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Bathroom Design Plan

01/22/2018 By Bre

22 Jan

Hello Friends! If you caught my Goals post last week, than you know we are gearing up to tackle our master bathroom. If you've been following the blog for awhile, well heck even since the beginning than you may be thinking to yourself you don't recall seeing our master bathroom, and you're right! I've never shared it with you, because of it's blah boring state, and quite honestly it has been on the very bottom of our to-do list. I'll explain more about it's current state when I share the before pictures with all of you, but in the meantime I wanted to share the design plan for the space. They say the devil is in the details, and I have always been one to fully believe that the difference ... Read More about Bathroom Design Plan

Goals for 2018

01/19/2018 By Bre

19 Jan

I think it's inevitable that with every start to a new year comes time for reflection on last year, and some time to look forward in hopes of what the new year might hold. Since I've taken a look back on 2017, and all that we accomplished, and I've shared with you my most popular posts of 2017, it's time to dream about what 2018 will bring. I've been looking around our house, and really contemplating what I hope to tackle this year. So here are some of my goals for 2018, and what I hope to accomplish in our home. ... Read More about Goals for 2018

22 Storage Baskets {Under $50}

01/08/2018 By Bre

8 Jan

Hello Friends! I finally feel like I can take a deep breath after all of the holiday commotion. The dust has settled, we are slowly getting back to the swing of things, and the house is finally feeling somewhat back in order. I'm putting the last of the tiny bits of Christmas decor back in the basement this week, and honestly it feels so good to see the house bare. I enjoyed Christmas so much, and decorating for the holidays is one of my all time favorite things to do. Once everything is down and put away, I realize how much all of that extra seasonal decor makes things feel cluttered - for me personally anyways. Now that I'm putting the house back in order, and cleaning to the extent of ... Read More about 22 Storage Baskets {Under $50}

Happy New Year

01/01/2018 By Bre

1 Jan

Happy New Year friends!!! I hope you are resting in reflecting with full hearts after all of the holiday celebrations, and everything that came with 2017. This past week has been FULL of spending time with family, even last night, we rang in the New Years here at home with our kids, and my sister, her husband and darling 3 yr. old niece. I have to say it truly is a highlight to see the joy on my kids faces as we celebrate the holidays, the many blessings God has poured out in our lives, and now the anticipation of what the New Year will bring. ... Read More about Happy New Year

A Year in Review {2017}

12/29/2017 By Bre

29 Dec

It's always fun to look back over the past year. As the new year approaches, and we wind down from the holidays. The last Christmas cookie is digested, and my pants seem to have gotten 2 sizes smaller in ONE week, I look forward to the New Year with great anticipation. With the kids home on from school on Christmas break, and family visiting, we have spent our days soaking in our time together, and it truly has been so much fun. However, I told my husband the other day, that this structure loving person is craving some routine. I never realized how much I crave routine, until it's gone! With 2018 right around the corner, I always love to look back over the past year. There is something about ... Read More about A Year in Review {2017}

Styling a Christmas Vignette

12/17/2017 By Bre

17 Dec

One of the things I always do is style our buffet in our dining room to coordinate with the rest of my christmas decor. I get text messages from friends around the holidays with pictures of their buffets, or side tables, or books shelves asking for my design eye to take a look and make sure nothing is missing. I love helping others love the spaces they are in, so I love helping my friends make their homes festive for the holidays too! Vignettes have to be one of my favorite things to do, other than tablescapes of course! So today I'm sharing some photos with you on how I style a christmas vignette. ... Read More about Styling a Christmas Vignette

Christmas in the Dining Room {Part 2.}

12/13/2017 By Bre

13 Dec

Hello Friends! Sometimes I get asked the question, especially after I share an elaborate tablescape post, if my dining room always looks that way? The answer is always NO, because let's face it, sometimes my dining room table gets lost under the piles of stuff that life can accumulate, to the point where my husband will ask if we still own a dining room table?! Ha Ha! For the most part our dining room looks like it did in the Holiday Housewalk this year. Well when I clean it for company. But that also gave me the idea of some easy ways to decorate your table for Christmas even when you aren't hosting a dinner, because sometimes walking by that empty bare table when the rest of the house is ... Read More about Christmas in the Dining Room {Part 2.}

Frosted Winter Tablescape

12/12/2017 By Bre

12 Dec

Hello Friends!! I hope you are good as we countdown to Christmas!! We got our first snowfall over the weekend, with another one happening right now as we speak, so it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. Today I wanted to share with you the tablescape I created last year for the Better Homes & Gardens Christmas Ideas magazine (still out on newsstands now!). I'm titling this one the "Frosted Winter Tablescape", because it's full of "frosted" winter greens like dusty miller, and even some soft succulents, along with plenty of winter greens! ... Read More about Frosted Winter Tablescape

Miss Mustard Seed White Wax

12/06/2017 By Bre

6 Dec

Hello friends!! I hope your week is off to a great start! Thank you so much for all your kind words on our Christmas Housewalk tour this year! It's one of my favorite tours to be apart of, and when I started decorating for christmas this year, I knew I wanted to keep things simple, but something felt missing. While that something was all my fresh garland I added around our home. Because it's fresh the earliest I can put it up is the week after Thanksgiving if I want it to last up until Christmas, and I would be so bummed not to have it up in our house when my family comes to celebrate Christmas with us, so that is why I wait. Even when blogland wants christmas photos before thanksgiving, ... Read More about Miss Mustard Seed White Wax

Winter Wonderland Tablescape

12/04/2017 By Bre

4 Dec

Hello Friends! I'm so excited to be sharing a Winter Wonderland Tablescape with you today that I created. We are going to create this exact table for our Christmas eve dinner with the family. It was more per my daughters request, she said it looked just like a winter wonderland, and I quite agree. I'm teaming up with a few blogging friends for a christmas tablescape tour, hosted by Alicia from A Burst of Beautiful, and you are going to love what's in store for today! ... Read More about Winter Wonderland Tablescape

Hot Chocolate Bar

12/03/2017 By Bre

3 Dec

Hello Friends! We have been thoroughly enjoying our weekend. Watching christmas movies, making hot cocoa, and hosting our first holiday party of the season. I don't know why but during the holidays I crave hot chocolate more than any other time throughout the year. It's the perfect afternoon treat, and I find the kids craving it just as much as I have been lately. To keep things easy to reach I like to set up a little hot chocolate bar in our kitchen so you can make it whenever the cravings strike! ... Read More about Hot Chocolate Bar