Hello and happy Tuesday, y’all! Are you gearing up for this Winter weather? I was so thankful for a few days of 60º temps after our first snow here so I got outside and tackled this quick project: DIY scrap wood house bookends. This Woodhouse made some wood houses. How appropriate. I used some scrap 2×6 boards…
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The Home Depot Holiday Style Challenge Reveal!
I’m over at The Home Depot blog sharing my Christmas decorations for the Holiday Style Challenge today. Yay! If you keep up with me via Instagram or Facebook (and I hope you do!) you’ll know that I’ve had my Christmas stuff wonderfulness up since October. I’m sure my neighbors have me pegged for a Halloween/Thanksgiving hater by skipping over those holidays like they…
As Seen On TV: Easy DIY Gold-Dipped Fall Decor
For those of you who are not in the Nashville area, I dropped by NewsChannel 5’s Talk of the Town last month to share some easy DIY gold-dipped Fall decor. Check out the video below. If the video won’t load, try refreshing the page, or viewing it on Youtube.
Mixed Metallic Fall Mantel
As promised, I’m sharing my Fall mantel with y’all. I had a lot of fun mixing metallics, displaying a few fun and easy DIY projects along with store-bought items. Take a peek: If you’ve spent any amount of time on this blog, you’d be no stranger to my long and sordid love affair with all things gold…
Happy Fall Y’all {Free Printable}
It’s officially Fall, you guys! Are you ready for crisp, cool air, scarves and sweaters, hot apple cider, turkey and stuffing, and pumpkin spice lattes? I am! Here’s a free 8×10 print for you to get you into the autumnal mood. Just click on the pic to download. Happy Fall, y’all!
Easy DIY Fall Decor: Gold Spray-Painted Branches
If you guys thought my gilded pumpkins project was kindergarten-level, this project is downright pre-school. I literally walked outside, cut off some low-hanging branches from one of the trees in our yard and spray-painted them gold. That’s it. The only way I could’ve made this project any easier would be if I found some branches lying on the ground. I wish…
Easy DIY Fall Decor: Gilded Pumpkins
It’s finally starting to happen, you guys. I walked outside this morning and didn’t suffocate from the heat and humidity. There was that familiar, crisp, cool breeze that made me go back inside and grab a sweater. It’s finally getting to be Fall around here and I am geeking out over it. It’s my faaaaavorite season….
DIY Two-Tiered Foyer Console
Well, hello again! I’m so glad you’re here! If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’ll have seen sneak peeks of this project. Pssst… I’m on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook – let’s be friends. It’ll be fun. Here’s my newest DIY project, all done and dressed up: Dang, ain’t she purty? My parents were looking…
How To Build DIY Nightstands
Okay, you guys. I actually built something without having to pester my good friend, Ana White for plans! Can you believe it? It was a little bit of ‘trial and error’ and a whole lot of ‘figuring things out as I went along,’ but I totally designed and built a pair of bedside tables for our master bedroom! When I broke…
Master Bedroom Nightstands
Years ago, before I started building solid wood furniture, I didn’t know any better and bought a pair of these nightstands from Target, made of particle board and a “wood-like substance.” They served us well for a few years, that is, until they didn’t. The other day, as I was sitting on my bed, I foolishly…
DIY Custom Wood Name Signs
Hello and happy hump day, friends! After making several dozen of these custom DIY hand-cut wood name signs for my friends, family, and perfect strangers, I finally made one for my little lady. “The shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot,” isn’t that how the saying goes? Or we can go way back with “the cobbler’s children go unshod.”…
Build A (Fake) Quarter Pipe
The children’s ministry at my church needed a skate board ramp as part of their stage set design so I built this fake quarter pipe according to their specifications. *Please note: this quarter pipe was not built for actual use. It is only meant for show.* In other words, do not build this quarter pipe, attempt to…
My Haven Conference Experience
