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Vintage Recipes Meet Repurposed Fireplace Mantel
I love repurposing fireplace mantels as shelves. ? I have several old wooden mantels throughout my home. In fact, my motto could be “here a mantel, there a mantel, everywhere a mantel”. ??♀️ Haha, but honestly an old slim mantel can fit just about anywhere and add an old architectural charm. We have an antique mantel in our kitchen. (I tricked my husband into this one.. he thought I was buying it to resell until I brought it home and said, “it goes here” and pointed to specific corner in our kitchen.???) This mantel is perfect for displaying my milk glass vases. However, I felt it could use a little…
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The Cobbler Recipe My Family Uses
Here’s an easy, easy cobbler recipe I just have to share. My grandmother has been baking this recipe for many years. She passed down the recipe to me. I’ve been using it for nearly 5 years, and it’s NEVER failed me! In fact, this recipe is how I landed my amazing husband. ? He bought a ring shortly after I baked this cobbler for him. Single ladies, this is one recipe you might wanna memorize! What you’ll need – 1 Cup Sugar 1 Cup flour 1 Cup Milk …
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DIY Window Mantel
I was needing a quick easy decor idea for the mantel in my bedroom. Honestly, I envisioned an old metal fence gate above this mantel but each gate I found was over $200. ?? So, I came up with this window idea a few Saturdays ago. It’s easy and not much money! I found three windows all in one day. ☝? I think I spent $25 for all three. ? This idea could work on any fireplace mantel and any level decorator can TOTALLY handle it! ?? All you’ll need is three different sized windows. First – Center the largest window. Second – Grab the medium sized window and…
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The Twilight Wife
It’s been a minute since I wrote a book review. These days I typically stick with blogs about home decor, DIY projects or random post about being a picker. However, I randomly picked up a book at Target ? (yep, my second favorite to Amazon store) and it just so happened to be GREAT! If you’re a reader like me, you know this occasion is rare. My time for reading is spare so I typically make sure a book is worthwhile before diving in head first! (Or Should I say nose first?!???? ) I made a good choice. The Twilight Wife by A.J. Banner is amazing! If time would have allowed, I…
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Friday Favorites!
It’s Friday! So, you know what that means?? ? Duh, it’s time for another round of Friday Favorites. ? Let’s talk a little about an adorable mixing bowl, relaxing bath bombs and a beautiful farmhouse cottage style pillow! My favorite mixing bowl is from World Market and it’s only $12.99. This bowl always makes me laugh and makes me feel less guilty about licking the bowl. ? ? JK!! It’s a great size for all your favorite recipes. I use this bowl all the time. In fact, I used it last night to make fresh black berry cobbler. Random thought – have I mentioned we have thousands of black berries in our…
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Items You’ve Asked About!
I absolutely love sharing information with friends! So, that’s what this post is about. There are several items I always get questions about so I’m about to let you in on why I bought it and why I love it!? FYI – Each of these items are actually from World Market. You can click picture or link and it will take you directly to the World Market site to order. ? We like keeping things easy for you around here!! Warning – I’ll probably use this emoji a hundred times because I absolutely love all of these items! ?? ? Jade Green Glass Footed Bowls Set of 6 by World…
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I Might be Crazy
Open shelving.. It’s another debate. ? Unlike my shiplap debate, (which you can read about here) I knew exactly where I stood on the topic of open shelves. Again, this was one of those ideas my sweet husband thought I was CRAY CRAY.. and maybe I am. (That’s another topic for another day) ? ? I love the look, concept and just about everything else about open shelves in the kitchen.? Now that I’ve lived with open shelves for a few months, I feel I can talk about it a bit! Order The rhythm of my heart beats “organization, organization, organization” but I’m not always good at being organized. (Or maybe…
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Broke and Needing a Headboard
The beginning of my relationship with Aaron happened quick. Between a 4 month span we had some very exciting events happen in our life – engagement, purchased our first house and got married. What this translates to – we bought (well, mainly he bought) an engagement ring (which he did a killer job designing? ?), a home (which was completely broken?), wedding bands and wedding expenses. Keep in mind, when we bought our home the power among many other things did not work. Did I mention vines were overtaking the entire structure?!?! ? Well, we closed on the house, our wedding day had passed and my sweet farmhouse felt empty.…
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Painting a Stone Fireplace
First of all, allow me to explain why. Our home is slowly turning into a white neutral haven with french farmhouse detail. The stone fireplace was beautiful but no longer blended within the style of our home.? So, we decided to paint it! Here’s a before picture! Step One – Choose Color I went with the same color as White Dove by Benjamin Moore but I had it mixed at Home Depot for convenience. (Tip – Home Depot has a formula for every Benjamin Moore color) ? White Dove is the color of our shiplap so I knew it would work. Purchase Paint Behr Masonry, Stucco and Brick Paint…
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Mother’s Day Distance Mugs
Mother’s Day weekend is one week from today!! Soooo many of you expressed interest in the state distance mugs I shared on the blog titled Mother’s Day Gift Ideas… BUT Amazon was out of those awesome mugs by the next day. ? Ahhh, so sad!! However, I found some more to help you out!! You can order these directly from Amazon and have them shipped to Momma by Mother’s Day! ? However, the clock is ticking tick tock so order NOW! Such an adorable mug! Fill out the info and click order. Boys and wives, the state colors can be changed so this beauty is perfect to order from a son…
