Easy Home Makeover Projects: Stenciling Your Kitchen

Stenciling is among the cost-effective and a creative home improvement technique. It can work with any décor from contemporary to traditional. It can also be used on a variety of surfaces including the walls. Stencils are particularly ideal for a kitchen where you may not have adequate space to hang artwork, photos, and other decorative elements. Here are some stencilling tips that can help give your kitchen a dramatic look.

Spruce Up Kitchen Furniture

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A stencil design can give your shabby kitchen cabinets and furniture an instant makeover. If yours is a themed kitchen, you can consider adding stencils to the centre of the cabinet doors with imaginative shapes, like yachts for a beach theme. [Read more…]

Peanut Butter Pie and How to Make a Fall Porch and Photo Booth Scene

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With fall festivities comes the opportunity to get creative on so many levels!  I love getting in the kitchen and making some yummy fall recipes for my family and outside events, and I also LOVE decorating our porch and living room for the fall season!  Today I’m sharing a little bit of my fall creativity.  I’ve got a delicious Peanut Butter Pie recipe, featuring yummy fall flavors, and I’m going to share a tutorial on how I create the fall scene on my porch.  The fall scene also doubles a fun photo booth for your trick or treaters and fall guests!

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Friday Favorites – Week 290 – With Halloween Decor

Happy Friday to you!  Even though I’ve put my party post over every week, I feel terrible that I’ve missed out on doing features these last two or three weeks! And I especially regret that all this business happened during what is perhaps my favorite time of year for blogging….I LOVE featuring fall and Halloween ideas!

But on the flipside, one of the thing’s that has kept from me from doing features is all the great blog work I’ve been doing.  Lately I really feel like I’ve cranked out some fun and creative posts!  If you have time, I’d love for you to take a look at all the recipes and projects we’ve been busy with!

Now without further ado, let’s get to this week’s party featuring some oh-so-creative Halloween decor!

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Halloween Decor 1

Halloween Decor from Curly Crafty Mom

Halloween Decor 2

Fall Mantle from Sondra Lyn

Halloween Decor 3

Crafty Halloween Pumpkins from Debbie-Dabble

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Bedroom Makeover and Tips for Working with Small Spaces

Don’t you just love a good room makeover? Me too!  And I especially love it when it’s dramatic! And you can make the simplest of changes sometimes and still make a BIG difference.  For me, it’s all about the bedding.  You can add a new floral quilt, and it can dramatically change the look of your room instantly!

 My husband and I are in the process of making a lot of changes in the house.  A while back we swapped out the furniture.  Shortly thereafter I purchased new bedding, and last week we moved the furniture to an entirely new room.

Here’s the old room:

 

Old Bedroom

 

This photo was taken a long time ago, so it’s not my best, but you get the idea….here I had a green bedspread, featuring red flowers.  It seemed very vibrant when I first purchased it but the pattern definitely got old for me and was starting to feel a little old fashioned.

As for the furniture, I’ve always liked this set.  It had a very classic appeal with ornate features, but it’s always nice to have a change!

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Friday Favorites – Week 279 – With Decor Makeovers

Hi everyone.  Welcome to this week’s Friday Favorites party!  Can you believe we are at the end of July?  I feel like I say things like that all the time, but it truly blows my mind sometimes!  Here among all of my summer and back to school content I’ve got running, I’m also in the process of sharing a few home makeover and DIY projects my husband and I have been working on this summer, so for today’s party I decided to share a few makeover projects our fellow blog friends have been working on.  Take a look!  And then I’d LOVE for you to share your projects with us in the linky below!

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Friday Favorites – Week 275 – With 4th of July Ideas

Hey everyone! Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Favorites. And Happy early 4th of July! In honor of the holiday, we’ve got more red, white, and blue ideas for the 4th of July, including a collection of fun DIY/Decor projects and food!  Hope you enjoy!

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Coca-Cola Happy Hour + Patriotic Coke-Inspired Table Decor

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I’m so excited about the hot summer weather here! One of my favorite summer activities is just sitting on the front porch or the back deck with my hubby.  Whether we’re sitting out in the hot sun or under the stars at night, it is always good to have this time to spend with him just laughing and talking as we share a Coke!

This summer Coca-Cola has brought back their Share a Coke campaign, complete with fun personalized bottles and cans.  Coke has always been my favorite drink, and last year I had my fair share of cans and bottles with fun words like “Superstar” and Soulmate” written on them.  Then this year I’ve gotten bottles that feature emoticons and the words “Love” and “Amor.”  But even better than that, I found a bottle with my husband’s name on it! [Read more…]

Friday Favorites – Week 267 – With DIY Home Decor

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! And Happy EARLY Mother’s Day to all the moms, grandmas, aunts, kitty and puppy moms…..etc!

Lately I’ve been seeing so many cute home decor items that I’d love to have.  I’ve been wanting a living room makeover for a while, but I just can’t really swing it right now….at least not a makeover as big as I am wanting.  But the next best thing is browsing for ideas online and in stores.  Today I have a few ideas from our bloggy friends; they include some great room decor and some DIY projects. Hope you enjoy!

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Friday Favorites – Week 259 – With Decor Makeovers

Hello everyone! So glad you could join us this week for Friday Favorites! Now that we’re rolling in to spring, I’m looking forward to spring cleaning and home projects.  This week I decided to feature a few decorating and furniture makeovers and ideas.  I hope they can inspire you to get to work this spring!

Also, while you’re here this week, I’d love for you to check out my latest giveaway.  It is a Simply Juice Drink Pack with a $50 Amex card included!

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Valentine’s Day with Oriental Trading

Valentines Day with Oriental Trading

Are you ready for Valentine’s Day?  I got everything I need for a fun and festive Valentine’s Day Party at Oriental Trading.  And right now they have select Valentine’s Day Decor and party favors for 60% off.

Heart Lights

 I got these cute little Valentine tea lights.  The batteries are included, and they are perfect for a little soft light for a big dinner party or more intimate gathering.  Or you could even use them to light up your crafts and other Valentine decor.

Lanterns

 For instance, the tea lights look great inside these laterns.  I picked out these lanterns not just for Valentine’s Day but all year round.  The Oriental Trading website had a great picture of the laterns with Easterbeggs inside them, so I’m planning to do that next.  For now, I’ve placed these rose petals inside.  It’s really great for Valentine’s Day and also adds a lot of warmth to your decor during the winter time.

Valentine Lanterns

And for party team, these paper lanterns are very colorful, fun, and festive.

Valentine Decor

And for a fun party table, I got this adorable red and white table runner, cupcake box, and plates.

 

St Patricks Day

 Already got your Valentine’s Day covered? Then check out their awesome selection of spring items, including St. Patrick’s Day and Easter party supplies!

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Disclosure: I received Oriental Trading products for facilitate this post.  The opinions are my own.