If you keep up with me on Instagram or Facebook, you’d have seen the lion share of these photos. And if you don’t, then this will be news to you. Read on for my Haven recap (everybody’s doin’ it). Last weekend, I traveled to Atlanta to speak at the Haven Conference, an annual DIY Bloggers’…
Easy DIY Turned Leg Coffee Table
This past weekend I teamed up with Jaime Costiglio of That’s My Letter and we had the honor of teaching a furniture-building class at the Haven Conference in Atlanta. Haven is a DIY Bloggers’ conference held every year. We had an hour to teach the class and asked several volunteers to help us measure and cut…
DIY Pottery Barn-Inspired Bench
Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. I’ve been invited to speak at the Haven Conference, a DIY bloggers’ conference in Atlanta, Georgia this weekend! I’ve never been to a bloggers’ conference before and I am totally geeking out over it. I’ll be teaching a couple of building classes…
Consider the Lilies and Free Printable
Hello and happy Monday! This morning, I woke up to this and literally gasped at the sight of them: The previous residents of our home planted these beautiful calla lilies in our front yard and in the course of a year and a half, we’ve done nothing to cultivate them (aside from keeping my black…
Getting Jiggy Wit It: The Sequel
*Update: I am now selling these custom wood name signs in my Etsy shop! Remember the handmade wood sign I made for Liam’s nursery? Well, I’ve been pretty busy making a few for friends, and I’ve even started selling them locally! So fun! Lemme tell ya, nothing says ‘sexy’ like a pair of plastic goggles and a…
Proverbs 31:25 {Free Printable}
Hello and happy Monday, friends! I’m back with a free 8×10 print for you. This verse from the book of Proverbs has been speaking to me lately… I hope it lifts you up today too. God bless! Just click the image below to download.
Getting Jiggy Wit It
*Update: I am now selling these custom wood name signs in my Etsy shop! If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook, you would have seen this sign I made for Liam’s nursery last weekend. It was the first time I used a jigsaw to cut out anything this intricate, so the sign is far from…
Building Another Balustrade Coffee Table
Remember that beautiful Restoration Hardware-inspired coffee table I built for my parents? Well, it was such an easy project and I loved it so much that I decided to make one for our living room! The folks at Osborne Wood were kind enough to send me another set of the turned legs they designed for this coffee table!…
Cheery Spring Mantel
It’s always a challenge for me when it comes to decorating our mantel for the seasons because it’s so massive, at almost 12 feet long! That’s a lot of space to style. Here it is, all dressed up for Spring with cheery pops of yellow. Having fresh flowers in the house feels like such a…
DIY Restoration Hardware-Inspired Balustrade Coffee Table
***Are you on Instagram? I am! And I often share sneak peeks of my upcoming projects there, so let’s be friends, it’ll be fun.*** Y’ALL!!! I am SO EXCITED to share my newest build with you! I’m doing a happy dance right now. Be grateful you’re not here to witness mah sexxxy man splits! #namethatmovie #pitchperfect #sorrynotsorry Now…
Hello Beautiful {Free Printable}
Well, hello lovelies and happy Monday! Here’s a free 8×10 print for you. I took the words straight from one of my songs, Hello Beautiful, off of my first album. The font is called Subway Novella and can be downloaded here. The mason jar illustration is by The Ink Nest. Just click on the image…
DIY Tree Swing
Hello and happy Spring! After a long, long winter, the weather is finally (FINALLY!) warming up here and we’ve all been itching to get outside in the glorious sunshine again. Yesterday was 72 degrees F and breezy – absolutely gorgeous. I’ve decided that 72 is my most favorite degree. This DIY tree swing was the…
Creating a Designated Drop Zone
I’m a firm believer in the “a place for everything and everything in its place” mentality and our winter-wear situation was getting out.of.control. After getting home, we’d all just gotten into the habit of throwing our coats, gloves, scarves, hats, and bags over the back of the couch and it was driving me insane! We…