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A Very Merry Christmas Advent Calendar DIY
My mom and my aunt like to kick off the Christmas season with a girls’ trip – I affectionately refer to them as The Road Tripping Grannies. At Thanksgiving I like to drop of advent calendars for each of them to begin opening on their trip, but at this point I have done all of the typical ones – the socks were their absolute favorite so far! This year I decided to do something different. This year I decided to make my own! I just love how these turned out and I hope they, and all of you, do too! Steps to Make Your Own Advent Vase Decor Choose Your…
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Ultimate Way to Spend a Quiet Night at Home
Partnered Post These days, many of us are spending more time alone. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Solitude is something that humans have sought out for thousands of years. But it does beg the question: how exactly should you spend your time? In this post, we take a look at some of the things that you can do when spending a quiet night in (which, let’s face it, is most nights nowadays). Get To Know Yourself Great Greek philosophers, such as Socrates, understood the value of “knowing thyself.” What they meant by that was having an understanding of what makes you tick – the…
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One Room Challenge – Warm, Cozy Dining Room Reveal
This week we finished the One Room Challenge® for our warm and cozy dining room. Who is ready for the reveal and some before and after photos? I can’t believe we have already arrived at the end of this season’s One Room Challenge®. I had such a fabulous time that I am already planning which room I will renovate for the spring event. I also learned so much from the other designers and I really enjoyed following along with their renovations. If you have followed along with me for the last 6 weeks, thank you so much! If you are a new visitor, welcome and feel free to check out…
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Ornament Tree DIY
Welcome back. Today I want to show you how to make this adorable little ornament tree. I have seen these selling in stores for between $60 and $90 and I thought it didn’t look that difficult to make, so I figured why not give it a try. You can see my inspiration here. It only takes a few supplies to get started. I used a medium sized floral cone because of the size where I planned to display the completed tree, but you can use any size you like. Here’s one similar to what I used. If going smaller, I would recommend getting thinner garland and smaller ornaments.…
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Window Treatments and Wall Decor – Week 5 – ORC
Hi everyone, this week we finally made it to the window treatments and wall decor for our dining room makeover. If you are following along on our One Room Challenge adventure, welcome back. If this is your first time visiting we are so happy you are here and if you would like to catch up you can find everything from our plans of Week 1 to our accessories of Week 4 at the following links. Week 1. Week 2. Week 3. Week 4. Let’s jump right in and get started with the window treatments. I knew I wanted sheers for this room to add some light texture 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…
