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Simple Kitchen Fall Decor: Beautiful European Cottage Style
Something about simple kitchen Fall decor draws me into the kitchen and allows me to enjoy the smells and tastes of Fall without the stress. I’m so excited to be joining 30 wonderful ladies for a Fall home tour. There will so much Fall inspiration all week, so make sure you keep coming back to see everything. Before we get into my simple kitchen Fall decor ideas, I want to say thank you to my friend Kelly with The Tattered Pew for hosting this blog hop. It’s one of my favorites! If you’re here from Renae with Peacock Ridge Farm wasn’t her Fall decor beautiful?! Thanks so much for stopping…
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Creating A Fall Harvest Tablescape: Beautiful & Easy
Easily create a beautiful fall harvest tablescape using everyday items and spend more time enjoying the evening and less time setting it up. Last week I shared with my email subscribers that life around here has been tough lately. (If you’d like to join, you can do that at the top or bottom of every post.) With that, my husband and I have been spending more time just doing the things that need to get done and quality time together is getting pushed to the back burner. So when my sweet friend Rachel asked me if I would do a post with Fall table decor inspo with her I was…
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Simple Early Fall Decor Ideas with Queen Anne’s Lace
I’m not always ready to jump into traditional Fall decor in August, so I want to share some budget-friendly early Fall decor ideas with you. I’m so excited to be joining Pasha with Pasha is Home and 12 other ladies to share some Spring inspiration with you. Did you see Melanies early fall inspiration? Everything she does is absolutely gorgeous, if you haven’t seen it yet make sure you head over there! If you’d like to watch the YouTube video you can check that out HERE! How do I start decorating for fall? To decorate for Fall the first thing I do is put away all the items that are Summer-y. This…
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A Casual and Easy Outdoor Summer Table Setting with Hydrangeas
The Summer was made for outdoor dining, which is why I’m so excited to share this casual outdoor summer table setting with you! Today I’m joining Pasha with Pasha is Home and sharing 11 outdoor Summer tablescape ideas with you. Did you see Kim’s easy outdoor table setting?! I absolutely LOVED it! As I do her! If you haven’t ever stopped by, you should definitely do it! So if you’re like me you’ve seen all the back-to-school stuff out and about. But even though that probably sends a rush of anxiety as you think about all the back-to-school stuff you need to get done, I want to remind you: There…
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Intentional Homemaking | How to Create a Beautiful Home
Over the years I’ve learned that having a beautiful home is less about trendy aesthetics and more about consistent intentional homemaking. 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. Why home making is important? Before we dive into all the amazing tips that I’ve gathered for you on this topic, I wanted to share a bit of why intentional homemaking is so important. The things that happen within the walls of our homes have lasting ripple effects that will go beyond us. Earlier this week we had to say goodbye to…
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Summer Mother Daughter Picnic Ideas | Simple & Beautiful
When life is hard I want to create and relax, which is why I’m so excited to share these simple mother daughter picnic ideas with you! If you haven’t heard yet, we have been home with our adopted daughter for 7 weeks. I shared a bit about the first few days it in my cottage container garden tips post a couple of weeks ago. But more time has passed, and while some of the challenges we faced early on are settling, we are finding new struggles. Currently, our biggest struggle is communication. She is so smiley, but when she wants to communicate with us and we don’t understand her it…
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Create A Beautiful Cottage Container Garden with a Bench & Herbs
We decided to add charm to our new patio with a simple cottage container garden this year. You won’t believe how easy and life-giving it was! *This post is generously sponsored by The Home Depot. All opinions shared here are 100% my own. This post also contains affiliate links for your convenience. Thank you for supporting my blog and the brands I truly love! It’s been a while since I’ve shared here. Truly I’ve thought of sharing so many different things with you. But life has been very full since we brought our daughter home from Korea. In beautiful ways and in difficult ways. But I guess that’s the way…
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How to Make a Beautiful Spring Artificial Flower Arrangement
Creating an artificial flower arrangement is one of the best and easiest ways to add beautiful Spring touches to your home. I’m so excited to be joining Pasha with Pasha is Home and 12 other ladies to share some Spring inspiration with you. If you’re here from Simply 2 Mom’s I’m so glad that you came! I loved all their ideas for decorating with faux greenery. It reminds me of the DIY faux tree I made a few weeks ago. How this artificial flower arrangement reminded me that loving people is much easier than we make it out to be As I type this, I’m walking among some of the…
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7 Beautiful & Thrifty European Farmhouse Spring Home Accessories
Adding Spring home accessories can be gorgeous and budget-friendly if you get creative and keep things simple, let me show you how! Before we dive into my budget-friendly Spring decor ideas I want to say thank you to Kelly with The Tattered Pew for inviting me to join this home tour! It’s always such an amazing week full of home decor inspiration from some of the most wonderful ladies. To see everyone’s post this week just scroll to the bottom of this post and you’ll find all the links to everyone Spring home decor inspiration. If you’re here from Jen’s light and airy Spring Home Tour I’m so glad you…
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How to Decorate Kitchen Shelves Beautifully
Open shelving can be very intimidating, which is why I want to share my easy process to decorate kitchen shelves that turn out stunning. FAQ about decorating kitchen shelves Before we get into the process I use to decorate shelves I want to address a few common questions concerning kitchen open shelves. Are open shelves still in style? They made a comeback in the early 2000’s and so it makes sense to ask if it’s a trend that is on it’s way out, or if it’s sticking around for a while. Open shelves have made a few transitions since they were first reintroduced. You used to mainly see farmhouse kitchen…
