I love thrifting, but I don't want my house to look like a thrift store! Two years ago, I decided to start re-selling my thrift finds in order to still be able to shop and also make a little money off of this hobby. Last year, I actually made more of a profit off of...
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DIY Raised Cucumber Garden with a Trellis
Check out how we built a DIY raised cumber garden trellis for our raised bed garden. This is a quick and simple DIY that doesn't require many tools or skills! It's springtime and I am so, so ready to get our vegetable garden in the ground. We are planting this weekend (!) but have been...
One Year with our Recycled Glass & Oyster Shell Countertops
It is hard to believe that it has been one year since we had our recycled glass & oyster shell countertops installed. To mark the anniversary, we wanted to write a post and check in with y'all about how they are doing and how we feel about them. All photos in this post were taken...
DIY Scalloped Pallet Wood Planter
Want to make a pallet wood planter? You'll love this simple scalloped DIY version! Planters come in all shapes and sizes and now I'm throwing a scallop shaped planter into the mix. The best part was I made it for free entirely out of a pallet that was leftover from our shipment of concrete for...
11 Unique Planters from Amazon
Y'all know that I have gone crazy with Spring fever! The weather is warming up and I am ready to surround myself with plants. Plants are beautiful and wonderful, but cool planters can make them even more interesting. So, I decided to round up a selection of really unique planters, all of which are available...
Our DIY Garden Paver Walkway
Hey y'all. We're sharing our new garden paver walkway with you today. You should know by now that we don't like to let things go to waste. When we tore our our old patio a few weeks ago and laid down a new one with the Quikrete WalkMaker, we didn't want to throw the old...
Shopping for our Patio at the Home Depot
We recently finished laying a Quikrete concrete patio and love the results. We are really excited to be furnishing our patio with home decor from the Home Depot as a part of their Home Depot Style Challenge! If you follow me on Instagram, then you might have seen some shots from our shopping spree on...
How to Plan a Vegetable Garden
We are starting to get some warm weather here in Charleston and I am getting really excited for our spring planting. I recently shared how I am planning our raised bed vegetable gardens this year on my Instagram stories and got a lot of questions about my process. So, I thought that it would be...
Our favorite outdoor projects from 2017 and garden plans for this year
The last 2 weekends have been gorgeous weather and we are getting ready to plan our outdoor projects for this spring and summer. We don't want to do anything too early in case we get a late freeze like last year, but we wanted to share with your our favorite outdoor projects from 2017 and...
How to add Polymeric Sand to Quikrete Walkmaker Pavers
Today we are back with the final step of our DIY patio - the jointing! After doing some research, we decided to add Quikrete Polymeric Jointing Sand in between our concrete pavers to give us the best long-term results for the patio. The benefit of the polymeric sand is that it is firm but has...
Our Amazon Shop
Today I wanted to pop in and chat with you about our newest venture - our Amazon shop! You might already know that we have an Etsy shop where I sell vintage home decor, but this is totally different. This Amazon shop features things that we have in our home and love and allows you...
How to Buy Wood
If you're like us, when you started being crafty and building things, you didn't exactly know where to start when it came to how to buy wood. The easiest thing was to go to Lowe's or Home Depot and pick up some stuff off the shelf but, again, if you're like me, it turns out...
Five Types of DIY Open Shelving
There's tons of way to do open shelving in all spaces in your home. Here's just a few ways to do it! Open. Open EVERYTHING! That's one of the biggest design trends in the last few years that is different from years past where everything had it's own confined space. Open shelving is one of...
How to make a QUIKRETE WalkMaker patio
Want to make a concrete patio yourself, on an affordable budget? Here's our step by step tutorial on how we made a Quikrete WalkMaker Patio! Y'all, we laid a gorgeous patio a few weeks ago and we are loving how it has turned out. If you're looking for how to make a QUIKRETE WalkMaker patio,...
