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    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…

  • 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…

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    Cozy Fall Finds at Hobby Lobby

    4:46 PM - By 

    Hey there! Can you believe it is already time to start pulling out your fall decor? If you’re like me it’s hard not to want to jump right into fall dec­o­rat­ing as soon as I see ther first leaf hit the ground. If you’re on the fence about whether or not its’s time, here is my tip for you…do what makes YOU happy!  It is true that retail­ers like Hob­by Lob­by begin fill­ing their shelves ear­ly, but that is for good rea­son. Rework­ing decor for the chang­ing sea­sons can take time and plan­ning. Check out this super help­ful arti­cle from my…

  • Decor

    Home Decor Black Friday Deals from Amazon

    3:30 PM - By 

    It is easy to get lost in the mix of crazy deals ands sales on the hottest shop­ping days like Black fri­day and Cyber Mon­day. I want­ed to make it eas­i­er for those look­ing specif­i­cal­ly to spruce up their space this hol­i­day sea­son. This would be a great list to share as a “safe shop­ping guide” for those that may have trou­ble decid­ing on a gift or maybe a gift for yourself!  Browse a col­lec­tion of some of my per­son­al favorite (affil­i­ate) linked home decor items from Amazon!The images are click­able and will refer you to an Ama­zon affil­i­ate link…

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    Fall Front Porch Styling Tips

    2:29 AM - By 

    I am knees deep in trans­form­ing dif­fer­ent parts of the home­stead into beau­ti­ful fall bliss. My man­tle is fin­ished and pump­kins are scat­tered through the liv­ing space. Next up on my agen­da is the front porch. My porch area, in this home, has always pre­sent­ed itself to be chal­leng­ing ans some­times pricey to dec­o­rate. For one, I am not in love with the exte­ri­or col­ors of the house, and the bud­get does­n’t have room for a fresh coat of paint, let alone all-new sid­ing. Soooo, all my wor­ries aside, I plan to do my best to light­en up the space…

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    Farmhouse Fall Decor from Amazon

    11:57 AM - By 

    It’s the begin­ning of Sep­tem­ber and here in West­ern Ken­tucky it still feels like sum­mer but I cant help but bring­ing out the pump­kins and all things fall here on the home­stead. In fact, today may be our first trip to the pump­kin patch this season.  Whether it’s still hot where you are or maybe the morn­ing have start­ed to get that refresh­ing chill, I have gath­ered some of my favorite pieces of farm­house fall decor from Ama­zon. This style and the pieces scat­tered through­out dif­fer­ent areas of your home are sure to get you in the fall spir­it no…

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    DIY Scrap Wood Fall Sign

    10:47 AM - By 

    I love a good scrap wood project, and this Scrap Wood Fall Sign does not dis­ap­point! There real­ly isn’t much you can’t do with a good piece of scrap wood. If you don’t have the lux­u­ry of hav­ing wood easy to access I have curat­ed an amaz­ing Scrap Wood Box Sub­scrip­tion that deliv­ers 3 or more scrap wood projects right to your door! Sav­ing and for­get­ting those amaz­ing ideas on Pin­ter­est is now a thing of the past. Turn your awe­some ideas into beau­ti­ful pieces of rus­tic decor for your home!  Instructions: It all start­ed here, with this plain ole piece…

  • Decor - Decor + Styling

    Easy Natural Fall Tablescape Step-By-Step

    9:41 AM - By 

    Since mov­ing in our home a lit­tle over a year ago, we have done sev­er­al DIY projects togeth­er as a fam­i­ly. Most of which I regret not doc­u­ment­ing. My favorite project to date was the din­ing room table we built as a fam­i­ly. I did cap­ture a few of the spe­cial moments of us build­ing as a fam­i­ly but I cer­tain­ly wish I had more of the process to share with you all. Any­way, all feel­ings aside, I had nev­er had a table like this before. It’s approx­i­mate­ly 7 ft long and can seat up to 8 peo­ple. Need­less to say,…

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    DIY Buffalo Check Flannel Pumpkin

    2:26 AM - By 

    There is only one thing bet­ter than buf­fa­lo check.…buffalo check flannel! This project all stemmed from my need for pump­kins to min­gle in with my fall decor. Grab you some fab­ric (or an old flan­nel shirt) and a old pil­low and you’re on your way to DIY pump­kin heaven! Grab a pil­low you don’t mind sac­ri­fic­ing and cut that bad boy open. You’re gonna need the poly­fil for later. Next comes your fab­ric. I had debat­ed on using a farm­house print­ed fab­ric but ulti­mate­ly decid­ed on buf­fa­lo check, because well…it’s buf­fa­lo check and I lit­er­al­ly can’t get enough of it. Sim­ply cut…