You know that book "If you give a mouse a cookie"? Well if you give a girl new siding, she wants a new deck. I mean not a full new deck. I have looked at our deck before but once you elevate one thing it makes the other shabby things looking...well, shabby! We have lattice underneath our deck and just don't love the look (for us) and mixed with our new Cedar Shingles. Too busy. A lot of you have the same thoughts about the lattice under your deck too and were looking for ideas! Thankfully the homes in our area are full of ideas to replace the lattice work. We live close to the beach and the ... Read More
Target Outdoor Sale and Outdoor Patio Design Plan
Target is having another Outdoor Sale! All of these sale items are an additional 10% off with code MOMSDAY. Hurry....they will go quick! I did a quick design plan for our really good friends. It helps SO much to do a design board before you order anything. You can see how to create a design board via desktop HERE or by phone HERE. A lot of the pieces I chose for them are linked on sale below. JavaScript is currently disabled in this browser. Reactivate it to view this content. These are some of my favorites on the MOMSDAY Sale.... (Click on an image below to ... Read More
Plans for our Exterior- New Siding- Cedar Impressions
We are SO excited to finally be doing something we have had on our wish list for awhile now! Kevin is actually the one who pushed for this project. New Siding in Cedar Impressions! Our home is a 1950's cape in Connecticut and 1100 square feet. The vinyl siding was fine, but it had some areas that were damaged. One damaged spot by the deck that the BBQ had melted! We came from Utah with a stucco home and never had to think twice about the siding melting! It melted the first time we used the BBQ. Not good! Our neighbors updated their wood shake shingles to Cedar Impressions last year. They ... Read More
Entrance to the Basement- Wallpaper in unexpected places
Our little 1950's cape does have an unfinished basement that won't ever be finished due to the fact that we live in a flood zone. Or if we add onto our home we would have to fill it in. We use the basement daily because it is also our laundry room, extra pantry, supply room, tool room, playroom (has a fuse-ball table) and more! It did not have a very welcoming entrance, leaving one of my kids afraid to go down there. I thought it would be a great place to add a fun wallpaper and of course a "Magic Light"! Basement Entrance BEFORE- It is funny how you live with something and ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Cleaning and Flowers
I LOVE Fridays. I actually have something to love about everyday. Don't you? But Fridays are typically my "house day". I am getting projects done around the house. I do most the deep cleaning, washing sheets, de-cluttering from the mess we might have made from the week. The biggest mess is un-seen in the basement! I like to get the big chores done so we can play with the kids and have a fun weekend. Do you tackle projects and cleaning on Fridays? Or do you have one day that you do the deep cleaning? We do laundry all through the week and vacuum daily. Makes me super thankful for only 1100 ... Read More
Front Porch Spring Reveal with Painted Steps
I think you all know one of my favorite things to decorate each season change is our front porch! Keep in mind the fact that I consider "front porch stalking" one of my hobbies, I am on a bike and with my kids so it is a legit hobby! I really appreciate and notice the efforts others put into caring for their homes. You just might be surprised to know how much people enjoy the effort YOU put into your exterior! We ended up painting our steps this time around with some stripes! I shared the DIY details to get the same look at the end of this post. Also check out how you can win an outdoor ... Read More
How to Mix Metals in the Kitchen and our Kitchen Faucet
This post is sponsored by Delta Faucet A common question I am always being asked is, "How do I mix metals in the kitchen?" We partnered with Delta Faucet to switch out our old kitchen faucet for one with a lifetime guarantee. While I was selecting the finish for our new faucet I began to think about why I chose our original faucet metal finish in the first place. There is a simple formula I follow and I am sharing it today! How I go about mixing metals. I typically like to mix two to three different metals in my kitchen. There is always a main metal that you have to ... Read More
Pillows- What to search for and my new Pillow Favorites!
This post on my new pillows is sponsored by ebay I like to pack away the pillows and throw blankets that are really heavy and knitted for the Spring and Summer. That is basically the majority of the pillows we had in our upstairs family room. After putting away the covers I didn't replace them, I left it that way for about a month. I just didn't know what I wanted to do. I always say you need to start with inspiration. After ebay reached out to me to partner and share anything I wanted to....pillows came to my mind because they were on my list of things I was looking for. I really didn't ... Read More
New Playset in our Backyard
I had so much help from all of you over on Instagram with the decision of a new Playset! We wanted to get our kids a Playset for Easter. First I just want to say, I know a Playset it a pretty big Easter gift. But we really don't do a lot of Christmas gifts, especially since we are typically in Utah. This was a big purchase that we saved up for and really put a lot of time and consideration into. It is more of a family purchase we were wanting to make anyways. With all that said, I did jut think of the idea about a week before Easter...a little late. Call it wishful thinking, being able to find ... Read More
Friday Favorites starts with Mother’s Day Gift Guide
I figured I would combine my Friday Favorites with Mother's Day Gift Guide, because let's face it these are my favorite things. If you don't have a mother alive, I am sorry for that. And I am aware of you. If you are wanting to be a mother and are not yet, I am aware of you too. I know Mother's Day can be a sensitive day. So hopefully this gift guide can just be some fun ideas of gifts for anyone or better yet, yourself! My mom was just in town and we LOVE having her. She spends quality time with each of the kids and makes mounds of her crepes that the kids request as soon as she ... Read More