The Best of Stone & Beam - Amazon's Modern Farmhouse Furniture & Decor Line
Y'all know that I am an Amazon fiend. So, you'll know that I was thrilled to find out that Amazon now has their own furniture and decor line. I have always been impressed by Amazon Basic products, so I am very excited to check out this line. Here are my favorites from Stone & Beam...
Wood House Plant Stand
Check out this really cool plant stand we built that looks like a house! It's a fun build and you can make one too! If you haven't heard, the Fixer Upper duo of Chip and Joanna Gaines released a line of home products called "Hearth & Hand" at Target. We love a lot of their...
Four cabinet extensions to improve your kitchen
There are lots of ways to improve your kitchen, but a big one is by adding functional storage. Here's four ways you can improve your kitchen with cabinet extensions! There are so many ways to make your kitchen look bigger, lighter, brighter and better. That could mean tearing down a wall, painting your cabinets, putting...
Removing our old patio
You read our backyard design plan last week and we are so excited for the end... before even starting! Well you have to start somewhere. The first stage of our plan is to replace our patio, so first we had to remove the old patio and make a space for it. Parts were easy... parts...
Rubbermaid Roughneck Storage Sheds - complete honest review!
Considering a Rubbermaid shed? We got the Roughneck Storage Shed - here's all the details and our review! Note: this post was not sponsored. We bought the shed full price (minus a coupon) from Lowe's. This is an honest review. We have a two-car garage and an attic. That should be plenty of storage, right?...
Our New Patio Design Plan
We have been teasing a big backyard makeover with you lately and so I thought that it would be fun to come in today and share our new patio design plan! This project will be our big makeover for the first half of the year and we expect it to take a few months to...
DIY Wooden Door Mat & Our New Therma-Tru Benchmark Door
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Therma-Tru Benchmark Exclusively available at Lowe’s. You might remember that before the holidays we shared that we were door shopping! Well, our new door, sent to us by Therma-Tru Benchmark came in and we installed it this weekend. We are so pleased with the new door...
Six Nautical Pillow + Blanket Combinations
Changing up your decor with the seasons can be expensive, time consuming, and frankly wasteful. That's why I celebrate summer all year round (sort of joking but not really :D) But, for those of you looking to mix things up, throw pillows and blankets are such a simple way to do that. Plus, if you...
Furniture Flip: Upholstered Stool to Herringbone Wooden Plant Stand
I am back today with another furniture flip for you! I started with this small stool. It was from Target in 2013. I love the metal geometric base but the upholstered cushion is pretty worn. Since Sean built me a new vanity stool, I decided to try to replace the top of this one and...
How to successfully sell on Facebook Marketplace
Ready to finally sell that item that's taking up space in your home? Here's some tips on selling it on Facebook Marketplace! Lately, we have been doing a little early spring cleaning by getting rid of some tools, furniture and other items that we no longer need or want. We have been using Facebook Marketplace...
Faux Inlay Wooden Tray
For Christmas this year, I made my mother-in-law a faux inlay wooden tray as a custom present. Using extra wood from the makeup box I made for my mom, I was able to make a beautiful serving tray that she can use for a variety of purposes. Faux Inlay Wooden Tray I was using a...
DIY Driftwood Sailboat Mantel & a linkup!
Hey y'all! Today I am here with a mantel makeover for you! I love changing my mantel up seasonally - but this isn't really a winter mantle. Winter and fall aren't really on my decor radar - I am a spring & summer coastal girl! So, here is my take on a winter mantel featuring...
How to make a wooden bar tray
Wondering how to make a wooden tray? Here is a simple tutorial featuring cute rope handles! Trays are great decor to add to any area of your home. They work to protect lower surfaces, corral decor together, and add detail and interest to any shelf or tabletop. Trays also make a great gift - I...
Wooden Makeup Box
Check out this simple tutorial for how I made a simple wooden makeup box for storing basic items! I'm excited to share this Christmas present I made for my mom with you all! I shared with you how I had renovated my moms bathroom in just two days. It looked gorgeous and then at the...
