When you dream of decorating your front porch with swag garland but you have nowhere to swag it, you build a fence. Or at least that’s what we did!
Category: Decor
DIY Inexpensive Cloth Napkins
I don’t know about you, but the biggest indicator for a special meal to me is table linens. Particularly cloth napkins. They also are the easiest thing to add to a table for the holidays. Table cloths need ironing, and are big and slide around. And centerpieces are nice but they take up space where the food needs to go! But you add some cloth napkins and all of a sudden it feels like your dining at the Plaza. I really don’t host enough to justify the cost of some cloth napkins, so naturally I made my own for just a few bucks!
Simple Things to Make Your Bathroom Feel Fancy
One of the first little DIY projects I did in our house that made a big impact was in our master bathroom. It was a couple months after we had moved in – long before I started this blog. Since it’s something we see and use every day, I thought it was time to actually share it. Read on for some little ways to make your own bathroom feel fancy!
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A Fancy Tiled Fireplace
It seems like forever ago when we got our mantle hung up above our fireplace. In that post’s pictures, we had a tile square sample that someday we would tile the fireplace with. And that someday has arrived! ?? It only took a few hours of our Saturday to tile the fireplace but it really makes the room feel so much more complete. Seriously. Looking at the before pictures makes me wonder how I lived with it that way for so long!
DIY Glass Etching Gifts
I’m a practical gift giver. I follow a list and almost always give what is on the list. So for non-list type situations, I struggle. Big time. But I also like being crafty, and that can make the most drab practical gifts incredibly cute and personable. There are two girls from my old department that I am still close with and we exchange gifts. I decide to do a little DIY glass etching as part of their gifts. If you’ve never done glass etching before, it is the fastest and easiest DIY ever. I swear.
A Pumpkin Pail DIY Production
I can hardly believe it’s October, let alone the end of it! We have been in the 70’s all last week and then yesterday we had a wind advisory with a high of 43. They are forecasting snow by the end of the week! ☃️
One thing I have found challenging with decorating a new house that is also your first house: you just don’t have stuff to decorate with. We are definitely making progress but that’s with every day décor. The holidays bring a whole other level to the challenge. I still wanted our house to look like fall even if the weather didn’t agree but I didn’t want to spend much at all. When I saw those pumpkin pails kids use for hauling all their treats for only a buck, an idea was born. ? Continue reading “A Pumpkin Pail DIY Production”