Combine these artificial outdoor landscaping hacks with some of the natural elements in your yard and boost your curb appeal with long-term results. If creeping charlie (that invasive purple weed) was a swear word, I’d be using it. All. The. Time. Sometimes certain aspects of your yard make it difficult to keep everything au naturale. These elements work against maintaining…
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The area under our kitchen sink is like the mother ship of cleaning supplies. Window cleaner? Yes Carpet cleaner? Yes Toilet bowl cleaner? Noooo! Thank goodness my imaginary cleaning gremlins know better than that. But, yah, I found just about everything-but-the-kitchen-sink of cleaning products in our under the kitchen sink cabinet. And don’t get me started on kitchen wraps, foils,…
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What would you do for extra kitchen counter space? When we bought our current house, it only had 8 square feet of counter space. Could you imagine squeezing in a coffee pot, a double sink, and re-creating Aunt Dorothy’s famous lasagna in a workspace smaller than your average kitchen table?! There are two main ways you can create extra counter…
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While our world’s been cast into gray, we can still “paint” over it with hope and brightness. Here is a FREE brightly colored “Hope for Spring” Printable Bundle that you can display from spring to summer with a message of hope and positive thinking. Our lives have all changed exponentially in a matter of weeks. In so many ways, we…
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Color match the easy way. Follow this guide for testing paint colors on the wall to narrow down the best paint color choice for any room. Once upon a time, I wanted to paint our townhouse living room in a creamy-white and red color scheme. I ran out to the store and purchased the paint using a color selection from…
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Keep paper napkins handy at the dinner table with this multipurpose DIY napkin holder and rustic faux succulent centerpiece combination. The words “stylish” and “napkin holders” aren’t often found in the same sentence. Yeah, not a lot of fashionable options… As a matter of fact, they’re still selling the wooden version my mom used to anoint our dining table with…
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Creative Painted Flooring ideas for concrete, wood, linoleum or tile that will give your basement floor a fresh new look on a budget. When Ken and I first painted our vinyl basement floor, we were floored, pun intended, at the remarkable difference it made. In addition, we were thrilled at how inexpensively we were able to pull off this transformation….
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If your pet has passed on or gone missing, use this Love Letter to Your Pet printable and Ideas List to help you find the right words to say goodbye.