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Hilltown House Spring Home Tour
Believe it or not, this is the first time I have ever fully decorated this house for the spring, and it’s not because I haven’t wanted to, but most of the time I don’t finish taking down our Christmas decor til at least March (I remember one year I had to tell the boys that the Easter Bunny wouldn’t come unless we finally put their Xmas tree away). So this year when I was asked to join a wonderful group of bloggers for their Spring Home Tour I jumped at the chance to try something new and quickly put away the snowflakes and ornaments. Nothing screams Spring to me more…
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Making a Fall Centerpiece with my DIY Pumpkin Succulent Planters
Do you decorate for the seasons? I generally leave the house alone in the spring and the summer but as soon as those cooler breezes start rolling in I can’t wait to bust out my tubs of Fall Decorations. Last year I decked out the family room in my favorite shades of navy and rust orange and this season I moved those same colors into the morning room. This trio of wood wreaths from Target compliment my blue curtains so well and I found some inexpensive throw blankets in the Dollar Spot to wrap around my collection of plants and vases. These two super simple tricks added…
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Christmas Home Tour 2018
It’s officially one week to Christmas and to celebrate I’m sharing with you my final blog of the season (and the year!) and taking you on an extended tour of Holiday Hilltown House. I already shared the small touches I made to the boys bedroom and the guest room in my last few posts but today I want to share the common areas of our home that got the full Deck the Halls treatment. I fully intended to not worry about the living room since I decorated it last year, but I found that just by making a few small changes I became so much happier with the…
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A Halloween Table Fit For a (Evil) Queen
Every year before we venture out Trick or Treating, I invite some family members over for a quick dinner of Braised Short Ribs and Pasta to fuel up for our marathon candy seeking session (you can find that recipe as well as some of our favorite Halloween goodies here). To make things a little more fun (and a little more spooky) I took my oldest sons “advice” and decided this was the perfect opportunity to use our new dining room for the first time ever! The beautiful gray velvet chairs and my handmade white table made the perfect backdrop to continue the Evil Queen/Fairy-tale vibe I already…
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One Room Challenge Week 6 – The Dining and Front Room REVEAL
I can’t believe that we’re already at the One Room Challenge Reveal day! These last 6 weeks flew by and the end crept up on me incredibly fast – but somehow I got everything I had on my list done. If you missed any of my previous week’s posts you can catch up on all of them at these links: Week One – The Before Pics Week Two – The Design Plan Week Three – DIY Coffered Ceiling and Trim Week Four – Furniture Decisions Week Five – DIY Faux Fireplace Before I get too far into this post I have to take a moment…
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One Room Challenge Week 4 – Making Furniture Decisions
So let me start off by saying I’m in full on crunch mode here guys! This is gonna be a photo finish to get everything done but I’m pressing forward and trying to knock all of the big items off of my list. That way if I have to I can put in a whole week of late nights to finish the small details. My husband actually asked me this week if I cloned myself without him knowing, which I’m gonna take as a compliment that crunch time or not I’m making progress. If you missed any of my One Room Challenge posts you can catch up on my previous…
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One Room Challenge Week 3 – Wallpaper, Trim, and my DIY Coffered Ceiling
We are at the One Room Challenge halfway point friends! I’m trying not to panic too much, but I gotta be honest and say that I’m feeling some serious pressure when I look at the items still left on the to-do list. For now, though, let’s concentrate on the progress that has been made and how excited I am to finally start sharing it with all of you. First up – let’s just talk about the new love of my life, this wallpaper!! My amazing dad helped me out big time since we first had to apply a horizontal lining paper to the walls before we could even tackle this…
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One Room Challenge Week 2 – The Front Room/Dining Room Inspiration and Plan
Happy One Room Challenge Week 2 everyone! First, if anyone tried to leave me a comment last week and got an error message I AM VERY SORRY! We’ve been working on some website updates that blocked commenting, but everything should be fixed for this week…thank you husband! If you missed last week, you can check out all of the before pics of my front room and dining room in my Week One post. Second off, even though I just spent a crazy weekend working on my space I’m going to hold off sharing any major progress pics with you guys until next week when things look a little more put…
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One Room Challenge Week 1 – Taking on my Front Room / Dining Room
Here we go again friends – it’s time for the Spring One Room Challenge!!! This is my second time participating (for my first challenge I made over my guest room and you can check out the final reveal here) and I am possibly more excited this time around. The lessons I learned last fall about both blogging and designing were invaluable in helping me take this little page of mine to a new level. For anyone new to this event, the One Room Challenge is an amazing opportunity for home bloggers hosted by Linda at Calling it Home in partnership with House Beautiful and the Home Love Network. During the…
