Year-end is the perfect time to take a look back at all we've completed throughout the past year. Take a look at your year in quarters (this is my analytical bookkeeping brain talking) and see where you were and what you accomplished as you moved through the year. Doing this helps to set new and possibly bigger goals for the upcoming year. It's something I encourage you all to do because setting goals can lead to success.
This post started off as a review of my own furniture projects ...
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I Quit December!
I quit! It's a few days before Christmas and I just can't take anymore. I quit. I quit the shopping, the wrapping, the shipping, the traffic, and the crowds. I quit all of the extra shipping boxes, gift boxes, shopping bags, and pine needles strewn throughout the house. Yup, the overwhelm is enough to send any Mom of littles over the edge.
We are superwomen. We have been known to do it all.
September rolled around and the kids returned to school. We juggled buying school ...
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Create a Comfortable Home with Finds from Wayfair
We're just about finished with our Christmas shopping in our house. It was a very practical year. Clothes, shoes, a few other necessities and, of course, chocolate. Every year someone in the family gets something a little bigger than the others. Something useful. This year, my teenage son is the lucky one.
My son has been asking for a sofa for his bedroom since last Christmas. He has two rocker gaming chairs, but rarely uses them and being that they are smaller pieces, they make the room feel ...
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Painting a Layered Look in One Easy Step
Painting a layered look doesn't have to mean three different types of paint, two different grit sandpapers, and a topcoat that seals it all in. Paint finishes like that also mean that one small knick or scratch and touch-up is nearly impossible. There's an easier way. Let's talk about painting a layered look in one easy step - which also make future touch-ups super easy.
Painting a Layered Look
Do you have a piece of brown-stained furniture that you love, but don't love the ...
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Gift Guide: Our Favorite Things
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love the Fall weather, the food, the family, and that it's completely calm before the holiday craziness. The week before Thanksgiving when I'm most relaxed is the time when I get most of my Christmas shopping done. I'm here today to help you do the same with a list of some of our favorite, can't-live-without items in our home.
Gift Guide of Favorite Things
P.S.: I tried to our favorite things on Amazon for you so you could immediately add them to ...
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Tips from the Pottery Barn Catalog to Create a Cohesive, Cozy, Uncluttered Home
Do you look around your home and wonder how you'll ever achieve that catalog-perfect look in your living room? Well, ladies, wonder no more! Let's go through the Pottery Barn catalog together and I'll point out exactly how they create a cohesive, cozy, uncluttered home. ...
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Before & After: Hunter Green Dressers
Do you have statement piece in your home? That colorful piece that draws your eye to it as soon as you enter a room? That piece of furniture that may be surrounded by neutral-colored walls and monochrome furnishings, but that demands attention because of its bold finish? That was exactly my intention when I designed these Hunter Green Dressers.
Color doesn't always have to be bright and blinding to be a stand-out. It can be bold and strong with a touch of masculine, even on a more ...
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The Best Pure White Paint for Desks & Vanities
Do you have girly girls that love to paint their nails? Or art or craft-loving girls that love to paint? Then you most likely have a tabletop in your home that's covered in paint, nail polish, permanent marker, and glitter. You didn't really think that pretty, pure white desk or vanity you put in their bedroom was going to stay that way did you? Today, I'm going to show you the best pure white paint for desks and vanities so you can get them looking like new again.
First, ...
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