There's an unspoken rule in the blogger world. You must love IKEA. I'm half kidding, but many of us do love the giant home store! IKEA furniture is known for being very basic but also very sturdy. … [Read More...]
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15 of the Most Creative Ikea Hacks for Your Home
Aqua Office Decor
I have included affiliate links for your convenience, if you make a purchase I may receive a small commission to support my blog and help us bring you more DIY tips. See our disclosure … [Read More...]
Centsible Chateau New Topic Survey
Let's talk about blog topics! You may, or may not, have noticed I haven't blogged as much recently. After seven years of working mostly from home I changed jobs and headed back to an office. That … [Read More...]
10 Beautiful Farmhouse Style Kitchen Makeovers
You've never seen a picture of my kitchen (at least I hope not) and I promise you there is a very good reason. We bought this house because of the location, layout and potential. We did not buy it … [Read More...]
One Room Challenge: Farmhouse Style Family Room Reveal!
It's here! I finally get to share our finished farmhouse style family room with you! If you've been following along you know that we are guest bloggers in the One Room Challenge. You can see over … [Read More...]
How to Start a Blog That Will Make You Money
My husband and I have been renovating our home for three years and I always loved posting before and after pics on social media. Many friends have suggested that I launch a full blog, but I really … [Read More...]
More Gift Ideas for Fixer Upper Fans
My first gift guide was so popular I've put together another shopping list for the Fixer Upper lover in your life. All of these items have a farmhouse touch and will make your loved one as happy as … [Read More...]
One Room Challenge Week Four: Wood Wall Build and Furniture Delay
Welcome back to our One Room Challenge Week Four! I'll give you a quick update on the furnishings and then show you the progress Mike has made on the wood wall during the last week. I was adjusting … [Read More...]
One Room Challenge Week Three: Shopping for Farmhouse Style Family Room Decor
One Room Challenge Week Three is here! Last week I showed you my vision boards and since then I’ve been shopping for all of the farmhouse style family room decor. I've been to most of my favorite … [Read More...]
One Room Challenge Week Two: Vision Boards for Our Farmhouse Style Family Room
It's One Room Challenge Week Two! Last week I explained what the challenge is and which room we are redecorating. This week I want to share my vision boards with you. Our farmhouse style family room … [Read More...]
Five Beginner Power Tools Every Fixer Upper Needs- Plus Bonus Printable Tool Shopping Guide
Friends are often asking Mike which tools they need for projects. Sometimes they ask me too, but I just give them a blank confused stare, refer them back to the husband, and continue looking at … [Read More...]
One Room Challenge Week One: Farmhouse Style Family Room
Have you heard of the One Room Challenge? It's this amazing six week room makeover challenge held by Calling it Home where bloggers decorate or renovate a room in six weeks. Then they all share the … [Read More...]
Farmhouse Style Porch Decor
Confession time. I have never achieved my front porch goals or even come close! Houses with gorgeous farmhouse style porches have always been my favorite. I look at them and then stick a … [Read More...]
Farmhouse Style Door Trim Printable Tutorial
When we bought this house almost three years ago, every inch of the trim was brown wood. That was the style when it was built in 1986, but it made the house incredibly dated and dark. … [Read More...]
How to Paint with Milk Paint
I needed a piece of furniture for our entryway and I really wanted to get something with that chippy paint finish I love. Every piece I saw was out of my budget so I decided to find something old and … [Read More...]
Fixer Upper Style Farmhouse Clocks
If you watch Fixer Upper on HGTV you know that farmhouse clocks are part of Joanna's signature decor and if you read this blog you know I'm obsessed with Joanna's decor! I have a bunch of clocks … [Read More...]
Farmhouse Style Bedroom Makeover
There's this crazy thing that happens with your kids. You work really hard to raise them well. You feed them, love them, drive them to activities and, in our case, watch all their sporting events … [Read More...]
How to Build a Farmhouse Style Headboard- Printable Instructions
This blog is a new, and exciting, one for us. We were contacted by a fantastic local publication, called 585 Magazine, and asked if Mike could build something for their March/April publication. Since … [Read More...]
Top Ten Places to Shop Home Decor on a Budget
Decorating your whole home can be overwhelming and incredibly expensive. If you shopped for every room of your house at a normal retail store it would literally cost you thousands of dollars. We are … [Read More...]
Farmhouse Style Galvanized Decor
We have really long dreary dark winters in Upstate NY, so I was cheering myself up looking at ideas for interior and exterior spring decor. Every year I pretend I'm going to have a green thumb and … [Read More...]
