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Happy Monday, y’all! If you’ve been around here for a while now, you know that one of my favorite challenges is to help folks decorate using what they already have. So when my friend Laura asked if I’d help her and her sister (who lives in the other half of her duplex) decorate their mantels […]
I’m loving Instagram’s new “Story” feature, are you? It’s a fun way to share multiple photos and videos throughout a 24 hour period, so that they appear together in a slideshow format. I’ve noticed that the folks that post Stories the most are also the people I connect with the most on Instagram because their […]
Remember that one time we used Stikwood on our fireplace makeover? We stuck it to the front of the built-in cabinetry and on the frame around the upper part of the fireplace, as well as on the sliding shutters we made: Well, I helped my friend, Tim, with another Stikwood project recently, and thought I’d share […]
Hello, fellow cottage style-fans! Boy have I got a fun makeover to share with you today! 😀 Just before Christmas, my e-friend Kristine (who lives in Australia and blogs at The Painted Hive) was asked to participate in a room refresh competition for Angie’s List. She had five-ish days and $500 to transform her parent’s laundry room, […]
Remember my new friend Carlie, and her bedroom that she wanted to personalize? She had already hung the (drop cloth) drapes and painted the walls, floor and bathroom door by the time I came over for the first look-see, but she wanted to inject more of her personality as far as the art, furniture and […]
Remember that little chest of drawers we found for my friend Carlie’s room a few weeks back? Well, it’s got a new look! She and her mom painted it with (Cotton White) Farmhouse Paint and it looks so pretty next to her bed! They replaced the knobs with some new ones from Hobby Lobby too: They […]
“When we most need our intangible God to be made tangible we need to look no further than His people to make Him manifest.” -Jay Wolf, co-author of Hope Heals The quote above came from Jay and Katherine Wolf’s book Hope Heals. I just finished reading it and I feel like I want to give […]
We interrupt this regularly scheduled Instagram Wednesday for a very special announcement…and a question for Instagrammer @MrsLaurenAsh. 🙂 Dear Lauren, I discovered your sweet Insta-feed last week and smiled through pic after pic. Your family is precious, and I love that you and your (firefighter) husband are renovating a 1905 farmhouse RIGHT HERE IN ALABAMA. I love that […]
“I alone cannot change the world, but I can cast a stone across the waters to create many ripples.” -Mother Teresa It’s 41Day! Do you remember my friend Tara? Well, April 1st (a.k.a- 4/1) will forever remind me of Tara and her 41Day. (a.k.a- “For One” Day) She started it a few years back because it is […]
“I’ve been flea-marketing for 25 years. I always stumble across things and think, I can do something with that.” -Teresa DeJarlais That one day my friend Laura Jean introduced me to her friend Carlie Elizabeth… …who was so sweet to invite me over to help her dream up ideas decorating ideas for her bedroom… …and then let me […]
Y’all! I have some fun news to share with you this Monday afternoon! Remember when I told you my friend Traci‘s son Jonathan was going to audition on The Voice? Well, tonight is the night! That’s him up there singing his precious heart out for the judges! I’m not allowed to share if anybody’s chair […]
“Love God and be not afraid.” -Silas Martin, 7 years old I stumbled onto a book titled, ‘101 Things Every Blogger Should Know’ recently. I didn’t buy it, but just out of curiosity, I browsed around a few of its pages. Now y’all, the calendar says I’ve been doing this for a living for 8 years […]
Y’all remember my friend Traci and her boys, right? (Us and the Hutchersons- 2013) Well, I’m *finally* allowed to announce some really fun news about her eldest son, Jonathan, today- but first, I wanted to share a little bit about why his Gift is even more extraordinary. On July 7th, two days after Jonathan was born, Traci rolled […]
“I hope we always choose the Life that reaches depths beyond our wildest dreams and obedience that conquers all other motives.” -Mary McLeod Hello! Each Wednesday I share some of the design-related photos that stopped me in my tracks while I was scrolling Instagram the previous week, but today I thought I’d try something different. You […]
“Knowing that Jalia and Daniel were counting on me to get out there and sell their amazing creations inspired me to dream BIG, and their trust in our partnership has kept me going. The beauty of this story is that it’s not just mine. It’s ours. And as it has unfolded, it has proven time […]
