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5 Adorable Farmhouse Style Tier Trays
Let’s talk about tier trays! ❤️ So adorable for your counter in the kitchen. Layered trays are perfect for displaying little items you love! I’ve used mine for candles, mini boxwood wreaths and mugs! ? I’ve found this selection from my favorite store – Amazon!! Simple and galvanized! ? Can it get any better? Yes, it actually can because this Galvanized Two Level Tray is VERY reasonably priced! So adorable. Are you a lover of black metal? Well, this tray is for you! Annnnd it’s got an extra tier for displaying more items! This Black 3-Tier Tray would look great in any home! Cream, wood and slightly distressed? Yes, I’ll take it! Is this…
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Summer Mantel on a Budget
The fireplace mantel is one space I love to swap up with each season – Winter, Spring, Summer and Autumn. It was time to add a little something for Summer. As always, I like to thrift, thrift, thrift then splurge (a little). ? So, basically I thrift so I can splurge on that one special piece! Let’s get to it! Here how I styled my Summer Mantel. I layered! Months ago I found the large vintage chalkboard at a local antique store for $10. So far, I’ve used it as an extra layer for each season. For this particular style I turned it vertical. The large antique wooden frame was…
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Front Porch Decor – 4th of July
Despite the heat, don’t you just love Summer Holidays?!? (That Alabama heat kills me sometimes.?) I Especially love The Fourth of July because it celebrates our wonderful country. ?? Nearly every evening Aaron and I sit on our front porch. It’s sorta our “down time”. We truly enjoy this space but to be honest I thew this spot together on a major budget! I found the little wooden table at a thrift store for $4 and this swing at a yard sale for $15. ? These two items are my anchor pieces. After setting those in place I filled in with the “little” details. I grabbed some clay pots…
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Thrift Painting Makeover
Recently, I’ve learned about another treasure you can find at thrift stores!! Beautiful paintings!! ? Yes, all that time and love someone invested into a painting ends up at a thrift store. ? Sad, but good for me, right? Helpful Hint – Look for the paintings where you can get lost in the scene. For me, this is a scene of farm land or a cozy house.☺️ If you can stare at the picture and get lost daydreaming, buy it. ?? That means you’ll love it in your home. Weeks ago, I spotted another beautiful oil painting at a thrift store for $11. It was lovely, but the wooden frame…
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Change Your Living Room on a Budget
Don’t like your furniture? On a budget? I’ve totally been there!! Fall of 2016, I was growing tired of our red couch set. ? Keep in mind, this furniture was a “hand me down” from my parents, so these pieces had been around since I was 15 years old. I was needing a change but wasn’t quite ready to purchase new furniture. ? I explored my options and decided to give white slipcovers a try.? This decision totally changed the style of my living room! ? I purchased a relaxed fit slipcover on Amazon. Our furniture is an odd shape so that’s why I decided to go with a relax…
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DIY Drop Cloth Curtains
Okay, I thought everyone knew about these DIY drop cloth curtains.. However, I get messages all the time asking where I found the curtains throughout my home. Well, I made my curtains with supplies from the hardware store. (Or Amazon ?) Please note – I did not come up with this genius idea. In fact, I read about it in an amazing book called A Touch of Farmhouse Charm. ?? You can read more about this book HERE!You’ll Need – 2 6×9 Canvas Drop Cloth Curtains Pack of Black Metal Curtain Clips (This pack is enough for several sets ?) What You’ll Do – Iron the drop cloth. Fold the drop cloth…
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My Weekend Find
So, we had a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. ?? Our weekend consisted of sleeping in, eating too much, building a chicken coop ? and antique shopping. Aaron and I truly enjoyed a long weekend! I spotted this old milking stool during one of our trips to the antique mall. I immediately fell in love!!? For the locals, I found it at Angel’s Antique in a booth called Pampered Picks from the Past. I try to always spot old chippy white pieces. ?? For instance, chippy white side tables, windows and architectural pieces. Here’s why, A- Nothing screams farmhouse style like white paint chipping off to expose wood. B- Chippy white…
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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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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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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…
