Nesting With Grace

Now that school is officially finished, REAL summer is starting. We are headed on a couple mimi vacations and when we travel is when I realize I need a few summer pieces. Anyone else? I like my summer clothes to be affordable, lightweight and easy to wear! What about you? Thank you Walmart for sponsoring this post If your family needs some affordable summer updates to your wardrobes, WalMart has so many cute options for the season! I find things often on their website and whenever I wear them I always get asked where they are from. And when I say WalMart, more are pleasantly ... Read More

There are no accidents. When we began our home renovations last fall, we discovered an original brick chimney that extended from our kitchen to the upstairs family room. It had to come down to make room for our banquette plans and therefore left a gaping hole in our upstairs family room. You can see the chimney in the photo below, covered in removable brick wallpaper... If you missed it, we decided to add the brick from our old chimney to a wall in our kitchen. It was meant to be and I love the brick wall! It didn't really solve the hole in the family room, though. We had a couple ... Read More

We have been working on our backyard and working on pulling everything together with our pool addition. For Friday Favorites I wanted to share some random updates outside! Speaking of outside…have you tried to shop for planters? They are hard to find! We found some planters at our local nursery that were a great price, but just not the right color. Luckily we have spray paint in our back pocket…ready to spray! We had chalk spray paint that we tested on a small planter and it ended up working really well! So we went for it... See the difference?! We used Behr Classic Noir! That's all, not ... Read More

You probably noticed one of the wallpaper brands I use often is Tempaper, peel and stick wallpaper. One of my best friends Rachel, who also works with me, said to me "you should have your own wallpaper collection!" And that is what started this new collection! My collection with Tempaper will also be peel and stick wallpaper. It is very easy to apply and really easy to take down. It doesn't damage your walls either! I sent Tempaper a college of what I wanted my collection to look like, based off of inspiration I had- from shoes, art or our tile floor! I also knew I wanted some sort of ... Read More

I may let the cat out of the bag early on Kevin's Father's Day gift. Kevin has been eyeing a Traeger Smoker for a long time and I couldn't wait to gift him something that we all would enjoy so much! We got him the Timberline. It comes on Monday, so we will be back to share what it looks like and favorite recipes! When I mentioned the smoker, the recommendations started to flood in on different types and brands to try. I am learning, people have strong opinions on BBQ! We ultimately stuck with the Traeger, but here is a list of the others that people said that they had and they ... Read More

If you follow me on instagram, you already saw, but we got a STAIR RUNNER! I just love it so much. When we first moved into our home, I thought we'd be okay with just the hardwood floors. After a couple near death experiences, we knew some skid-proofing would be necessary. Truthfully, I would have added one anyway! The staircase is the first thing you see when you come to our home. It is like a big welcome mat that sets the tone for your whole visit. We went ahead and refinished our stairs when we did the hardwood on the main floor. They are so much lighter and I love them! While we ... Read More

Styling your patio table can be so fun, if you don't overthink it! We spend so much of our time outdoors from May until October, we want to have our outdoor space as cozy and as decked out as our interiors! But obviously keeping it low maintenance! I took the challenge Walmart gave me, and I am going to share three ways to style your patio table in hopes it will give you ideas! Plants, outdoor candles and even a portable mini fire pit are all you need... Thank you walmart.com for sponsoring this post Step one is to clear off your surface. We sprayed down our patio with our power ... Read More

With our recent remodel it spread to most of the rooms in the house, even it was just a little change. Our small hall bathroom was no exception. With the master bathroom addition that is right behind this bathroom, the window in this bathroom had to go. Then we opened up the entrance to our kitchen, the bathroom storage cabinet had to be removed. So why not add a couple inches to our small bathroom?! If you are small home dweller, (like we are) you can appreciate what an extra 12" can do to a space! Our bathroom BEFORE that was our master bath and main floor bathroom (it has a full size ... Read More

The most asked question in my DM's lately has been "when are you going to show your budget bedding ideas?" Today is the day! We recently updated our bedding with our remodel (some of our bedding was damaged in our basement flood). Our bedding isn't super high-end, but there is a more budget friendly option! And I am here to share it! I had a couple of you send me a really similar bedding option that was such a great price! Ella and I went and bought it so you could see it on a bed! Makes such a difference to see something styled. Below is our current bedding…. We have had the d ... Read More