Welcome, friends! Grab a pumpkin spice latte and join me for a 2024 Halloween Home Tour... or dare I say a HAUNTED Halloween Home Tour! 👻 I'm kidding! I don't think this house is actually haunted...but I'm pretty sure the home we lived in when we first got married actually was haunted. 👻 I'd be home alone and hear weird sounds and sometimes items had been moved around. Other times I'd feel a chill in the air and feel like someone or something was watching me. Then of course my cat, Louella … [Read more...]
DIY Pumpkin Candles + I Launched a YouTube Channel!
Let's make these cute little DIY Pumpkin Candles together - it's the perfect way to welcome in the cozy Fall season! Hello, Friends! Welcome back to the Sweet Southern Oaks Blog! It's been awhile, huh? 🤷♀️We've hung out together on social media decorating and crafting together and we've shared in holiday fun over there. But this little corner of the internet... well, she's been a little dead over here. Life, ya know? And I'm like, do I even remember how to blog anymore?! 🤣 But let's … [Read more...]
Boho Inspired Home Office Makeover
It is time... Time for the long awaited HOME OFFICE REVEAL!! This Mid-Century Boho Mod Office is exactly what dreams are made of. Sometimes, things are worth the wait and the hard work....and this Boho office makeover proves it! This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase something from one of these links in gold, I may make a small commission. Thank you so much for supporting Sweet Southern Oaks! I really wanted this office space to feel completely different than the rest of … [Read more...]
Simple Winter Mantel
This simple winter mantel only took a few minutes to put together and it brightened the living room right up for the season! The house has had all the festive decorations up through the holiday season, and then when you take down all the Christmas decor the house feels bare! But in the winter months, a little simplicity is perfect! When taking down all the Christmas decor, you can keep out a few things. Cozy blankets, winter greenery and warm whites make the perfect winter decor. I … [Read more...]
2021 Christmas Home Tour
The Christmas season sure did fly by. With my hysteroscopy surgery and recovery, I ended up being behind on all the things leading up to Christmas! I already had written this post, photographed and edited the photos of our house at Christmas - but I had so much to do getting ready for the big day I forgot to post this blog! 🤦♀️ So in the spirit of wishing it was still Christmas, I'm sharing this after Christmas home tour to enjoy before it all comes down. Grab a cup of hot chocolate and … [Read more...]
Pink Butterfly Spring Mantel
This Spring, I'm really loving the sweet pops of pink. To decorate the mantel for Spring, a special heirloom is the focal point. Let's put together a special butterfly Spring mantel with sweet pops of pink. When I decided to decorate for Spring, I didn't really have a plan. I knew I wanted to add touches of pink into the decor and that was it. So I went into my Monica Closet and pulled out all the pink flowers and decor that I could find. Then I remembered something special I recently … [Read more...]
Favorite Blog Posts of 2020 – The Best of the Year!
2020. The one were they were quarantined. The one year they'll always remember. 2020 was a year like no other and we are living through a time in history that future generations will study about in school. One day I'll tell my grandchildren what life was like in 2020 during a worldwide pandemic. Perhaps this little corner of the internet will still be around, and I can even share with them my favorite blog posts of 2020 that I created in quarantine! Quarantine. Social distancing. The … [Read more...]
Grandma’s Copycat Biscuits
I'm still working on finding *THE* biscuit recipe that I remember my grandmother making as a kid. Next up, is a fast food copycat biscuit recipe my grandmother had in her recipe stash. You know the one I'm talking about - the fast food chain that has burgers and chicken on their menu - and a star on their logo. Yep. That's the copycat recipe I'm talking about. Today let's make Grandma's Copycat Biscuits with a hack on making your own buttermilk! To be quite honest with y'all, I feel … [Read more...]
Grandma’s Southern Honeydew Biscuits
I'm still baking through my grandmother's recipes on a journey to find *the* biscuit recipe. It's been so long since I had those biscuits, but they sure were delicious. I always ate more than my share of the biscuits when we would go to her house. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I probably pretended to eat the pot roast and just filled my belly with all the biscuits! The first biscuits I made on my journey were Grandma's Southern Mayonnaise Biscuits. Next, on the biscuit making journey is my … [Read more...]
The Best Home Organization Solutions on Amazon
Maybe it's the the fact that we've been quarantined. Or that I'm loving our organized pantry. It also could be that all the stuff is stressing me out and no longer "sparks joy". Whatever it is, I have this urge to purge and it's time to get organized! So that's why I'm sharing the best organization solutions on Amazon today! I'm blog hopping with Jackie and Liz today and we're chatting about organization. So the hubs and I are about to tackle this huge organization project/ purge/ yard … [Read more...]