I am passionate about eliminating toxins from our home. Whenever I share the different ways I am striving for that, I am ALWAYS asked what I do for nail polish! It has continued to be a space where I needed improvement because I love to get my nails done! It is something that I do for myself that feels relaxing, fun and easy. Well.. today is the day, my friends. I decided last month that I will be the guinea pig for all of us nail-lovers (who also love to live a natural lifestyle)! My girls and I went ahead and sampled three of the top non-toxic options, and my review is: My review is ... Read More
We are Remodeling our Home! See our Design Plans….
We have decided to remodel our home with an add-on!! Eeeek!! Very exciting stuff around here. I have to admit I was nervous about going though with it. We had a realtor come over and give her thoughts and it wasn't what we thought she would say about our home. Our home is not on the "perfect street". One street front or back would be more ideal to remodel and do an add-on. But I disagree. We bought this home. The yard is not one you often find in this area. And the home itself is an emotional purchase. We loved a lot about this house more than others that made us emotionally buy it. And now ... Read More
Over 20 Painted Brick and Stone Transformations!
Whenever I visit my home state of Utah, I love to help friends and family finish up their spaces! I have shared a few of the spaces from my last trip already here and here, but this little space is something I haven’t shown you yet! This was pretty fun because my friend, Rachel, is usually a fearless DIY-er, but was SO SCARED to paint this stone fireplace! Last summer, while visiting, she asked me if I thought she should.. I told her "If this was my house, I would have painted it before I unpacked my underwear." We've been friends for a long time so she knew what I would say before she ... Read More
Easy Family Healthy Dinner Idea with the Hardest Working Appliance!
My mother in law jokes that we have the hardest working kitchen in the country! She may be right. We cook at home and feed our family of five whole foods everyday. We also love to have house guests and entertain. (YES, you CAN entertain in a small home!) When we are home, we are generally in this kitchen space. So I need my appliances to be 100% practical and useful! I am going to share a super easy family healthy dinner idea all made in the hardest working appliance. I have had to ditch appliances that I only occasionally used. And I am totally thrilled with this new appliance, we had family ... Read More
Fluffy Bedding Basics- How to Pull it all Together
Bedding is a topic I love to talk about and get asked about often. How do you get your bed so fluffy? How do you know what patterns to mix with what? What are the bedding essentials? Well friends, I am here to help you!!! I will share how to get started when selecting your bedding and what some Bedding Essentials are! We have had white bedding for awhile now, which is timeless and great for any season. With white bedding you can simply change out your center pillow and add or take away a throw depending on the season and it instantly feels different! So if you want a bedding color ... Read More
Guests are Coming Printable and What it looks like!!!
We have 6 guests staying with us right now! That might not seem like a lot to some. But our home is only 1100 square feet! And 4 of those 6 guests are basically adults and the two others are 8 & 6. We LOVE every minute of it. Not once do I say "I can't wait until they leave" we truly love it. Our home becomes a Bed and Breakfast about once a month and my kids really look forward to it too. I thought it would be fun to show you where everyone sleeps and it might give you an idea too. Also some ideas on how to stay sane with a lot of house guests! Where does everyone sleep? We do ... Read More
Favorite Things I Bought Recently from Urban Outfitters
This is kind-of a Friday Favorites! Who remembers when I did those? Did you like them? I stopped into a local store- Urban Outfitters to be exact…I had a couple things to return. I had ordered a sweatshirt and a swimsuit- both cute, but not cute on me. I actually love looking at their home decor, especially online. I had never really shopped in their store. I found some treasures!!! I did get a set of 3 baskets that looked like display and took about an hour for them to figure out how to ring me up for them. I almost left, but glad I hung in for it, because I got them for 70% off, about $10 ... Read More
Large Family Room Makeover- How to not get Overwhelmed
I am often asked questions about how to make a large family room feel more cozy and what to do with expansive blank walls to make a home feel homey. This obviously isn't a problem in my 1100 square foot cape, but my friend recently moved into a home with a large, over-the-garage bonus room. Not only was the 800 square foot family room ENORMOUS, it was not really functional for her family and she said that it often felt like a giant waste since no one really wanted to spend time up there!! Can anyone else relate to a large family room?? I have some tips for you~ How to not ... Read More
5 Simple Ways to Transform a Bedroom
Ready to transform your bedroom? Or just see a master bedroom I transformed for a friend?! Wish I could fly to each of your homes and transform them (only the people who wanted me to, obviously). So my friend, Molly reached out to me last summer to help her with her bedroom. And look how fast we are….a year later!! She does live 2,000 miles away from me and just had a baby (my kind of person "whenever you can get it it!"). After transforming her bedroom she told me how much she loved it and she also had a deeper reason for loving it, which is why I say I transformed her bedroom. She told me ... Read More
Amazon Prime Day- My Favorite Things
Amazon Prime Day is a sale I love to share here! I do buy a lot on Amazon, so there are a lot of things that I can recommend to you!! If you are unfamiliar with what Amazon Prime is- Amazon Prime is a subscription service that gives members access to a variety of perks. Features include access to Amazon Prime Video, free 2-day shipping on Amazon purchases, access to exclusive deals on Amazon Prime Day, and a variety of other Amazon-specific services. Membership costs $119 per year or $12.99 per month. I have rounded up all my favorites below- or you can go directly ... Read More
