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Christmas Tree!
When we moved into this new house we donated our old tree. The cats had messed up some of the lower branches and it was just so tiny that we didn’t think it’d look great in our new place. So that necessitated purchasing a new tree. We opted for the tallest, biggest one that would…
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Felt Holly Garland
This is our first year living in a home we actually own, so I wanted to make some special Christmas decorations. I think I may have been a bit too ambitious. I had planned on making four different garlands, but really only had time to get around to finishing two. I have the supplies for…
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New Rug Rearranging
Sometimes, you find decor items when you’re not even looking for them. I was out shopping a few weeks ago and decided to stop into West Elm to see how they were decorating for the holidays (I thought maybe I could use a few of their ideas). I didn’t find much holiday inspiration, but I…
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Guest Bathroom Mini-Makeover
Like the upstairs bath in our house, our downstairs bath came with some less than attractive wire shelves installed. Even dumber, it had a whopping two shelves, so it was pretty useless and a huge waste of space. Ugly+ Ineffective= MUST GO! I had been hiding the shelves, along with the horrible mess of appliances…
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Fall Catch Up
It has been far too long since I’ve posed an update here. I wish I had an excuse, but honestly I’ve just been putting this aside a bit so I can focus on work and other projects around the house. I’m hoping to keep up a bit more regularly over the next few months, as…
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Garden Disasters
I uploaded a bunch of pictures but never really got around to posting about the garden disaster we had this summer. Better late than never, right? Our yard and all of our plants were doing really great and we were getting a lot of veggies and herbs out of our garden, but then one day…
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Quick Projects
It’s quick project time! The first was a repair on a glass box that got broken when we moved. I wrapped this thing up so much and it still managed to break. I was seriously pissed. I hadn’t really been using it until I came up with an idea of how to fix it after…