a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
I am fully embracing the cottagecore decor trend, which means that I needed a kitchen lamp! When my friend Laurel from Wicker Picker Vintage found this lamp, I talked her into selling it to me—and I’ve been so excited to make it over! Anthropologie has a few lamps with bases covered in ceramic flowers, and I used those as my… Read More
Have you ever spotted a beautiful quilt at the thrift store and wished you could turn it into something wearable? Today I’m sharing how to make a quilt coat using a $6 coverlet I thrifted. It’s white with sweet pink roses embroidered on it—so romantic and perfect for the colder months. I’ll be using the Joni Jacket pattern from Etsy,… Read More
For Halloween this year, I thought it’d be fun to make an Alice in Wonderland house costume! It takes a classic dress-up moment and punches it up with a whimsical twist — the house! This look is inspired by the scene in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice grows too big after eating a cake labeled “Eat Me.” She becomes… Read More
When it comes time to decorate for the holidays, I like to go all out. Each year, I look at my past decorations and decide what I love (and repeat that). What I’m not excited about, I switch up. My past Halloween mantel was a little too plain, so this year I decided to jazz it up with a Colorful… Read More
In the back of our house, past the kitchen, is our laundry room. It used to be a porch (because our house was built before modern plumbing)g, and when we moved in, we were grateful to have a laundry room, but it was dark and sad. We did a lot of work on it over the years, but the wallpaper… Read More
I’ve been working on making over my laundry room, and it’s turning out so cute! There’s just one thing that’s been bugging me: my stainless steel garbage can. It’s in great shape for being 10-plus years old, so I didn’t want to throw it away, but it was definitely sticking out like a sore thumb in my new space. So,… Read More
