If you have a flat surface in your home, you have the perfect place to create a seasonal vignette! Tabletop displays are a terrific way to impart the feel of any season into your home, and today I am sharing my 5 best tips for creating beautiful vignettes, using my new fall entryway vignette as…
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Pre-Holiday Deep-Cleaning Checklist
This post brought to you by BISSELL Homecare, Inc.. All opinions are 100% mine. Fall is truly one of my favorite times to get my house back in order, with the promise of the upcoming holidays–and the idea of hosting houseguests!–right around the corner. It might seem like mid-September is a bit early to start…
5 Budget Home Decorating Tips
Have the decorating itch but not a boundless budget for beautifying your space? Today I am sharing a few home decorating tips that will help you utilize what you already own to achieve the looks you love, all while sticking to even a tight budget. Hopefully you’ll be inspired to see the latent potential in the items…
10 More Why Didn’t I Think of That? Tips
I am always finding terrific ideas during my forays through the blogging and Pinterest world, and every once in a while, I like to pass along some of my favorite recent finds with you! Below you’ll find ten ideas that might very well have you thinking, “Why didn’t I think of that?” Amy @ Positively SplendidHaving…
DIY Projects to Save You $100’s (Part Two)
Yesterday marked the first installment of my DIY Projects to Save You $100’s series. To check out the first three money-saving categories, click over to that post, and then be sure to hurry back to see today’s list of ideas!***four.Window TreatmentsHiring a professional to outfit the windows in your home can cost upwards of hundreds (or…
DIY Projects to Save You $100’s (Part One)
I often have people tell me they would love to do more DIY projects, but they are turned off by the fact that buying the supplies needed for a project often costs just as much as it does to go with the ready-made option. It is true: some DIYs can wind up costing more than…
No-Fail Methods for Hanging Wall Art
There are plenty of times when I have come to the end of a wall art project that I am particularly proud of, only to find myself with the conundrum of how to hang my creation. One trip to the picture-hanging hardware section at Lowe’s can only serve to confuse things further: there are so…
Everyday Eye Makeup Video Tutorial
In my quest to present useful ideas of all kinds, I thought it might be helpful to give y’all a little demonstration of how I apply my eye makeup, sharing some of my tips and tricks as well as the go-to products I couldn’t live without. And, what better way to demonstrate this process than…
How Not to Paint a Rug
I try to be a positive, glass-half-full kind of person, which I hope is something that comes through on this blog. I have shied away from sharing my project fails for that very reason, tending to wait until I had worked all of the kinks out of the process before sharing here. But, a very…
6 Fun Craft & DIY Trends
After being at this blogging thing for just shy of 2 years now (have I stopped to thank you lately for just how much I appreciate you making all of this possible?), I have witnessed quite a few DIY and crafting crazes burst onto the scene and then ever so quietly lose their fizzle. Today…