This Wood Peg Nativity DIY project was a fun for to make this Christmas season. I love to decorate with nativities! Our upstairs mantel is Nativity-themed this Christmas. I wanted to add a nativity that I handmade to our collection. I had all the supplies on hand so Sunday I decided I’d make it. Soon …
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This Classic Christmas Front Porch Decor was mostly made with items I already had and found in the great outdoors. Above is a photograph taken at night; below is the decor photographed in the day. I LOVE using nature to decorate with. It is much cheaper than store bought items, it is also full of …
This is How to Make a Wreath Out of Real Pine Branches… This wreath did not cost me anything to make and I love the way it turned out! The fact that my entire front door porch decor this Christmas only cost me $10 to put together also makes me happy—I love free decor (and repurposing …
Below you will see the before and after on our white brick lime wash with copper gutters and lights— exterior home renovation. I bought this home 4 years ago and have been wanting to remodel the exterior ever since. In the first year, the interior underwent a lot of remodeling. You can see many of …
I put together this Natural and Simplistic Thanksgiving Tablescape for our guests this year. I enjoy doing different tablescapes for holiday get togethers each year. Scroll down below to see some of my other Thanksgiving tablescapes I’ve made. This year, I wanted to keep the Harvest Tablescape simple and natural looking. Here are 5 Tips …
These 19 25+ Darling Homemade Baby/Toddler Halloween Costume ideas are too cute, inexpensive, and look so easy to make! I love dressing my kids up for Halloween. It is so much fun for me. I admit I begin thinking about ideas of what they should be months before Halloween. I also love Trick-or-Treating and seeing …
Below I show the 4 Bedroom Renovations on a budget Before’s and After’s of our fixer upper (Home 2)—including photos, costs, and items used to stage the bedrooms. My husband and I turned his fixer-upper-home which he had bought a few years before we met and hadn’t had time to ‘fix up’ into a nice …
Below you will see the Before and After Dining Room Renovation of Home 2 and how we remodeled it for around $2,000. When we were renovating my husband’s house, it was clear that the layout needed to be changed. I wanted it to be a 3 bathroom house instead of a 1 bathroom home. I …
These Valentine’s String Heart Crafts were simple, inexpensive and are fun to make with kids. I’m always looking for cute Valentine’s decorations (personally I think Valentine’s decor is hard to find). So, I decided to make some this year. I made these wood heart blocks and put them on my Valentine’s mantel. I needed something …
Valentine’s Day Red, Pink, and White Berry Wreath. I love this wreath’s shape and simplicity. Sometimes Valentine’s Day decor is a little overly plastic and cheesy. I really like subtleness of this wreath. Plus, it was fairly inexpensive and quick to make! My daughter and I put this together in about 45 minutes and it …
This Berry Heart Wreath in a Vintage Frame is simple yet darling decoration. You can place it on a mantel or hang it on a wall or door. I have used one for a door wreath a few years ago and I used two this year for either side of my Valentine’s Day Mantel. These …