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Chalkboard Door Farewell

03/23/2018 By Bre

23 Mar

The chalkboard door is gone! Yep. Now wait, before you start thinking to yourself “oh now, is that the one in her kitchen?”. No, it is not the one in our kitchen. Shortly after I started blogging, I was DIY’ing everything. Anything and everything I could get my hands on, and you better believe I was making and creating up a storm. Some of it good, and some of it not so hot. I was thrilled just to have a home that I could create in, and this new found liberation blogging gave me of being able to try new things and decorate and even though I didn’t have a degree, and actually have people like that things I was doing, kept me on a creative high for a long time. Almost to the point of burnout, but that’s a completely different topic for another post. I was so excited to put my signature on our home, I was crafting and creating everything I could get my hands on so our new house felt like “our home”. One of the things I decided to do was paint the top part of this door we had in our dining room with chalkboard paint, to act as a built in chalkboard.

New Slip Covers for our Sofa from Comfort Works

03/20/2018 By Bre

20 Mar

I am so excited to share all the details with you! I get asked a lot about our sofa, and slip covers in general, and since our sofa came with the slip covers already on them, I was never able to provide a source as to where to get your own. Many of you have asked where you can even find slip covers, or how to go about getting slip covers for the sofas and chairs you already have. Sometimes it’s not necessarily the furniture that we have that we want to replace, but just refreshen the look of them. I have just the solution!

Spring has Sprung {2018}

03/13/2018 By Bre

13 Mar

Eek! Spring has Sprung! Or at least inside our home it has. I should have known better living in New England, and having temps in the 70’s in February that is wouldn’t last, but at least it was nice while it was here, and I while I was taking these photos. Nope, today we are in for another nor’easter. The good news is we have made it into March, so any snow we do get doesn’t last too long. And while mother nature may not have gotten the memo that we have officially “sprung forward”, but at least we have in our house.

Spring Tablescape {2018}

03/12/2018 By Bre

12 Mar

It’s no secret that I love creating Tablescapes. So when my friends Alicia from A Burst of Beautiful reached out to me to join her and some other blogging friends to share a Spring Tablescape, I jumped at the chance. I love coordinating plates and bowls and silverware with some fun florals to create a welcoming table. In fact when I’m working on my place settings, it’s very much like coordinating outfits. It’s fun to switch things up, and pair plates with different bowls, similar to pairing up jeans with a different top. There are so many options. For this spring tablescape I pulled out some of my tried and trues …

Spring Entryway | 2018

03/08/2018 By Bre

8 Mar

Today I’m sharing how I refreshed our front entryway for spring, and it was just the thing that was needed, to help spruce up our entryway and celebrate that Spring is on its way!

DIY Faux Potted Plants

03/07/2018 By Bre

7 Mar

Hi Friends! Thank you so much for all the kind remarks towards yesterdays Spring Vignette post! In case you missed it, you can see it HERE. I think you all were just as excited as I was about all the plants being faux! It really was super easy to make, and I think they can be a staple in your decor, not just for spring. So today I’m sharing with you how I made these DIY faux potted plants.

Easy Spring Vignette | 2018

03/06/2018 By Bre

6 Mar

Hello Friends! There’s nothing like spreading a little spring decor around your house to anticipate this upcoming season! I honestly can’t wait for spring, our winters are long here in New England, and spring is always a welcomed sight! I’m teaming up with some blogging friends today to share our spring decorated mantles and vignettes. Come on over and see what I created for this years Spring Vignette

We’re featured in Yankee Magazine

03/04/2018 By Bre

4 Mar

It’s always a delight to see how they choose to feature our home in magazine articles. Which photos they will chose, what details they will highlight. Of course the 2 page spread above is one of my most favorite views in our home. However, I think you’ll agree with me, when I turned the page to see the photo below, I squealed with delight to see a candid shot of me and my daughter made the feature!

Spring Decor Roundup

02/27/2018 By Bre

27 Feb

Spring is on it’s way! We’ve had a few days proving that it’s coming. Even though we new englanders know not to get our hopes up too much, because snow can still happen all the way up until May – yes MAY, with March in a few days, our long winter is winding down. Thankfully any snow we do get at this point is gone within a day or two, but even the kids have a bit of spring fever, and have said they are done with playing in the snow, lol. I’m gearing up to share our home decorated for spring, and while I’m not quite finished, I saw a photo the other day from a spring post I did a few years ago, and totally reminisced. It made me think, I should do a round up of some of my favorite posts from Springs past as we get ready to welcome in this much anticipated season. I always call it my much anticipated season, because after our long winters, it’s the one I look forward to the most. Longer days, warmer weather, and of course all those fantastic buds popping up everywhere! So before I share this years spring decor, here is a little spring decor roundup from some of my favorites in the past.

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