Flowers are popping up in my backyard and that can only mean one thing: spring is just around the corner. I rounded up some of my favorite farmhouse style spring décor from Amazon to share with you today! For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure policy here. Thanks for supporting Sweet Southern Oaks! Remember when I bought the chandeliers for the living room and dining room from Amazon? I shared my ten favorite … [Read more...]
How a Rescue Dog Healed My Heart
Squirrel chaser. Heart healer. Personal body guard. Belly-rub lovin'. Rescue dog. Lila Blue. Every day on Instagram, I get messages about Lila Blue. When she's in a picture y'all like it ten times more! Y'all love Lila Blue as much as I do and that makes my heart happy. The people have spoken and they want to see more of Lila Blue. So much so that Lila Blue now makes daily appearances in my stories on Instagram and y'all can see her adorable true spirit. Lila Zoomies and all. I … [Read more...]
$100 Room Challenge: Cleaning Out the Monica Closet
It's Week 3 of the $100 Room Challenge and The Great Purge happened! The Monica Closet is *finally* cleaned out! {Insert happy dance here!} Can I tell you how amazing it feels to be able to walk in the Monica Closet? Cleaning out the Monica Closet took some time to do, but this room is slowly coming together. Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links at no extra cost to you. Read my full disclosure policy here. Thanks for … [Read more...]
$100 Room Challenge | Farmhouse Style Guest Bedroom Plans
Did I scare you away yet with my secret Monica Closet?! I hope not, because I've got big plans for this room! From unorganized, choatic clutter to a fresh, clean and organized farmhouse style guest bedroom is the plan! $100 Room Challenge: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 With any big project, I like to start out with a solid plan. Decide what your vision is and then shop for materials to make sure you stick to your budget. My vision is a farmhouse style guest bedroom with shiplap … [Read more...]
Never Before Seen Pictures of My Monica Closet
It's confession time and we're about to become BFFs forever, ok? Have I told you about my Monica Closet? It's a hot mess, which is why I'm finally going to tackle the Monica Closet and turn it into a guest room for the $100 Room Challenge this month! What is a Monica Closet? If you watch "Friends" then you probably already get the reference. Right now you may be picturing the scene where an OCD Monica Geller has a secret closet that's messy! One day Chandler discovers the secret closet … [Read more...]
Fall Garland Backdrop
Happy Thanksgiving! Today on the blog I've got a fall garland backdrop with a 3-D twist, that you can keep in your back pocket for next year! I recently threw my sister a fall themed baby shower and I created this fall garland backdrop for the shower. If you follow me on Instagram, I explained how I created the fall garland backdrop on my stories. It's on my saved highlights under "Fall Baby Shower" if you want to check it out! I was trying to do the stories quick {because I had to … [Read more...]
Our House: Two Years Later
Yesterday marked two years since we've moved into our little house! I can't believe it's already been that long. I still remember looking at probably two hundred or more houses like it was yesterday. When we first moved into the house, I was not a fan of it. Mainly because it wasn't my historic house that I've always dreamed of and the poop brown walls certainly didn't help! Well, Mr. Sweet Southern Oaks promised me we could paint the rooms and do some updates to the house. So room by … [Read more...]
Putting Together a Halloween Mantel
Halloween is this week! Are you ready for the trick or treaters and the unofficial start to the holiday season? I'm a little late sharing my Halloween mantel, but hey, better late than never. Right?! You probably remember my DIY Thrifted Spooky Candelabra that I posted a few days ago. This was what my mantel needed and I loved how it turned out! To put this Halloween mantel together, I mainly used items I had in my box of seasonal decor. Putting the Halloween Mantel … [Read more...]
$100 Room Challenge: Farmhouse Style Bathroom Reveal
Hip, hip, hooray! It's reveal day for the $100 Room Challenge! The $100 Room Challenge was just that- a challenge- a fun one! I decided on a farmhouse style bathroom and I love the end result! With a budget of $100 dollars and one month to update one room, several other bloggers and I got together to share our projects with y'all! It was a fun challenge that I'm sure inspired you to get creative with a room in your house! The key to the $100 Room Challenge is to use items you already … [Read more...]
How to Build Open Shelves
The look of open shelving is a popular trend that has taken over the world of home decor. Open shelving is such a versatile trend that goes with so many different home decor styles. Today, I'll teach you how to build open shelves in your home using one board and some brackets! I decided open shelves would be perfect to do for the $100 Room Challenge. Our bathroom is so small (and hard to photograph because there's not good lighting!) and there is such an awkward space above the toilet. … [Read more...]