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Charming and Simple Spring Kitchen Decor Ideas with Cottage Style
Today, I want to share charming and simple spring kitchen decor ideas inspired by cottage style. Add fresh seasonal touches for a cozy and peaceful atmosphere. The snow has officially melted here in Ohio. Which has me so excited for Spring. I’m ready to get outside and start playing in the gardens again. But I’m also excited to add Spring home decor with fresh seasonal touches that make it feel lighter and brighter. You can watch me add Spring kitchen decor HERE How do I make my kitchen look cottage? There are a few easy DIY projects that you can do to add kitchen style to your kitchen. I actually…
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Budget Friendly Country Cottage Living Room Ideas | Beautiful Simplicity
I’m excited to share some of the budget friendly country cottage living room ideas we added to our living room during our cozy living room makeover. I know it’s been a long time coming. But we finally gave our living room a little makeover. In this post I talked a little bit more about how our living room looked when we first moved in. The Amish family that lived here before us had high gloss primer white paint on everything. You can watch us transform our living room HERE Everything: ceiling, trim work, doors, and walls. The paint was also peeling off of the trim work and doors. So it…
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DIY Mudroom Storage Ideas with Country Charm | Beautiful & Simple
Today I’m excited to share the DIY mudroom storage ideas we incorporated into our mudroom closet makeover to make this space more functional and beautiful. While working on this post I made a pretty big realization about interior design and the choices I make for our home. I’m one to always talk about function. I love pretty things, but I want them to be functional first and foremost. I wouldn’t say that I have changed this mindset completely. But I do believe that by sharing these DIY mudroom ideas I have refined this belief. Sometimes failure teaches us things we wouldn’t learn if we only ever succeeded. This is not…
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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…
