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Welcome Home Sunday Series Guest Host
I’m absolutely thrilled to be joining these lovely ladies as a guest host for their Welcome Home Sunday series! Thank you Kelly (Tattered Pew) for all your help and for asking me to join you girls! These ladies have such beautiful accounts, wonderful DIY’s, and great decorating advice and garden tips and tricks! If you haven’t already you need to go check them out! Thank you all so much for this opportunity! Welcome Home Sunday The Tattered Pew / DIY Cane IKEA Vase White Arrows Home / Summer Outdoor Spaces Tour Noting Grace / Summer Sunroom Refresh Seeking Lavender Lane / Simple Summer Porch Decorating Sincerely, Marie Designs /…
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4 Beautiful Elements for Modern European Farmhouse Style
I love many aspects of many different styles, but once I found European Farmhouse I knew it would become my main inspiration for home decor. I recently decided to nail down my preferred decorating style. If you’ve been following along, you know from my unexpected discovery post that I didn’t learn that one magic word that describes my personal design style. However, I did learn more about it. Today I wanted to share with you my favorite aspects of European Farmhouse Style. What is European Farmhouse Style? European farmhouse style is a casual kind of beautiful. It’s the beauty that is found in simple and livable design decisions. I’ll talk…
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Backyard Picnic – Working with What You’ve Got
Since COVID-19 started we have been doing project after project. Its really been non-stop around here. The thing is, as much as we incorporate the girls, they just don’t wake up and think about how fun it’s going to be to paint the walls, sand a bookcase or replace cabinets with open shelves. So I decided I wanted to do something special for them. I wanted them to know how much I loved and appreciated them. I thought a fun way to do that was to have a fun backyard picnic for dinner. Initially, I thought that I couldn’t do it because the garden wasn’t in full bloom. Everything was…
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Beautiful Raw Wood Finish | Great-Grandpas Bookcase
We recently completed a raw wood finish bookcase makeover and I absolutely love the look and feel of the bookcase now that it’s finished. Somehow I ended up with a bookcase my great-grandpa built. I don’t know how this happened, but I’m glad it did. I loved the bookcase because my great-grandpa built it, but I wanted to refinish it to match my home decor style. It was originally a warm-red color. I started seeing raw wood furniture around and thought that would match the rest of my decor. So the girls and I began the process of giving the bookcase a raw wood makeover! Preparing for the raw wood…
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My Unexpected Discovery on My Design Style Journey
Have you ever been on a journey to discover your design style? You knew once you figure out that one magical word, all your designing decisions would be simple. But once you started down the many paths you came up empty-handed. You still love Modern-Minimal-French-Boho-Coastal-Rustic-Traditional-Farmhouse haha. Okay that was a bit much, but you get what I’m saying, right? It’s so hard if not impossible to figure out your one-word style name. This journey taught me about my design style, but I learned a great deal more about acceptance and how to accept myself. When I started I knew I loved vintage, farmhouse, heirloom, simple/neutral. What I learned by digging…
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Ways to Use a Dutch Tulip Tray for Decor in the Home
A few weeks ago my husband and I built a dutch tulip tray. I’ve been wanting one for a while now and decided instead of buying one, I’d build one. I used some wood from the scrap pile. This made the scrap pile smaller and it was free! My husband and I were both winning!! Since we built it, I’ve had it in a few different places, and knowing me, it probably won’t stay where it is now for long haha. Anyway, since I’ve given this tray multiple roles in this house, I thought I’d share a few to help you see how one piece of decor can be purposed…
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Barn Finds – How to Style Vintage Glass Bottles
I love going to flea markets, antique stores, and barns to find treasures to bring home. My husband’s family has an old farm with a couple barns and I love “shopping” there! Before the quarantine, we visited Gramma and Pap and I was able to go “shopping”. I’ve been through these barns so many times you’d think I couldn’t find anything else to bring home. But every time I go – I find something! This time I found a box of vintage glass bottles covered in dust and dirt. I didn’t get a good look at them while we were in the barn (I had a couple screaming children with…
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Functional Storage for Copper Pots and Pans
Disclosure: There are some affiliate links below, but these are products I recommend. I won’t put anything on this page that I haven’t verified and/or personally used. Since we moved in three years ago, this corner of the house has been styled at least 500 different ways. I just couldn’t figure out what to do with it. Initially, I put a huge hutch there. But that didn’t last long because adults hit their hips and kids hit their heads while walking around the table. Recently, I decided to hang two wall racks for our new copper pots and pans in this space. It’s been my favorite layout so far! The…
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Functional Decor – How to Give Purpose to Decor
Having a pretty home is definitely nice, but what's more important is having a home that works for us. The function has always been far more essential for our family. That being said, I have challenged myself to find ways to combine form and function in our home. I need the decor to go beyond beauty.
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My First Milk Paint Experience – Faux Fireplace Mantel
It’s been a strange time. Social distancing and quarantine has definitely changed the way we’re living. But to be honest, this new way of life we’ve developed has been refreshing. We are doing more as a family and we are being far more productive and intentional with our time. I’ve heard it said that “if you don’t have a new hobby, side hustle, or skill on the other side of this, then time was never your issue.” I found it to be quite the smack in the face. It challenged me to stop making excuses which prevent me from doing new things. With this thought bouncing around in my head…
