Wow oh wow — am I the only one in disbelief that 2013 is coming to a close? In the spirit of New Year’s resolutions, I always think it’s fun to look back at what we HAVE done this year (instead of just what we intended to do… but didn’t). So, here’s a collection of […]
Get This Look: Park House with Oak Kitchen Cabinets
The kitchen in our last house was a room that took some time (and happy accidents!) to come together, but by the time we moved, it looked GREAT! I was so sad to leave it behind. Since we were renting the house, we were advised not to paint the oak kitchen cabinets, but we managed […]
Interior Column Plans
Hear ye, hear ye, we FINALLY have the column plans done! WAHOO! The final interior column plans that we designed for our living room, only ya know three 3 years ago are finally here. Ever since we have been showing you the wrap up of the living room, and the built in’s plans part one […]
Living Room Reveal (Finally!)
I have been meaning to show you the living room from Texas for ages, um a year to be almost exact. I know, and I call myself a blogger? Bad Blogger! Post contains affiliate links. The truth is I just haven’t had the time to sit down and go through it all, and I […]
Get This Look…
Today, I am SO excited to be curating a sale over at Daily Deals on Wayfair!!! I am begging you to go check it out, there should be some really affordable great deals there! We decided to base the sale off of my dining room in Texas! But of course a lot of the […]
Easy DIY Bedroom Art Tutorial
Okay, so I made this DIY headboard about 3 years ago, but about every week, even now, I get asked where I found the art above the headboard. So, I have decided to give you a really quick easy tutorial to follow to make this bedroom art, since it is DIY and super easy to […]
Built-in Corner Bookshelves
Use this detailed tutorial to make a built-in corner bookshelf for your home. And don’t miss the built-in bookshelves around our window and the rest of the living room, including how to build beautiful interior columns. Come see how to build built-in corner bookshelves. Use our building plans to make your own! Here is a sketch […]
Hair Bow Storage Tutorial
Since I am the mom of two lovely girls that have had lots of hair since birth, it seems that hair bows are everywhere. They reproduce like bunny rabbits! So, I wanted needed to come up with my own way to store these bows… or bow-bows as Lydia likes to call them. I made this, […]
Etta’s Bedroom Reveal
Over the last few years I’ve shown you little bits of what I wanted to do for Etta’s room, and a few of the things I was able to get done. Certain things I wasn’t able to finish when I got pregnant again. Believe me when I say that lots of projects were put aside so that I […]
Simple Bed Crown Cornice Tutorial
Okay yesterday I showed you how we stenciled that back of the wall for my daughter’s canopy bed and today I wanted to show you how we built the crown cornice. This was a really quick project that was not made in the most precise of way so take this a a guideline or just […]
Simple Stencil Tutorial; 1 hour and done!
Okay, so technically this is still from our last house. I just have a lot to wrap up, so bear with me, I do have some projects from my current house coming up in a week or so. Anyway, once upon a time, I started my daughter’s nursery… and I never really finished it. The […]
Entry and Staircase Makeover Reveal
Yesterday I showed you the entry and stair project review. And you can check out all the individual stair posts under my stair tag. Beautiful Staircase Makeover! Just a reminder of the before: So let’s just let the pictures tell the story. Hope you enjoy! The view from above: Some of the architectural and decorating […]
Entry and Stair Review
Okay so this budget stair remodel is seemingly the project that never ended… It was one of the first things we demo-ed and one of the last things we wrapped up. The ultimate stair makeover! You can see how it all went down at that link. I do however want to review it a bit […]
Small Entry Updates
Many of you guys have seen a lot of the changes we made in the entry of our Texas house, but I am finally getting around to posting about it. Small Entry Updates! Let’s review what it looked like when we bought it, shall we? (below) Obviously a big change that we made in […]
Dining Room Review and Reveal
Well after installing the bamboo shades, there were just a few loose ends to wrap up! I want to show you a quick review of our dining room updates we’ve done so far. Before (from the walk through while buying the house) New Lighting and Hanging Drapes: Installing columns in the living room! That effects […]
