1905 Farmhouse

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January Decor: DIY Crystal Snowflakes

A close up of two glas jars with silver pipe cleaner snowflakes suspended in water

With Christmas over it’s always hard to go straight into decorating for Spring in the house. I always like to keep some type of wintry decor out on display. I have a snowman collection that I like to keep out through January but the rest of the house just feels plain without something that says […] Read more…

Shoe Bench DIY Makeover

Looking down at a grey shoe bench with raw wood insets and a runner rug and a rug near the door with a plant next to the bench

I am at it yet again with another furniture update. This furniture makeover is our shoe bench in our laundry room that was just redone as part of the Spring One Room Challenge. This original brown shoe bench came from Bed Bath and Beyond about 10 years ago. At our previous house when our son […] Read more…

Creative Mailbox Idea: Kids Playhouse

A close up of scrap wood pieces with an envelope design on them spilling out of a spray painted mailbox

My daughter loves to use her imagination when playing which I just love! And we had this old mailbox that we had taken out when we first moved and replaced with a locking mailbox. This old mailbox has been sitting around for four years now, so I decided to transform the entire thing for a […] Read more…

DIY Hello Fall Sign

Fall is just around the corner, and what better way to decorate your home, than with a DIY hello Fall sign. I’ve never really hung signs up for Fall but this year I decided one was needed in the dining room. I’ve had an old framed piece of a quilt that I got from a […] Read more…

How to Make Stencils with Cricut

A close up of a black sign with white lettering hanging in a laundry room

Did you know you can use your Cricut machine to create your own stencils? This is one of the things I use my Cricut for the most. One of the reasons is because I have an Etsy shop but I have also found that I love using it for my own personal projects, and in […] Read more…