DIY maternity photoshoots are so bad after all! I wanted to get maternity photos taken on our recent babymoon to Bermuda, but I didn't want to pay $600+ for a session. I understand that photographers are artists and business people and don't want to take away from their value - it just wasn't in the...
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Litter Box Solutions
Going back to our days before we had our cat, Bear, we had Morgan's parent's cat, Cesar, for awhile. When we lived separately, Morgan just used a regular litter box for Cesar with no issues. Then I brought CiCi into the fold and found out she enjoys the delicacy of cat poop. Since then, we've...
Our Bermuda Babymoon - the perfect Babymoon spot!
Considering a babymoon in Bermuda? It is a beautiful island just off the east coast of the USA and is Zika-free! Here's what to expect on your fabulous vacation! We wanted to take one last vacation before our baby is born in October, and my OB/GYN recommended late July (when I was 27 weeks pregnant)...
Shop Our House: Dining Room
Our dining room sat empty for the first six months that we lived in our house. Sure, I could have gotten a temporary table and chairs, but we have a kitchen table, and wanted some time to think about how to set this space up. It's weird in that you have to walk through it...
Tropical Nursery Mood Board
I am so excited to share the design for our nursery with you today. We are going to be turning the room that was formerly known as the office, mostly serving as a junk room, into a baby's room. I am going for a tropical jungle feel with lots of light and bright accents as...
Our Outdoor Storage Solutions
Here's some great outdoor storage solutions that could be great for your needs in your yard! No matter how decked out you make all the storage inside your home or garage, there are some things that just have to be stored outside. For us, that's our yard/garden tools, firewood and our canoe. We've used a...
Haven Conference 2018 Recap
Another year, another wonderful Haven Conference. We were extremely fortunate and happy to have Haven Conference 2018 take place right here in beautiful Charleston, SC. This was our second year attending Haven, which is a conference for DIY and home decor bloggers. We had a great three days of meeting up with blogger friends, networking...
Free Baby Boxes Review
Today I want to talk about a baby-related freebie: Baby Boxes! Several brands offer free boxes of sample-sized baby items for new moms to try out. It's a great way to sample new brands when you have no idea what you want or need. There are tons of baby boxes available, but I have found...
Leather Anniversary Frame
Our third wedding anniversary was a couple of months ago now, but I couldn't share my gift to Morgan with you because we hadn't yet announced that she was pregnant! The third anniversary is traditionally the leather anniversary, which is a material I'm not used to working with, so I tried to make something thoughtful...
Our Three Favorite Pet Projects
We love our pets so dearly and love to pamper them and treat them like princesses. They are our world, so we try to bring them into our DIY world whenever we can. I've been planning a new dog food station and it got me thinking about my favorite projects that we've done for the...
The Easiest Live Edge River Table with Epoxy
Making a river table doesn't have to be complicated or use fine woodworking skills. Here's the easiest way to make a live edge river table with five minute epoxy! Sometimes a trend is harder to spot than others, but epoxy resin poured river tables are all the rage right now. We've never made one because...
Initial Baby Thoughts
In case you missed the breaking news of 2018, we told you last week that we're expecting our first child in October! It's really quite crazy and we have no idea how we're going to do it, but we know we'll get by. We wanted to share with you guys a little bit more about...
Desk Cubby Hole Wooden Trays
Here's how to build some wooden trays that slide perfectly into cubbies for a desk! Last year we built a a beautiful plywood and concrete desk where we keep our computer and do most of our blogging work. The desk had three cubby holes and, after a year of use, we had a constant problem...
Four Inspirational Bathrooms
Raise your hand if you're renovating a room right now! *Insert hand emoji for us too* We're knocking out our soon-to-be nursery and it's got us thinking about all the other rooms we've renovated over the years. We've done five bathrooms between the condo and the house and wanted to throwback to four inspirational bathrooms...
DIY Live Edge Wood Shelves - the Easiest Tutorial!
Coming at you today with some live edge wood shelves that have really changed the look of our bar space. Natural live edge wood works in pretty much any decor style and we love using all types of wood in our home. Live edge wood shelves are easy to make and can be done in...
All the National Parks We've Visited
One of our unofficial life goals is to visit every national park in the United States. That doesn't just mean the continental United States (we're coming for you American Samoa!), but all of them. A lot of them probably won't happen for several decades until we can afford to take several weeks at a time...
We Crafted a Baby!
Today's a pretty big day here in the Charleston Crafted household. We want to announce that we're going to have a baby!!! Woohoo! Insert terrified parent face emoji here... Baby BOY is due in October and we are terrified yet excited all at the same time. We have NO idea what goes into being a...
Round Coffee Table Inspiration
Don't get me wrong, I love our DIY driftwood coffee table. But after 5 years and a move, it has seen better days. Honestly, a few of the branches have snapped off (ahem CiCi) and its just generally not as stable or crisp as I'd like. Plus, Sean is on a big woodworking kick and...
Shop my Etsy Inventory!
Looking for some new vintage decor for your home? You are in luck! I am liquidating all of my remaining Etsy decor! It includes a lot of vintage brass as well as other hand-picked home decor items. You can check out all of the inventory here and I will share some images below. If you...
Meet Up with us at Haven Conference 2018!
The annual Haven Conference is coming up in a couple of weeks! Last year was our first year attending and we had an AMAZING time. So much of what you have seen in our blog in the last year has been a direct or indirect result of something that came from Haven. Haven 2018 is...
How to organize a Craft Supply Closet
Want to set up a craft supply closet? Here are the best tips and tricks on how to organize your craft supplies in a closet! One big project that I wanted to get accomplished in the month of June was to get my craft supplies under control. When we moved into the house, we purchased...
