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10 Simple Cottage Kitchen Storage Ideas | Beautiful & Organized
Small kitchens can be intimidating, but I’ve realized that with some simple cottage kitchen storage ideas, a small kitchen can still be efficient and beautiful. A couple of weeks ago, I shared some ideas for creating a cozy home after the holidays. In that post, I shared our kitchen and living room. The response was such that I realized I’m not sure I’ve given you a full tour of the new kitchen. Well, I actually have. But it’s so small that I think it’s hard to believe that I’m sharing it all haha! Today, I wanted to show you some tips that have helped me make this small kitchen work…
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Country Cottage Mudroom Closet Ideas that Are Functional & Beautiful
Our goal is to add a mudroom someday, but until then, we decided to take one of our closets and make it function better with these cottage mudroom closet ideas. If you watched the YouTube video from last week then you know this closet used to have a long rod for hanging coats and such, then it had floor-to-ceiling shelves behind that. While in theory, this sounds like an amazing amount of storage, the mudroom closet storage with not functional this way. To reach anything on the shelves I have to move the coats that are on the rod. Before This is the way our master bedroom closet is designed…
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9 Easy Ways to Create A Cozy Home After Holidays
Once Christmas decor is put away, the house can feel empty and cold, so I want to share some of the easy ways I created a cozy home after holidays this year. It never fails, once I put away Christmas decor the house feels cold. I love the rest that comes with the winter months. But I want my home to feel like a warm hug during these months while we get cozy and reset. Achieving this is a lot easier than you may think. You can watch me put up my cozy winter decor HERE How to refresh your home after the holidays? One of my favorite things to…
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How to Organize Holiday Decor | Simple Christmas Decor Storage Ideas
Today I’m excited to share some of the ideas I used to organize holiday decor this year so that it will be easier next year when it’s time to decorate. Taking down Christmas decorations is something that is as personal as putting them up. Honestly, it changes for me almost every year depending on how I’m feeling. This year I feel like really slowing things down and doing a deep and intentional “declutter like you are moving” kind of Christmas cleanup. Homemaking Transition from Christmas to Winter Video When you’re ready to figure out how you want to create a cozy winter home head to this post where I share…
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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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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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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…
