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Summer Living Room | 2023

08/13/2023 By Bre

It’s hard to believe that summer is almost coming to end as we find ourselves in the middle of August. These past few weeks we have had the most perfect summer weather. The kind where you can’t wait to throw open the windows, or head out to the hammock in your backyard for a midday summer nap. However you have been spending your summer I hope it’s been a good one. This past week I felt so inspired to get out my camera and take a few pictures around our living room, something I haven’t done in a long time. So before the weather begins to turn and we are talking all things fall, here are a few snippets around our living room, and how I’ve styled it for summer.

Gallery Wall Tutorial + Sources

01/31/2023 By Bre

One of my favorite ways to decorate that reflects our personal style is with a gallery wall. Whether you use artwork, or family photos, what we choose to hang on our walls can say a lot about who we are, and reflect what we love. If you have a lot of wall space in your home, hanging a collection of smaller frames in a grouping to create a gallery is an easy way to fill a space, and can often times be more affordable than a large piece of artwork. I recently tweaked the frames I have hanging over our console table in our living room to create a larger grouping of frames, so today I’m sharing how I created this gallery wall and sources for the frames and artwork I used.

How to Create a Gallery Wall

02/04/2022 By Bre

When it comes to hanging things on the walls in our home there is nothing I love more than creating gallery walls. I sometimes wonder if it speaks to my teenage years where I would cover the walls in my room with giant collages of cut out pictures from magazines. There are many different ways you can create a gallery wall, and styles depending on the frames you choose and how you group them. I recently added a new gallery wall in our living room, so today I’m going to share my process with you in how I go about choosing art to create a gallery wall.

Sources from our New Living Room

01/26/2022 By Bre

can’t even tell you how excited I was to read all of your sweet comments about the progress that has happened in our new Living Room. I’m still referring to it as our “new” living room, because well compared to our previous living room, this one still feels new! I shared in my previous post how when we first moved into our new home, the living room area definitely had me stumped. But I knew that if I focused on the things I could change, rather than the things that I couldn’t – like the off centered windows, or weird layout, that I could create a space that I loved. And it showed, and you all agreed at how much the progress in our living room really transformed the space. Even though I used pretty much everything we had from our previous living room, there were still a few new things we brought into the space, so today I’m sharing the sources from our “new” living room.

Living Room Progress and the Gift of Home tour

01/21/2022 By Bre

aring today. If you missed Day 1, you can see it HERE, and remember each blogger who is sharing in this blog hop is also giving away a copy of my NEW book!! You can enter for a chance to win on each blog, so be sure to stop by and visit! I debated on whether I should share something I loved most about our previous home, or if I should share something I love most about our new home. Of course there is much to love about our new home, but I will be honest, none of the rooms feel quite finished yet. But I am a big believer in progress. Small tiny changes that make an impact over time, and new living room is getting so close! So today I’m sharing our living room progress, and the steps I’ve taken along the way.

Christmas Home Tour | 2021

11/30/2021 By Bre

a long time. It was so fun to open up my bins this year, and pull out my favorites. For this years Christmas decor I stuck with mostly green and white, and some earthy tones. I love how this simple color scheme really allows the greenery to pop I’ve sprinkled throughout our home, and today I’m sharing our Living Room decorated for Christmas.

New Console Table

08/27/2021 By Bre

to know that others feel the same way, especially when it comes to not having everything perfectly finished. I’ve gotten many questions about the new console table in our living room (also shown in yesterday’s post), so today I’m sharing more about our new console table! It’s a funny story, I actually shared on Instagram, how after I sanded down the boards I wanted the table to be made from, I went to the store to run some errands and came back to the table being completely built. Thank you hubby for your prompt building skills! This table really was one of the key pieces in helping our living room feel more complete, and I’m so excited to share all the details with you!

Installing Beams in the Living Room

04/24/2020 By Bre

Hello Friends!! Recently we tackled a project that I have been wanting to do for such a long time. We added beams to the ceiling in our living room! It’s added so much character to our living room, I can’t wait for you to see! So let’s jump right into this fun project the hubby and I recently tackled!

Layering Area Rugs

01/28/2020 By Bre

I mentioned in yesterdays post how one of the ways I love to add layers into my rooms is by layering area rugs. Now I get that this isn’t always doable at first when you are decorating, because affording one new area rug can be pricey on it’s own. But when looking for areas to add more layers to your spaces this is a great way to achieve that layered look we all desire, without over complicating things. Today I’m sharing some of my favorite layered area rug looks.