We have this small area in our garage that is basically a drop all and go zone. The shoe pile was quite the situation and no one could EVER find their shoes. I knew that in order to save my sanity I needed to make this small corner function better. I decided to DIY some English Country style boot storage. I grabbed some 1x3 pine boards and 1" dowels at my local hardware store and got to work. I cut down each of my 1x3 boards to 3' which fits my wall perfectly and my dowels to 4". I ...
Adding Curb Appeal with a Mailbox Refresh
Our mailboxes were.....GROSS. So gross. It's pretty embarrassing actually. The last straw was when my door fell off and we used a zip tie to keep it on hah. The wood was pretty worn and beat up but I found this amazing paint that is specific for weathered tired wood that isn't rotten. It's super thick and gets into all the deep cracks that is common with weathered wood (here). I used the color thicket and used the same paint and color to paint our tired swing set ...
Keeping Life Simple with Bubbles
If you have kids you know the importance of keeping things simplified- especially when it comes to keeping track of their things. We loose things more frequently than I would like the admit. You know that one kid that can never find the other shoe, never brings home a water bottle and somehow we've lost half our sweatshirts? Yep, that's my kids. With Spring sports fast approaching and Summer camp right around the corner I knew I needed to get better at labeling all their things. We ...
Hiking in the Ozarks
For our 10 year anniversary trip we wanted an adventure and an escape from our busy lives. We had planned, postponed and changed plans a handful of times due to kids, work and different commitments that had come up and honestly we almost just threw in the towel and canceled all together. There is ALWAYS something, right? We decided that flying was risky with cancelations being so unpredictable so the next best place to find adventure and solitude was the mountains. We have been to the Smokey ...
Christmas Living Room
I recently started pulling out all our Christmas/Winter decor. Jordan likes Christmas after Thanksgiving but when Snow Starts flying I just cant help but start sprinkling bits of twinkle here and there. We DO wait until after thanksgiving to cut down our Christmas Tree. Its a tradition we look forward to each year. This is the first year that we have had a Fireplace to decorate! When I tell you I have been counting down the days and dreaming of it since February I MEAN IT! I was so dang ...
Adding Character with Limewash
One of my goals this year for our home was to add in loads of Character. Even though our house was built in the 40s it really lacks a lot of the beautiful characteristics that typical old homes were built with. I'm not sure if they were removed or just never there but regardless we are on a mission to add them back. Project by Project we are slowly doing it. One of the ways we added character to our walls in the living room, stairwell and our Kitchen was to add Limewash. Limewash may be ...
