
Any other small dog lovers out there?! We love our pups, but jumping on the bed is a little tricky for them. We had a bunch of scrap wood from other projects so we decided to make them some dog stairs to get in and out of bed easier. [Read more…]
a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time

Any other small dog lovers out there?! We love our pups, but jumping on the bed is a little tricky for them. We had a bunch of scrap wood from other projects so we decided to make them some dog stairs to get in and out of bed easier. [Read more…]

We moved into this house in January and set-up each room. Over the following months, I decorated and perfected every space except the master bedroom. To say that its boring would be an understatement! I think most people can sympathize- why is it always our room that comes last?! [Read more…]
I remember when I first started Instagram. I had SO many questions- how often do you post? What time of day do you post? What do you write in the caption? How do you grow? I was stumped, but I was determined to be successful at it. In the 2.5 years since I have started my Instagram account, I’ve grown to 118,000 followers and it is my favorite place to connect with my readers. [Read more…]
Hi friends! Last week I shared my patio reveal and this week I am going to give you the full price breakdown on how much it cost to do. I also wanted to share a few ways I was able to do this project while staying on a tight budget. My hope that these tips will help you if you want to tackle your patio too. [Read more…]

Last week I revealed my Palm Beach Chic patio and the response has been so kind- thank you!!! One of my favorite parts (and it sounds like yours too!) was the DIY Beach Hat Inspired Placemats. [Read more…]
Last summer I was struggling to get my page views up. I was SO close to hitting the threshold to getting on with an ad network and just needed to hit 25k sessions in 30 days. But somehow I couldn’t break that barrier.
Then, I attended a blogging conference and found out that most bloggers make around $800 their first month they get in with the ad network. That’s a lot of money that could be coming in every month! I suddenly had a concrete number that I could envision coming entering my bank account. That drove me and I started making changes. But what did I do exactly?
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My son is three and is finally starting to show interest in art time (he loves painting). I figure when he starts Preschool in the fall he’ll have a bunch more art. Until then, we are practicing writing letters and do some art now and then. I wanted to add a place in his room to display his master pieces. [Read more…]
Hi and welcome to the reveal of my patio! Just 6 short weeks ago, my patio was a neglected corner with huge holes in the walls and a dark space that no one used. I am renting so I got the permission from my landlord to redo the space. And, spoiler alert, it turned out much better than I thought it would! Here’s how it initially looked:
Well, hello there! Earlier this year I finally joined the “I love chalk paint” bandwagon. I’ve been doing a lot of DIY projects for this house and it has been amazing using chalk paint to put that finishing touch on them. Since I am a slow adapter to chalk paint, I thought there might be others out there too, so this post is for you! Here’s Chalk Paint 101. [Read more…]
When I decided to redo our patio, I figured I’d go big and redo the floors too. Today I’m going to share with you how we (my husband and I because my hubby did most of the work) tiled the patio. Tile is a doable project to take on and is a great way to totally change a space. [Read more…]