Ya’ll fall is HERE… well, almost. It’s so close I can taste the pumpkin spice. While our fall decor isn’t up quite yet (but I am working on getting my hubby to bring down the bins of decor!) I have been in the insane mood to get the pumpkins out and make some Snickerdoodles. To […]
Holy Crap! I wrote a book!
So that’s weird, huh? I’ve been on and off the blogging train a LOT lately, and now that it is all set in stone and ready to go, I’m finally coming out and telling ya’ll what has been occupying my time. *sings Diana Ross* For the past year and a handful of months, I’ve been […]
Beating the Summer Heat While Saving Energy
While summer seems to be winding down, the heat STILL keeps coming back for more & some areas of the country are experiencing all time high temperatures, as well as AC bills. Abigail from Thehandynest is offering up some money saving tips to stay cool this summer while you wait for the leaves to finally […]
Farmhouse Kitchen Mini Remodel
Ever since we moved into our house a few years ago I’ve been dying to redo our kitchen. Besides the obvious lack of cabinet and counter space (thank goodness for our giant pantry) the color scheme was hideous. Black cabinets (that were already chipping and peeling), taupe tile with dark purple grout (that I painted […]
Living in and Loving Our “For Now” Home
There is nothing that I dream about more than how we are going to renovate our forever home, even though I have no idea what it will look like or when we will live there. My constant love of going to realtor.com and searching for dream homes in our area and renovating them in my […]
A Farmhouse Touched Living Room Remodel
A while ago I let ya’ll in on the drama in my life; we had a huge water leak in our house (more details here) and had to tear up our living room to repair the damage. Cyle and I were content with just replacing the ruined wall, scrubbing the carpet (that we hate anyway) […]
Favorite Farmhouse Bathroom Floor Tile
Just recently we had our living room remodeled (see the reason why we had the update here, and check out the new look over here) and our bathroom also got a touch of an update while the guys were at the house (since apparently water just spreads EVERYWHERE when it gets into your house- who […]
Organizing For Your Lifestyle Book Review & Giveaway!
Organizing is not my forte. I’m more of a shove it to the back of the closet and hope for the best kinda gal, but I 100% feel like Jane, the author of Organizing For Your Lifestyle gets people like me and was able to effectively show me how to organize and purge my house. On […]
Bath Bomb Safety
Hey ya’ll! It’s been a little quiet over here (projects on projects on projects have kept me busy!) but today I wanted to welcome Sydney from ConsumerSafety.org to talk about the big craze going on- bath bombs. Today she is talking all about some of the not-so-great ingredients in your luscious bath fizzies and why […]
Pallet Compost Pile & An Easy Composting Guide
Regardless if you live in the city or out in the country, everyone needs a good ole compost pile. Why? You might not have a green thumb, but composting most of your normal garbage leads to tons of benefits- you gain a good quality fertilizer for your garden or flower beds (or just for areas […]