Our Favorite Organization Tools
New year, new nothing around here 😉 But, the new year is a natural time to get your home a bit more organized. I encourage you to take some time in the coming weeks (ain't no time like a snow day!) to make a list of areas in your home that stress you out. Lay...
How to patch a screen with a heat gun
Have a hole in your screen of your door or window? Here is a super quick solution on how to patch a screen at home! There are a lot of reasons you might have holes in your screened porch or window screens. Pests, pets, branches, and bad weather can all cause rips and tears. Getting...
Reintroducing Our Blog
Hey everybody! It's a new year so we just wanted to take a few minutes today to kind of reintroduce ourselves and what our blog is about. We have grown tremendously in the last year and we know a lot of you are fairly new to our lives, so we want to just give you...
DIY Driftwood Air Plant Planter
If you live in a coastal community, making a planter for air plants out of driftwood is a great option! Here's how simple this DIY project can be! Y'all know we love driftwood. We have done so many driftwood projects, including a coffee table and our wedding cupcake stand, and love the coastal feel driftwood...
Preview of our Projects for 2018
On Tuesday we brought you a list of our favorite projects of 2017. Well, no more living in the past. We wanted to bring you a preview of our projects for 2018. This will be in no way a comprehensive list, but just a general idea of some of what we know we have in...
Two Day Bathroom Makeover
About a month ago, I drove to Charlotte to finally give my mom her birthday present, a mere six months late. Earlier last year, my mom visited and exclaimed how much she loved the rope shelving we had put in our half bath downstairs. I quickly told her I'd be glad to make more for...
Our Favorite Projects of 2017
Wow, another year down. Can't believe we've been blogging for five years now! The blog has changed and so have our projects, but we think for the better! 2017 was our first full year in our house so we had tons of time to get done what we wanted. At lot of the projects we...
New Year Resolutions 2018
Happy New Year! It is always hard to believe when a year ends. But, I do love a good new year. It feels like such a fresh start. 2017 was a truly wonderful year for us. To start, everyone was healthy, no one died, no one was fired, nothing really bad happened. For that, we...
(Last Minute) Experience Gift Ideas
Gifting is hard. Some people really don't want anything, and if they do want something, they just buy it. Gifts can take a toll on the environment and take up space in your home. If you fall into this category (and a lot of adults-gifting-to-adults do) consider gifting an experience this season. Experience gifts are...
Our Favorite Books in 2017
Sean & I are both huge readers. He is on pace for 1 book a week this year and I do 2 books a week (#humblebrag but really it's one book and one audio book listened to on my commute). We love using GoodReads to track all of our reading but I really love looking...
18 DIY Last Minute Handmade Gift Ideas
Need a last minute gift and want to make something handmade? Here's a few great DIY last minute handmade gift ideas you can make quick! It's that time of year when all you hear about is gifts gifts gifts. I am a weirdo who likes to make gifts (I also buy gifts - I just...
DIY Wooden Mountains Card Holder
If you need a good way to display your Christmas cards, try making this mountain shaped card holder with scrap wood! Recently, we made our adult advent calendar tree. We had some extra scrap wood and wanted to show you how easy it is to make a way to display your Christmas cards. We made...
Unique Stocking Stuffers for Adults
Are y'all all done with your holiday shopping? I am further behind than usual but trying to be very thoughtful with my gifts this year. One of my favorite kind of gifts to give and receive is a goodie bag - or a stocking - full of lots of smaller goodies. It's fun to buy...
DIY Lilly Pulitzer Pink Christmas Tree
Love pink? Love Lilly Pulitzer? Me too, girl! I picked up this table top pink tree from At Home at the after Christmas sale last year (for under $5!) and wanted to decorate it with a Lilly theme this year. Since I am trying to spend $0 on holiday decor this year, I decided to...