You guys, when did it become March?! Heck, when did it become March is nearly over and April is riding in fast? It seems like just a few weeks ago, I was planning out all my projects for the year, feeling like I had plenty of time to tackle all 100 things on my list…
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DIY Ottoman Coffee Table
This post is sponsored by Velvet Finishes and SmithHonig provided the fabric for this project. All opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links included in this post. This project isn’t anything groundbreaking. If you’ve ventured on Pinterest anytime since it’s invention, then I’m sure you’ve seen a few versions of how to turn a coffee table…
One Night in Chattanooga
This post is sponsored by Booking.com, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links included in this post. I have lived in Chattanooga for nearly a decade now and this city still surprises me sometimes. I grew up driving from the country over the mountain to come to Chattanooga for things like school clothes or…
DIY Chippendale Desk
I almost gave up on this idea no less than 10 times. I mulled over tons of different options and ideas for how to build this chippendale desk for weeks. Nearly every idea I came up with seemed to eventually hold up a bright red STOP sign. I would go back to the drawing board….
Traditional Casual Living Room Updates
*This post is sponsored by DISH, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links may also be contained in this post. It’s been awhile, but if you took the farmhouse Christmas tour, then you may have noticed that there were a few changes/updates to the living room there. Usually just about the time I declare…
A Home Office Makeover Full of Budget-Friendly DIY Projects that Look High End
If you work from home, then take my advice. Get your home office in tip-top shape. Paint it. Decorate it. Organize it. Make it you. I’m not sure quite how, but somehow, magically, once you do that, you become so much more productive. So much more saner. So much more feeling like maybe you can just…
Freak Show Friday: Signs You’re Raising a Well-Rounded Child
From the time the Circus was born, all I ever wanted was for her to be a well-rounded kid. I of course want her to be happy and laugh and play, but I also want her to appreciate music of all kinds, love aspects of both the city and the country, appreciate dressing up and…
No house is a home until it has a few good decades on it.
This post is sponsored by Liberty Mutual. While this was a sponsored opportunity, all content and opinions expressed here are my own. In my adult life, there has only been one house I’ve lived in that didn’t start out as a fixer upper. That one house was actually a brand-new construction. We were in that…
DIY Clothes Rack and Free Printable Size Dividers for Your Next Yard Sale
Yard sale season is so close, I can almost taste it. Nearly every Friday come spring, the Circus and I will load up and hit all the area yard sales. And then on Saturday morning, we’ll do it again, courtesy of our chauffeur, Grunt Labor. And of course, my friends and I have become quite…
Over 50 Home Decor Fabrics under $15 a yard
In the last month or so, I have scoured online fabric stores looking for the perfect upholstery material for projects in my office and upcoming projects at the farm. Usually, I end up finding the perfect fabrics, but not at the perfect prices. Champagne taste on a beer budget. The story of my life. This…
Types of Paint for Cabinets
I get multiple painting questions every week. I thought I had covered most all painting topics with my Complete Guide to Painting Anything, but getting those questions tells me that I haven’t. And that’s totally ok! That’s what I’m here for – to answer as many of your DIY questions as I can or be…
A front row seat from a lawnmower.
We were watching In the Heat of the Night when I told him I thought I should learn how to drive the tractor. Sitting in his recliner, with a cigarette between his fingers, he nodded his head. A week later, there was a new riding lawnmower in the toolshed for me. I was not surprised. My…
Free Printable Horse Art
My pap bought my brother and I a horse once. His name was Charley. I shit you not. He bucked my brother and I off one day though and after that my pap just told us Charley ran off to the ridge. In reality, he got sold. I didn’t get on another horse for a…
Simple Valentine Wreath in 10 Minutes with Vintage Valentines
I never knew Grunt Labor’s grandfather, but after the many stories I’ve heard about him, I feel that we would have gotten along quite fabulously. Although, he would have never used the term fabulously. Among other things, we both liked to hang onto things. Some might call it hoarding. I, and maybe Grandpa, though would…
How to Build a Children’s Stage with Hidden Dress-Up Clothes Storage
All I ever wanted to be was either Reba McEntire or Dolly Parton. I mean really, that isn’t too much to ask, is it? I didn’t think so either. When my singing voice never quite caught up with my dreams, I decided I would be ok being a Modern Day Minnie Pearl. I mean, Minnie…
How To Get a Layered Caribbean Blue Look When Painting Furniture
This post is sponsored by Velvet Finishes, however all opinions are 100% mine. Affiliate links are included in this post. Rarely do furniture projects go as planned around here. In fact, they often go full speed ahead, jump the track and end up over the bridge in the opposite direction of where I had intended…
Embracing the Imperfections
Hey there. 🙂 I’m still here. I’ve been missing your (virtual) faces. I know it’s been over a month since I’ve last posted. I guess you could say I’ve been easing into 2018. Some people may refer to it as laziness. 😉 I’m sure other blogs you follow have by now posted all about their…
A shower of blessings…
There comes a day in every mom’s life when you simply have to do what must be done. You can no longer put it off. You can’t try to weasel your way out of it. You have to put on your best face and smile. Literally. You have to get the freakin’ family photos made….
