Whew. I dodged a humongous fail this weekend with the bookcases. If you’re up-to-date with the whole Family Room Makeover happenings, you know we recently moved the tv to another wall, painted the fireplace white, and purchased two Billy Bookcases from IKEA to flank them. Our plan is to fancy ’em up, add molding, paint […]

Well, I did it. I made my first official Fall Craft of 2012. If you read my Holiday Decorating Conundrum post, you know I’ve been struggling to get in the Fall spirit. But I’m trying;) I call this an “early fall” project, because it’s good for those late summer/early fall weeks, when it just seems […]

After I exposed the messy truth in my post, A ‘Real’ Glimpse Inside the Naptime Decorator’s House, one of my readers left this comment: Again great post! So question….would you do a post on your ‘Chaotic House Management’…like do you have a schedule for picking up? Do you just kill yourself every evening? Do you […]

You probably know by now I’m a *tad* bit obsessed with upcycling/repurposing/reusing my things. Love it all. Nothing makes me happier than getting ready to throw something out and realizing a quick coat of spray paint could make it rockin’ again. That’s what I’ve been doing with quite a lot of lamps around here these […]

If you would like to continue thinking bloggers’ homes actually look like they do in the lovely photographs we post, you might not want to stop reading. Ok, maybe there are some bloggers who do live that way, but not those with a 3, 4, and 5 year old. 😉 If you follow my Facebook […]

Wow, now that’s a title! I sat down to write this post and tried to think of something to sum this up. Burlap Runner just didn’t cut it;) This is CRAZY easy, sooo inexpensive, hardly involves any materials other than the burlap, and takes no time at all to make. Hence, my wacky title;) I’ve […]

We’ve had this project on our list for many months now, and FINALLY the girls and I made us some cutie canvas masterpieces last night! Yay! I think they turned out so cute! We’d been seeing this idea on Pinterest so much, like this oh-so-pretty one from It’s Doable…Crafts, Food and Life: and one using […]

Can I just tell you how happy I am to have the dining room complete?!! For two reasons actually. 1) I’ve never painted so stinkin’ much in my entire life and 2) It is BEYOND drastic – in a great way! So much brighter I can hardly believe it, and I am being totally serious […]

Oh man, when I get on a kick, I really get on a KICK! Right now it happens to be sisal rope. I bought it on a whim one day at Lowe’s, and decided to glue it onto a cookie sheet to make a tray. Remember that post? If not, you can read about it […]

Had a hard time coming up with a title for this one! Not sure what exactly this is, but I found this ugly tin thing-a-ma-jig at a yard sale a while ago for 50 cents. I gave it a little spray paint love, some stencils, and now have a cute container, er, something…whatevs, it’s cute, […]