I just don’t want my…
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Updating an Orange-y Oak to a modern whitewash
How to Transform Orange-y Oak to a Modern Whitewash I found this cute little sign that is perfect for my command center – above the weekly calendar. I love this piece, and it’s placement, because we should all try to remember to enjoy every moment of everyday – not just the big moments or the big days! What I didn’t love was the orange-y color of the piece. To fit with my other items in the command center, I wanted to get rid of the orange and end up with a more modern farmhouse look of aged gray. To achieve the look I wanted, I used a two-step process. First…
