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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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My Journey Toward Creativity – A Mothers Day Tribute
This week’s post is different from what I typically write. Today I want to share with you something a little more personal. My goal is to help you learn a bit more about who I am by giving you a glimpse into my journey toward creativity. My Grammy When I was a little girl my Grammy would babysit my sister and me before and after school. I grew very close to her. In many ways, I’ve turned out the way I have because of her. She instilled in me beliefs about people, animals, nature, and God that I still carry with me today. She and I are very similar because…
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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 Small Entryway and the Beauty in the Process
The progress is beautiful! The process is fun! Let the process of progress teach us. No matter what your working toward – “Left foot. Right foot. Left foot. Right foot.”
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The New Home Office Space
I have some exciting news to share with you! I’ve been working on decorating jobs and my blog posts from a new home office space! Previously we had this huge roll-top desk which was great for storage, but was lacking in inspiration. I never felt drawn to spend time at that desk. But we bought a new desk and it’s different. I’ve spent more time at the new desk in the first month then I did at the old desk in the entire 2 years we had it. After I brought the new desk home we completely redid our home office space and I’m so happy to finally share it…
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Opening the Back Storage Room Door
The whole reason my blog is called Open Door and the tagline is Home Doors Open Hearts is because I desire for you to grow with those around you. I believe as we open our physical doors to those around us something special will happen. I believe we will learn how to love and be loved in return. I believe we will help others heal and simultaneously we will receive healing.
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DIY Inspirational Quote Frame
Justin showed me this quote called “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt a few weeks ago. It’s very inspiring and I wanted to put it in my new office space. So I did what I always do; I jumped on Etsy. I found a few that I liked but they were all around $100. I showed Justin, and my frugal husband looked at me like I bumped my head. Was I seriously considering spending over $100 for an inspirational quote to hang on the wall?! That look meant I needed to come up with a new game plan.
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Mantel Decor-Knowing When to Say Enough
It's refreshing. It almost makes me take a big exhale just looking at it (especially considering what all I had up there the first go around). With less, it's as if there is breathing room.
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2020 Word of the Year
By definition wonder means "a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration, caused by something beautiful, unexpected, unfamiliar, or inexplicable"
