I have always loved walking around Ikea looking at the kitchen section. Strangely, my favorite part is the Ikea pantry area—looking at all those pantry cabinets and storage is so much fun to me…nerd alert. 🙂 When it was time for us to put our own freestanding pantry in, we turned to Ikea. Rather than…
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Our Easy, DIY Non-Toxic Cleaning Routine
Over the past several years, I’ve become a lot more holistic in my approach to self-care. It started with a desperation to regain energy after years of feeling icky thanks to a very under-active thyroid. After years of medications and following “expert” advice, I changed my diet, purged out a lot of chemicals and seriously…
Living Room Decorating Ideas: Easy DIY Flower Wall Decor
DIY flower walls are all the rage right now—for good reason. Can you think of anything better than a huge wall completely covered in pretty florals? 😍 Usually, flower wall decor always shows up in events or weddings, but why not add a diy flower wall right into your living room for a perpetual party?…
The UpSkill Project Workshop Summary
I’ve had a great time partnering with Lowe’s to promote The UpSkill Project over the past several weeks and have been especially looking forward to The UpSkill Project Workshop, which was held at the Preston Road Lowe’s location in Dallas on a chilly Saturday morning. We had an incredible turnout and I had so much fun…
What to do with Leftover Wallpaper: Framed Wallpaper DIY Nursery Project
How is it possible that Lily is going to be two months old this week and I haven’t given you all even a glimpse of the nursery? It is, for sure, one of my favorite rooms in the world, and I can’t wait to share it with you guys (once I have 30 min to…
How’d it Hold Up: A Look Back at My Most Popular Projects (Part Two)
Over the past five years, I’ve amassed quite the collection of DIY projects. While it’s fun to see the project in it’s blogged state, it’s important to know how it has held up over time before attempting to recreate it. It’s been awhile since I posted Part One of How’d it Hold Up, but you can…
Easy DIY Christmas Wreath – How to Make a Christmas Wreath from Scratch
This is like one of those posts that I am almost embarrassed to share because it hardly qualifies as a DIY. It’s SO EASY. This easy DIY Christmas wreath literally took me about 5 minutes to put together—and I would rank it a 1 on a 1-10 difficulty scale. Not only is this easy DIY…
Kitchen Remodel: Picking Flooring & Cabinets
Last we left off with the kitchen remodeling chronicles, we had finally gutted everything and were starting completely over with a nice, clean blank space (which in itself was already a massive improvement!). The next step was picking flooring and cabinets, which ended up being a lot easier than I thought it would be! For…
How’d it Hold Up: a look back on my most popular DIYs (Part 1)
With all the DIY projects we’ve tackled over the past 4 years, one of the most common questions we get is “would you do it again?”. I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while and share how some of my most popular DIY projects turned out. Some of these projects I’m planning on…
10 Unique Ways to Display Flowers
I LOVE having fresh flowers in our house and if anyone asked me what the number one decorating tool I recommend for any space is, the answer would always be flower arrangement displays. They bring a beauty and freshness to a space that no other thing can! Throughout the last four years I’ve experimented with…
