A living room spring refresh was definitely in order. Ironically, there is nearly two feet of snow outside my window as I write this. Go figure. Living on Lake Michigan has its perks, one being lake effect snow. We got about 20 inches in 24 hours! Regardless, spring is coming. The fresh flowers probably helped set the mood. Fresh flowers have a way of doing that. For those of you who don't know, I have started an essential oil business and I hit a really huge milestone with that (and now ...
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Christmas Home Tour
Welcome to our Christmas home tour. We have four young and active kids here so we like to keep our holiday core simple, affordable, bright and fun! Thank you so much to Not Just a Housewife for hosting this fun Christmas tour blog hop. Welcome to all our new friends from the Blooming Homestead. Colorful ornaments on the tree and in the lamp and bright Merry Christmas banner is all it took to bring some holiday cheer to this living room wall. I didn't buy a ...
Living Room Refresh for $100
We had a bookshelf we inherited waiting to be painted, chalkboards hanging above a console because we had them and random stuff sitting on the console because that is what clean surfaces are for. My pillow covers were clashing with my carpet (online ordering error) and there were nail holes in desperate need of a patch and paint job. Last weekend I we put a little elbow grease in and around $100. I repotted a plant that desperately needed it and bought a basket at TJ maxx for $16 for the ...
Shared Boys Bedroom
This shared boys bedroom was really challenging for me. I was merging two rooms full of stuff, looking to spend little money and working around a really odd layout. Have you ever tried putting together a shared boys bedroom? Shared Boys Bedroom Gallery Wall I originally hung this gallery wall over the dresser with beds flanking each side of the dresser. Since then, the gallery wall got a bit of an update. The letters got a bit of color. Green for Quinn and orange for Hudson, because those ...
Girl Bedroom
Eleanor's bedroom has finally come together. Putting together a girl bedroom is so much fun. Be sure to check out Eleanor's Nursery and her bedroom upstairs when we welcomed baby #3. We have an odd bedroom arrangement, with two bedrooms on the first floor and two upstairs in the converted attic. With the impending arrival of baby #4 (she is here now!), someone was going to have to share a room. This lead to one giant room switcharoo. Now that the boys ...