What We Are Reading This Summer
Summertime and the reading is easy. Between lazing on the beach, travel time on vacations, and just wanting to lounge in the AC on a stiflingly hot day, summer is when we get a TON of our reading for the year done. We both have been crushing through books this summer and wanted to share...
Nest Temperature Sensor Review
We have a Nest thermostat and have been using it for 2 years now. While it's great, we have really uneven heating and cooling in our home. The whole house is on one HVAC system but different rooms heat really differently. The office and the sunroom are definitely the hottest rooms in the house -...
Projects We've Made from Roadside Scraps
DIY doesn't have to be expensive. We've done a number of projects from scraps of wood and other materials that we found on the side of the road. These projects are so much fun, because we often have the idea that we're going to work on a project in a while, but then see the...
Quick DIY Wall Hooks
If you've been following along on our Instagram Stories, you've seen that we're working on creating a new craft closet in our guest room. It's part of a bigger makeover, but for now it left us with nowhere for guests to hang anything. With my mom coming to town this weekend, we threw together some...
Honest Amazon Prime Wardrobe Review
I recently discovered the Amazon service Prime Wardrobe and gave it a try. I had a really great experience and wanted to share an Amazon Prime Wardrobe review with you here today! Amazon Prime Wardrobe is a service on Amazon that mails you clothes to try on that you pick out. They do not charge...
Live Edge Wood Project Plans
Wanted to share with you today something we've been working on for a little while. A few weeks back, I picked up two one-inch thick slabs of live edge black walnut on Facebook Marketplace. The guy had a lots of pieces, but I loved the coloration and the grain on two specific pieces and thought...
Garden Update
It's June and that means our garden and yard in general is seeing the benefit of summer rain and suns and is in full bloom! I had to take advantage of it's beauty to share the progress with you today. PS - see all of our garden updates as a pinned story at the top...
Stay Hydrated with Filters Fast
Summer is here, and especially here in South Carolina, that means heat and humidity. If you aren't from the south, you don't realize exactly what a "wet heat" really is. It's a suffocating, pressure filled heat that really gets to you and drains you. But while the weather is hot, we are still outside a...
The Definitive 2018 Father's Day Gift Guide
When I was a kid, my mom would go out to the store and buy several small items that my dad would like. She would come home and lay them out on the bed with "price tags" that my brother and I could buy from her to give my dad with our savings. When we...
When to Give Up on Live Plants and Buy a Fake Tree
I love live plants. I have a ton inside and outside our home and most of them do really well. However, our home has a dead spot and that spot is our Master Bedroom. We have the perfect corner for a tall plant, but because the blinds are always closed (the windows face the sidewalk...
DIY Cat Play Gym
Want to build a fun toy for your cat? Here's how to build a DIY cat play gym! You know how cats never want to play with any toys that you buy them? I take that as a challenge to make Bear a toy that she will love. Since she loves ribbons so much, we...
DIY Way to Hide Your Trash Cans - woodworking plans!
Having trash cans stored in your front yard can really hurt your curb appeal, and many HOAs will fine you for it. Here's the easy way to hide your trash bins behind a DIY lattice wall - with printable PDF woodworking plans! Our trash and recycling cans have always been along the side of our...
Grill Accessories That You Will Actually Use
As summer rolls in, it's time to start grilling. Now, it's easy to over-buy grill accessories - holidays like Father's Day and hard-to-buy-for-men make it really tempting to buy them all! Believe me, I have been the victim of this (see - the taco griller - we loved tacos but this thing was pointless). Here...
Summer Floral Mantel
I love sharing seasonal mantel updates with y'all. I have been challenging myself to do them for no cost and have succeeded in doing that again today! I encourage you to shop your house and scavenge your yard for natural elements. Even just moving the same decor around your home is a great way to...
DIY Art for Around Your Home
Art can be extremely expensive. Not a knock on art prices, because artists work extremely hard at their craft and they deserve to be paid. But every new homeowner needs to fill the walls of their home. One way to do that is to DIY art for around your home. You might not think you're...
The BEST Rivet Rugs - Area Rugs from Amazon
Rug shopping is hard. Because stores don't tend to carry a large variety of styles or sizes ins tore (At least, not at big box stores) you are probably going to get pushed online for your search. Why not head to the retailer we all know & love - Amazon. I recently stumbled upon the...
Rust-Oleum Festival DIY Challenge
Hey guys! We're super excited to be participating in the Rust-Oleum Festival DIY Challenge! Summer means parties and parties mean fun decor. We're getting prepared to start hosting people at our house with our new patio and fire pit area, but we needed some decor to go with it. We started with this simple DIY...
Our Most Useful IKEA Purchases
IKEA seems to be a polarizing subject. People either think the furniture is great or cheap. We're in the camp that IKEA is a great place to get useful furniture at a reasonable price. Is it made from the highest quality materials? No, but that's not what you should expect when you go to IKEA....
How to Build a DIY Garden Arch Arbor- with PDF plans
Want to build a wood garden arch? You'll love this tutorial and DIY garden arch plans! We recently built a garden arbor arch to go around the gate to our backyard from our side yard. The space is pretty empty so we wanted to try to fill it with something eye catching and beautiful. We constructed...
Pineapple Decor For Summer
It is really starting to feel like summer time around here - it was in the 90's this weekend! While I don't redecorate my home for every season (how exhausting!) it is always fun to bring a little something into your home to reflect the outside temperatures. All year round, but especially in the summertime,...
What Happens When You Mail a Company
Key word in that title? MAIL. Not email, mail. It's amazing how far a simple hand-written note can go. It's something that is becoming more and more scarce, but we decided to give it a go with a few of our favorite companies to see what would happen. We've read online before people mailing to...