Lila Blue and I wanted to create something special to celebrate our third Christmas together! So we made keepsake paw print ornaments! These DIY Salt Dough Paw Print Ornaments are a wonderful keepsake to have of your pet and are easy to make. You can also use this same recipe for your baby's handprint of their first Christmas or when they're little. It's blog hop day with Jackie, Liz and Shanna and we are sharing DIY ornament ideas with you! You'll find the links in gold to their DIY … [Read more...]
DIY Stars and Stripes Patriotic Chargers
Let's step up our patriotic decor and tablescapes with these adorable and festive DIY stars and stripes chargers! It's time for the monthly blog hop with Jackie and Liz today and this month is all about patriotic decor. I'm so excited to introduce y'all to our special guest blogger joining us today! Let's welcome my sweet friend, Shanna at Our Military Home Front. As you've probably guessed, Shanna is a military wife and artist! She lives in base housing and uses temporary design ideas … [Read more...]
How to Turn a Thrifted Picture Frame into a Mirror
Turn a thrifted picture frame into a mirror with this simple DIY project! I love the look of vintage mirrors, but they're hard to find, and when I do it's really expensive! Shopping at the thrift store a few weeks back I spotted two mirrors {which I bought!} and a large oval shaped picture frame. I put a poll up in my stories on if I should get the picture frame and try to turn it into a mirror; and the majority of you voted yes! So let's learn how to turn a thrifted picture frame into … [Read more...]
How to Make Copper Chargers
Turn those dollar store chargers into vintage inspired copper charges with this easy DIY project! Copper, copper, copper. Oh how I love you. I have a thing for copper and I'm drawn to anything in that coppery/ rust color these days. From vintage home decor to even clothes... it's a copper crush around here. When I think of the fall season, I think of copper... and any excuse to add to my copper collection makes my heart pitter-patter. My color scheme for the fall includes copper, of … [Read more...]
DIY Metallic Vases: Get the Look for Less
From discarded, mismatched glass vases to an instant collection of one of a kind metallic vases... get the look for less than ten bucks! I'm teaming up with my friends Jackie and Liz for another fun blog hop. Our theme is a fun one and requires us to think outside of the box and stay on budget: how I would spend $10 at a store of our choosing. I immediately decided the thrift store would be where I'd spend my ten bucks because that's a great place to stretch a dollar. Walking down the … [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...]
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...]
DIY Spooky Halloween Candelabra
I had a thrifted candelabra at my house and I knew it could make the perfect Halloween decor with a little spray paint. This project literally cost me a dollar to make! I already had a can of black spray paint and I've had this thrifted candelabra for years. I found these mini skulls at the dollar store and I knew instantly what I was going to make with them. Let's create a spooky Halloween candelabra! I don't do scary Halloween decor. This DIY spooky candelabra is the perfect amount … [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 Whitewash Wood
Do you want to make new wood look old? I love the look of old, whitewashed wood and it couldn't be easier to make new wood look aged and worn by using a whitewash technique! Now that I've done it, I want to whitewash all the things! Today, I'm going to show you how to whitewash new wood. A whitewash was traditionally used in interior and exterior cottages and dairy barns. It is actually a lime wash, made of lime and water and has been used in historic houses for centuries because it is … [Read more...]