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Nighttime Christmas Home Tour | A Beautiful & Slow Christmas Evening
There is something so peaceful and magical about a nighttime Christmas home tour: the twinkle lights glowing while the home gets ready to rest. I love all the Christmas decoration no matter what time of day it is. But if I have a favorite, it’s definitely in the evening, when all the big lights have been turned off and the house is glowing from the twinkle of Christmas lights. I’m so excited to share our home on an evening as we all get ready to rest for the night. You can watch the video on YouTube Not that I don’t want you to stay here and read about this home…
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Thrifty and Simple Christmas Kitchen Ideas with Cottage Style
Today, I thought it would be fun to share our simple Christmas kitchen and dining room to show you that decorating for Christmas can be easier than you think. I’m beyond excited to share today’s post with you! The kitchen is my favorite room in the house, but I’m also excited because I’m going to share the progress we’ve made on our kitchen update. You can watch me decorate our simple Christmas kitchen & dining room on YouTube HERE How to save money decorating a simple Christmas kitchen? One way I’ve found to save money while decorating for Christmas is to take decor that I use all year long and…
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Beautiful and Simple European Country Christmas Ideas | Living Room Tour
Today I’m going to share how we found the perfect blend of nostalgia and modern with cozy and charming European country Christmas ideas for the living room. You can watch the video of my European Country Christmas Ideas over on YouTube Before we begin… Decorating for Christmas has ALWAYS been something that I loved. I’m one of those who wants to skip right over Halloween and start right into the Christmas season. But this year Christmas feels much different than it ever has. If you watched the YouTube video or received my email, then you know that we are navigating life without my husband’s mom this year. I’ve started this…
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The Best Homemade Unsweetened Applesauce with Apple Cider
I recently discovered the one ingredient that has improved my unsweetened applesauce and I’ll never go back to the old recipe. As I’m typing this post I can already hear the old Aliya being so mad at me. When I first started making homemade food from scratch, I got so annoyed when people didn’t use exact measurements. Like when I started making sourdough sandwich bread and people would say something about the way the dough is supposed to “feel”. I was like, “Well what about for those of us that don’t know?” haha! I can say, it hasn’t taken me very long to go from needing exact measurements of everything…
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How to Install Beadboard Backsplash in the Kitchen | Cottage Charm
Today I’m excited to show you the progress in our European cottage style kitchen upgrade and most specifically how to install beadboard backsplash to add charm. We have been hard at work turning out kitchen into the European cottage style kitchen that we envisioned when we first moved in. It’s not be the fasted project we’ve ever tackled. But it has been worth it! We’re not done yet, but we’re getting so close and I wanted to share a post that shows our progress. Watch YouTube Video Here Can beadboard be used as a kitchen backsplash? Yes, it can. But if you want beadboard backsplash behind your oven you need…
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7 Simple DIY Fall Decor Ideas with Beautiful Cottage Style
I haven’t started decorating for Fall yet, but I have been looking for inspiration and wanted to share these simple DIY Fall decor ideas that add cottage style. Since it’s still a little early for Fall decor, I thought it was a good idea to share some DIY projects for Fall decor. This way you couple a couple weeks to gather materials and complete the projects. This way you don’t have to stress out about getting them done “in time” for your Fall home decorating. Watch Video Here How can I decorate for fall with no money? This is the best part about simple DIY Fall decor. They are so…
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Beautiful European Country Living Room | Simple Decor Ideas
I’m so excited to finally share our new European country living room and some of the ideas I used to give this room character and charm. If I’m being candid our living room has been quite neglected for almost the entire time we’ve been here. I added this mantel, rug, coffee table, and couches and called it good enough. Not because I was so busy doing other things. I was busy resting and getting our home settled; not decorated. But now that I’ve started decorating it I can feel the difference in the room. Watch the YouTube Video Here I told my husband last night that by changing just a…
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How to Make Soft Sourdough Sandwich Bread + 3 Helpful Tips
With a soft texture and buttery flavor, it’s no wonder my family loves this sourdough sandwich bread so much. But my homemade bread wasn’t always this good. When I first started replacing all of our store-bought bread products with homemade sourdough options I was a little nervous. I saw the traditional sourdough loaves and although they look beautiful and taste amazing, they are not a soft sandwich loaf that we were used to. Then I found a recipe for a soft sandwich loaf from Lisa from Farmhouse on Boone and I was so excited! But as with anything new, I didn’t get it right the first time. My first many…
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A Beautiful Day of Ordinary Homemaking | Romanticizing the Everyday
Most of my days are unremarkable. But even so, I get so excited about a day of ordinary homemaking full of caring for my family in a million little ways. “I have found that there is romance in housework: and charm in it; and whimsy and humor without end. I have found that the housewife works hard, of course–but likes it.” Songs of a Housewife: Poems by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953) You can watch the ordinary homemaking day here Ordinary Homemaking Routine The Day Starts Before Coffee Before we moved here I would start the day with hot tea, coffee, or that dandy blend coffee. First things first, right? Well…
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Thrifty Cottage Style Kitchen Ideas | 10 Beautiful & Easy DIYs
Today I’m excited to share some of the thrifty cottage style kitchen ideas I’m thinking about as we start to plan the kitchen makeover for our new house. There are some affiliate links below, which means I get a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. I won’t put anything on this page that I haven’t verified and/or personally used.For my full disclosure statement click here We are finally getting ready to start the kitchen makeover. But, that doesn’t mean that I am just now coming up with a plan. If you know my husband and I then you know we have been making plans and changing them for…
