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Dining Room DIY | Plate Wall Display

  • November 1, 2016
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      Since seeing (and falling in love with) this image (below) on Pinterest last year (or maybe even longer!), I decided I wanted to use my “dining room” wall (since we don’t actually have a dining room, per se’) to display my own collection of eclectic plates.  It took me a while…shopping at thrift stores, antique shops, yard sales, and even current store inventories to finally collect enough to begin my wall.  But it’s finally up (though I’m...

How I Decorated My Front Porch For $150 or Less | Frugal Home DIY

So, we are going on year 6 at our house, and other than an occasional (usually dying or dead) potted plant and a door wreath, we have never decorated our front porch!  {Shameful, I know…} So, this spring my front porch became my new DIY project!  I had $150 budget (from old home stuff I sold at a recent consignment sale), so my new project began… Here’s a quick look at my *normal* front porch view… {see why it needed help?!}...

Our Travel Adventures | Home Decor DIY

Lately, I have found so many cute home decor ideas involving MAPS, and I have fallen in love with the idea of “mapping” our family’s travel adventures in a way that we can use in our decor! I found a small 6″ globe (from Target) for my sweet baby sister, and purchased personalized vinyl lettering to say “Adventures of Megan” on the (ocean) side of the globe…then I marked with self-adhesive gemstones (from Hobby Lobby), all of the places she has...

Kid’s Art Wall

Here’s our “finished”art wall in the kids school/play room.  It has worked out great!  With Mark’s wonderful help, I was able to use fun doorknobs on each end of the art line…half off from Hobby Lobby (I think I could live at that place!)  And, of course, we had to find a fun quote for the wall — I love this quote from Picasso…and I love reminding my children of this, when they so often compare their work with others...

Living Room | Redecoration Journey Begins

After much looking, planning, and waiting, I am finally the new owner of my most favorite “reading/accent” chair — the ARIEL (doesn’t it look like a seashell to you?).  And, since my chair was finally in my living room, I couldn’t help but begin to start the redecorating process for our entire living room.   My first start — hanging my Vintage Crush frames as a collage-type picture wall.  (Overlook the blank frames…they bother Katie, too…but I’m trying to decide WHICH...

Bunk Beds & Best Buds

Okay, so I’ve been terrible on getting pictures of the kids “finished” (aka liveable and decorated…until I find more to add/change) combined bedroom.  And, after looking at the pictures, I’m thinking — did we really change that much??  So, here’s a “before” picture of the kids separated bedrooms… Austin’s “BEFORE” Room… Katie’s “BEFORE” Room… And now, your look into their “new” combined  BUNK BED & BEST BUDS room… They both sold a lot of their “old” bedroom decor and reinvested...

RE…Lots of RE!

So, with all of the “RE”s (REorganizing, REdecorating, REmoving) going on in our home lately, especially in the kids’ rooms, we’ve also had to learn how to REpurpose things.  Though it’d be easy to run to the store and buy all that I need to REdesign our home, my frugalness just doesn’t allow for that 😉 I suspect {and HOPE} to be able to show you lots of REpurposing going on around our home over the next months.  Today we...

House 2 Home: Part III & IV

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to update our “House 2 Home” progress.  But this week, you get to see two major changes at the same time!  Talk about a busy weekend!  We painted our master bedroom Saturday & Sunday (in between services at church), and yesterday we welcomed in our new floors.  Here are a few pictures for you curious minds…what do you think?? BEFORE:  This is a picture of our Living Room this past Christmas AFTER: ...

My Newest Painting!

  • February 23, 2009
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While I was in North AL, I was able to paint another picture! This is a design that I saw and loved, so I gave it a try. I think it turned out pretty good, considering I am no painter!! 🙂 I really enjoyed getting to go to art class with Megan to paint this! Now…where do I hang it??...

My Advent Calendar

  • November 26, 2008
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My stay-at-home mom’s group had a craft night to make Advent Calendars. Although I wasn’t able to make it to the craft night, I did make a calendar for us to use and enjoy this year. It was fun and super easy to make! When December 1st comes around, all of the magnet dates will be removed. Katie will get to add a magnet each day to help her count to Christmas Day. I think it turned out great! Just...