This year I used Christmas ribbon in both of my trees and I tried out a new technique for me. The ribbon just sort of cascades down the tree. This is how you do it. This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I may make a small commission ...
Christmas Home Tour 2018
Welcome to my home. I always decorate for Christmas, but I try to change it up a little bit each year. This year I added some new items and switched some things around to give it a fresh look for 2018. Check out my Christmas home tour. This post contains affiliate ...
When Your Pre-Lit Christmas Tree Lights Don’t Work
I knew it was coming. My trees are a few years old and are pre-lit with incandescent lights, not LED lights, so I knew the day was coming when my lights would go out. In fact, last year I replaced so many lights on my big tree that I just couldn't do it anymore. I put her back up ...
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Drawer Pulls: A DIY Alternative to Expensive Hardware
If you have ever painted or redone an old piece of furniture, you know you also have to either paint or replace the hardware. If you have to replace the hardware, sometimes that can be pretty pricey. In my case, it was going to cost me more to replace the hardware than the piece of ...
How To Preserve Uncarved Pumpkins For Decoration
If you are like me and you love to decorate with pumpkins in the fall, but before you even get to Halloween, your decorative pumpkins have already started to rot on the dining room table, then let's talk ways to make them last longer. When you spend money on pumpkins, you want them to last through ...
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Creative No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas
When fall rolls around and pumpkins start turning up everywhere, my kids and I start thinking about fun and creative pumpkin decorating ideas. I am a big fan of no carve pumpkin decorating ideas since all that creativity lasts longer on a pumpkin that isn't carved. Also, no carve pumpkin ...
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Furniture Makeover: From Office Credenza to Bedroom TV Cabinet
So, here is the story about how I took this credenza I bought for my law office many years ago and turned it in to a TV cabinet for my master bedroom. I'll give you some tips and tricks on painting furniture and let you in on a few lessons I learned on this project. Check out my latest ...
DIY Gold Leaf Lamps: How To Apply Gold Leaf For A Fabulous Lamp Revamp
I took two old black lamps I have had for years, added some gold leaf, and turned them into fabulous stunning buffet lamps. Here is how you can DIY gold leaf lamps. This post contains affiliate links and if you purchase a product, I may earn a small commission at no additional charge to ...
Easy DIY Wall Art Idea: How To Make Acrylic Skin Artwork
Here is how to make a beautiful, colorful acrylic skins with paint and pouring medium that you can turn in to interesting artwork for your wall. It's so fun and easy that your kids can get in on the fun as well. Keep reading for this easy DIY wall art idea. What is an acrylic skin, ...
DIY Lamp Makeover for Girl’s Bedroom
Here is how my daughter and I took her old lamps that she had when she was little and revamped them so they look more grown-up and sophisticated. Check out our DIY lamp makeover for a girl's bedroom. It's hard to keep up. It seems like just yesterday she was in preschool and we were ...
Black Crown Molding Makes A Major Impact
Do you have a tray ceiling in your master bedroom and you are wondering how you are going to paint it? Well, I too went looking for tray ceiling paint ideas and painting crown molding ideas and I didn't find anything that looked interesting enough for me. That's when I started to consider painting ...
How To Paint Concrete Floors
I have always wondered what it would be like to rip up my dirty carpet and live with the concrete floors underneath. Well, I finally did it and in this post I'm going to walk you through our entire process. I'm going to start with ripping up the carpet and show you what we actually found ...
Bathroom Ideas: Chalk Paint & Fun
I recently completed a bathroom redo that has been a long time coming. Keep reading to see how to paint cabinets with chalk paint and how to add a little fun to your bathroom. BEFORE When we bought our house about seven years ago, the existing bathroom had been recently remodeled with a ...
100 Days of School T-Shirt Idea: Star Wars
Well, this was a first for me - designing a t-shirt for my kindergartener's 100th day of school. Apparently, it has become all the rage. The assignment was to put 100 items on a shirt and t-shirt paint was a suggested medium. We worked hard on our shirt, but we certainly weren't the only ones. ...
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