• Decor + Styling - DIY Projects

    How to Flock a Christmas Tree Using Snoflock Powder

    1:27 PM - By 

    I am excit­ed to share with you how to flock your Christ­mas tree using Snoflock. Snoflock is a pow­der that expands when intro­duced to mois­ture and cre­ates a per­fect, nat­u­ral­ly flocked look when used cor­rect­ly. Once your tree is flocked it will be ready to dec­o­rate with­in 24 hours. While you’re wait­ing check out all of my favorite orna­ment and Christ­mas decor DIY’s that are sure to make your home look amaz­ing this Christ­mas season! Supplies for Flocking Your Tree Snoflock Sifter Weed Sprayer Lad­der Drop­cloth Steps for Flocking a Tree Step 1: Shape the Tree Branches Start by shap­ing the branch­es…

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    Decor

    Easy Scrap Wood Halloween Decor

    2:20 PM - By 

    This easy scrap wood Hal­loween decor is so sim­ple and so fun! Every once in a while I like to throw in a cute project that you can get the kids involved in and this is def­i­nite­ly one of them.  Scrap wood is cheap and so ver­sa­tile when it comes to craft­ing. But I also under­stand not every­one is able to get their hands on pieces like the one I use in this project. That is why I cre­at­ed the Scrap Wood Project Box. It’s a sub­scrip­tion box of curat­ed scrap wood projects that you can have deliv­ered straight to your…

  • ferns and pumpkins with old white wicker chair
    Decor

    Budget Friendly Fall Front Porch without Mums

    5:21 AM - By 

    Today I am shar­ing the main entry way here at the home­stead and how I styled it with­out using mums. I am hope­ful every year that I will man­age to keep my mums alive and every year they end up dead…haha please tell me I’m not the only one with this prob­lem? With­out fur­ther delay, here is how I achieved a bud­get friend­ly rus­tic fall porch with­out mums. I decid­ed to take a proac­tive approach that saved mon­ey and heartache. If I am being com­plete­ly hon­est we just recent­ly start­ed a new bud­get­ing tech­nique to save mon­ey and become a debt…

  • pine cone and euclyptus garland on rustic mantle
    DIY Projects

    How to Make A Simple Eucalyptus Garland

    7:33 PM - By 

    This sim­ple gar­land is so easy I can hard­ly call it a DIY. The idea came from the want to dec­o­rate my man­tle and the need to lim­it my spending.…trying to bud­get for those pump­kins if you know what I mean.  I grabbed some euca­lyp­tus gar­land I already has on hand and start­ed to brain­storm ways to make it look more fall-like. I decid­ed on lay­er­ing a few sim­ple gar­lands so they could eas­i­ly be inter­changed for dif­fer­ent seasons. Supplies euca­lyp­tus garland pine cones jute buf­fa­lo check wired ribbon The euca­lyp­tus I found on Ama­zon. I love it because it is…

  • DIY Projects - Scrap Wood Projects

    10 Rustic Fall Scrap Wood Projects

    2:54 AM - By 

    Lit­er­al­ly Pin­ter­est is chocked full of Fall Scrap Wood Projects right now. And not just Fall, but there are so many amaz­ing scrap wood projects for your rus­tic home decor. One of my favorite things to do is to take a piece of scrap, des­tined for the garbage, and turn it into some­thing beau­ti­ful and use­ful for my home. But here is my con­fes­sion. I used to let all of those glo­ri­ous ideas stack high­er and high­er in my Pin­ter­est boards with­out any real inten­tion of drag­ging out my saw and tools. By the time I actu­al­ly find the time to…

  • red rustic barn with colorful quilt
    Decor

    A Brief History of American Barn Quilts

    10:14 AM - By 

    A few days ago I was hand­ed a box of scrap wood. lit­er­al­ly. A small box full of left over pieces from a col­lab­o­ra­tion for the SCRAP WOOD MYSTERY BOX and was chal­lenged to see if I could come up with a way to make use of them. Imme­di­ate­ly a barn quilt came to mind, and I knew I would try to recre­ate the beau­ty and cul­ture behind this Amer­i­can coun­try sta­ple. It came from a sim­ple sug­ges­tion to think out­side of the box…pun intend­ed. I hope to encour­age you to do the same before you toss some­thing to the…

  • wood cutting board with marble mortar and pestal
    DIY Projects - Kitchen

    Reviving an Old Cutting Board

    5:23 AM - By 

    Recent­ly, I had the task of reviv­ing an old cut­ting board. It giv­en to me by a sweet friend of mine no longer had use for it and knew I had a grow­ing col­lec­tion. As beau­ti­ful as it was, it need­ed a lit­tle bit of TLC. It was dry and had notice­ably not been con­di­tioned in quite some time. With­in a few min­utes I had this beau­ty shin­ing again!  Reviv­ing an old cut­ting board is real­ly quite sim­ple. The next time you find one at a yard sale or at a thrift store you may think twice about pass­ing it up.…

  • Decor

    August Vintage Finds

    6:51 AM - By 

    It’s no secret that I love to go thrift­ing, junk­ing , yard-saleing…you name it. Basi­cal­ly if I have the chance to find some­thing beau­ti­ful­ly aged, then you can count me in. I want­ed to share my most recent vin­tage finds. These have been col­lect­ed over the course of a cou­ple weeks and why I chose them to come home to add my my collection. I have always loved an eclec­tic, cot­tage type feel and it just so hap­pens, junk­ing and search­ing for pieces (my favorite sport) is THE BEST way to achieve this cozy and col­lect­ed vibe. Our homes real­ly…

  • rustic fall vignette with warm tones and large metal clock
    Kitchen

    Rustic Fall Kitchen Vignette

    1:14 AM - By 

    I have been dec­o­rat­ing for fall for a cou­ple weeks now. I know, crazy right? I like to move things around to make sure I find the per­fect place­ment. and I think I may have found the per­fect com­bi­na­tion of rus­tic, beau­ti­ful and fall in this rus­tic fall kitchen vignette.  Vignettes are kin­da like my ther­a­py. When I am feel­ing like I am in a dec­o­rat­ing rut or just need to make a lit­tle change to a space they are my go-to solu­tion. Main­ly because I love to shop my home for things I already own to cre­ate a com­plete­ly…

  • thrifted plate with plum pumpkin and buffalo check napkin
    DIY Projects

    Video: How to Make an Easy Halloween Place Setting

    9:28 PM - By 

    I recent­ly decid­ed to cre­ate an easy Hal­loween place set­ting using a few crafty things I had around the house. After you see how ways it is to cre­ate this lit­tle spooky set­ting you will want to go scav­eng­ing your own stash…seriously! The best part, this entire set­ting took less that 5 min­utes to curate! So whether you’re the last minute host or just want to flex those DIY mus­cles this one is for you!  Supplies Twigs from the yard raf­fia Spooky net­ting brown tags stamps I didn’t actu­al­ly pho­to­graph the step-by-step process of this look but I did do a short…