CategoryDesign

Our Nantucket Nursery – One Room Challenge Reveal

Baby Girl, we are ready for you! My first #OneRoomChallenge is complete and I am so in love with our Nantucket inspired nursery! We started the Better Home and Gardens One Room Challenge 8 weeks ago, and now we’re just 4 weeks (or less!) away from welcoming our sweet girl. There were several road bumps and changes along the way due to Covid-19 delays. Some projects just didn’t happen because they weren’t essential. I’ll probably add a few more tweaks […]

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ORC Week 3 – Nursery Design Essentials

We’re in Week 3 of the Better Homes and Gardens One Room Challenge! The obvious next step in our room design is loading in the furniture, but with the current state of the world I CANNOT GET OUR DRESSER YET! And it’s driving me crazy! I’m so excited to get started on it, but IKEA stores are closed and the shipping is double the price of the dresser! So it will wait… Til then, I thought I’d share some important […]

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ORC Week 2: Board and Batten How-to’s & Tips plus Colors & Fan Selection

The scene has been set for the makings of our Nantucket Nursery for the Spring 2020 OneRoomChallenge! My husband and father-in-law installed board and batten around the room, spruced up all the paint and installed a ceiling fan. The room is just beautiful and I’m so excited to move to the next steps of the process! But first, here is a quick look at our board and batten installation. Since I wasn’t the lead on this project, I don’t have […]

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A Nantucket Nursery – Our OneRoomChallenge – Week 1

We’re making room for baby! I could go on and on about how excited I am to design a Nantucket inspired nursery for our baby girl… But, I’ll share all of the details of finding joy in pregnancy after loss and immense fear for another post. THIS space is to share all of the details we have planned for creating a beautiful coastal nursery that will grow with our girl for years to come. Why Nantucket? It’s our second favorite […]

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DIY Map Wall Art

I like big art and I cannot lie. Unfortunately, large, unique art is often rather expensive. When we moved into our home, we had several large walls that needed large art to match our decor. As I designed our master bedroom, I fell in love with this 6 piece map collage. Since we purchased everything else new in the room, I didn’t have that much left in our budget “just for art”. So I went to work researching how I […]

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Air Dry Clay Handprint Ring Dish

A handprint keepsake craft always piques my attention. We’ve done our fair share of painted handprint and footprint crafts, but not too may clay imprints. My two and a half year old’s little hands are growing much too fast, so opportunities for small projects are quickly fleeting! So when I never got around to making Christmas ornaments with the air-dry clay I bought back in November, I started thinking up Valentine’s gifts for the grandmas. The only idea that stuck […]

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Valentine’s Hearts Watercolor Stamping

I’m always on the lookout for fun, easy and effective crafts to do with my toddler. So when we did our fall watercolor pumpkin stamping and it WORKED, I knew we’d be repeating the process many times over! This painting method is incredibly easy, versatile and relatively mess free. If you have a child with sensory aversions, then it’s a winner too – it’s just colored water! Supplies Cardstock, Scissors, Craft Paint, Small Cups, Straws, Paper Plate, Water Safety scissors […]

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Modern Rocking Chairs for Your Porch or Patio

modern rocking chair

Everyone knows life is better on the porch. And to make your porch an extension of your home, comfortable seating is a must! As we chose furniture for our back porch, these were some close contenders that may be just the seat you’re looking for! Camdenton Rocking Chair with Cushions Hillside Avenue Rocking Chair Calvin Rocking Chair with Cushion Thomson Rocking Chair Cathleen Outdoor Rocking Chair Norton Rocking Chair

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DIY Men’s Shirt Christmas Tree Skirt

No sew, no cut, no tie – no buy! No Christmas tree is complete without a proper tree skirt. But sometimes the cost can be extravagent or you find yourself with a finished tree when you remember you forgot to buy a skirt! Don’t worry about traipsing around town or the internet to find the perfect tree skirt. Just head to your closet! What???? Yes! A beautiful tree skirt is just 3 button down shirts away. You can choose three […]

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Pinecone Christmas Tree | Dollar Tree DIY

We’re celebrating a Warm + Cozy Christmas this year. Cotton and twine, moss and vine… It’s natural, simple and full of space for creating our own family memories as we celebrate the reason for the season. I made these Pinecone Christmas Trees for a wood element on our mantle using only Dollar Tree supplies. My two year old is too young to use the hot glue gun (or be within range because… toddlers) but he loved helping sort the pinecones […]

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