Happy Wednesday! I am so excited to be hosting a Thrift Games for you today - me and some of my blogger friends went thrifting with a $15 budget and found something cool to up cycle! I really wanted a side table to go on our screened in porch in between two of our free...
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Where to Donate Towels, Blankets, and Linens
It might seem counter intuitive, but summer time is my favorite time to get rid of old towels, blankets, and linens. If you didn't use them the whole winter spring or fall, you probably do not need them. We recently refreshed our guest bathroom and got all new towels. I wanted to share where we...
DIY Colored Glass Balls for Decor
Hey y'all! Are you doing any decorating switch ups around your home lately? I love decorating and re-decorating spaces throughout the seasons. One of the easiest ways to do that is to just swap out small decor items. Whether you are swapping it out for the season or decorating with a more long term duration...
Should we cut the cord?
Are we the only millennials left that have cable? This is a serious question. We've started to notice that everyone we talk to watches different shows than us. It took a little while to realize this was because they are watching shows on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, Amazon, etc, and we're watching network cable. So...
Tropical Yard Update
We've been working REALLY hard to make our backyard beautiful. We live on the water and in a city that you can spend outside almost entirely all year long. We have major plans for the fall, but we've spent the spring and summer trying to clear up all the crap that we had and putting...
DIY Wall Mounted Laundry Room Trash Can Hack
Looking for a DIY wall mounted trash can to serve as your laundry room trash can? You'll love this simple hack! Since we built the new litter box for Bear, we really no longer had space for a floor trash can in the laundry room. I was looking for something simple and wall mounted to...
DIY Outdoor Hammock Side Table
Is anyone else starting to feel the summer heat? We sure are! One of the only places that we are able to keep cool from the South Carolina sun is in our hammock, nestled right under a giant oak tree. We love laying in the hammock, but have been feeling the serious need for somewhere...
How to DIY Shingle a Wood Shed Roof
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #RoofedItMyself #CollectiveBias Summer is upon us in Charleston and that means we are spending a lot of time outside in the warm weather. Our backyard is the main reason we bought the house, so we love to spend...
Our First Garden: A Check In
As you know, we have been super into our garden and yard this spring. We did a lot of planting in February and March and now are reaping the benefits of that. I wanted to check in with you and share how everything (mostly the veggies!) is doing. Veggies: I over planted our raised veggie...
5 Ways to Give Your Bathroom an Instant Rustic Refresh
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MegaSummerRefresh #CollectiveBias It is summertime, and when you live at the beach, that means that it is guest season! In June, we will have friends and/or family in town for three weekends in a row. We are so...
DIY Wooden Top Entry Cat Litter Box
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CatsLoveNutrish #CollectiveBias We are all about treating our pets to the nicest of everything. From toys to accommodations to food, our pets are a part of our family as much as any human, so we make it...
5 Tips for Hosting an Awesome Backyard Party
Sean just turned 30 and we celebrated with a backyard party! Since we moved into our new home, we have really loved throwing backyard parties. I wanted to stop by today and share my five best tips for an awesome backyard party! Keep it simple - guests aren't going to expect tassels and banners and...
How To Replace a Front Door Peep Hole
Need to replace your front door peep hole? This is a quick and easy DIY project if you want to update yours or fix it! This summer, we are trying to force ourselves to conquer some of the little projects that we have been putting off for the almost-year that we have been in this...
DIY Knock Off Wall Mounted Acrylic Frame Gallery Wall
Want to make DIY Wall Acrylic Frames? Here's the inexpensive tutorial! Happy Monday! Last week, one of my favorite blogs, Chris Loves Julia, shared a gallery wall that turned a bit scandalous in the comments. They purchased wall mounted acrylic frames on Etsy and got blasted for not making them homemade from scratch from plastic that they...
How to clean electric stove top - 3 ways!
Wondering how to clean electric stove top without damaging the glass? Here are 3 ways that make it easy to clean! Glass top electric stoves look sleek and modern. Modern generally brings to mind "clean." Clean lines, clean spaces, clean surfaces. But a glass electric stove is often not clean clean. They can be hard...
How to use a miter saw
The miter saw was the first tool we bought when we moved into our new house. It was something that I had wanted for a long time, but never had the storage capacity or real need for it in the condo. A miter saw is extremely easy to use, but you have to be careful,...
Our DIY Coastal Kitchen Reveal!
Check out how we renovated our 1990's orange, closed off kitchen and turned it into a modern, coastal kitchen oasis! And we did it ourselves! After several hard months of DIY, we are finally ready for our DIY coastal kitchen reveal! We have spent a lot of time on our kitchen and did the majority...
How to cut door hinge notches
Here's how to cut door hinge notches if you are working with a new door or need to change the direction of your existing door! Earlier this week, you read about the new pantry door we put up in our kitchen. It was a world of problems, but one of the easiest parts of the...
How to Get Lilly Pulitzer for Cheap on eBay
Happy Wednesday! I am excited today to share something a little different with you - how I get Lilly Pulitzer for cheap on eBay! I get a lot of questions about my Lilly wardrobe (get a sneak peek at my Lilly Instagram and in our closet reveal!) A lot of the questions revolve around the...
Tropical Summer Mantel
It's really officially feeling like summer around here. I was so excited to be invited to link up with some blogger friends and share our summer mantels! You might remember that I went greenery crazy for my spring mantel! (Those candlesticks sold but I have a lot more available in my Etsy shop!) For my summer...
A New Old Door for the Pantry
Here's how we added an old antique door to our pantry for a custom look in our space. A simple DIY pantry upgrade! Since reading their book, I have really gotten into watching Fixer Upper. I know, just a little behind the trend there! One thing I really love about Joanna's designs is how she...
Outdoor Pillows at Every Budget (from Etsy!)
Hello everyone and happy Friday! It is Sean's birthday today and we are gearing up for a big backyard party this weekend! I have been so into the screened porch + back yard this spring and I know that a lot of you are trying to refresh your spaces as well. So, I thought that...
How to Throw an Awesome Workplace Potluck Lunch
I have somehow become the person in charge of parties at my office, aka Angela from "The Office." We have zero budget so parties really mean potlucks. I have been hosting monthly gatherings for about six months now and have learned a lot! I wanted to share what I have learned to help others throw...
My Experience with Hubble Contacts
We do pretty much everything on the internet now. I've chosen my glasses from Warby Parker, Morgan bought a car from Carvana and so much more. I wear contacts every day and recently started having issues with my regular monthly lenses. Turns out, I had micro bumps on the inside of my eyelid and that...
Relocating the Cabinet Above the Fridge
If you hate not being able to access that cabinet above your fridge that's pushed against the wall, here's how you can relocated it to make it functional! Raise your hand if you're one of the many lucky people who has a cabinet above their refrigerator that they can't access because it's three feet back...
5 Places You Didn't Know You Could Scotchgard
This shop - 5 Places you didn't know you could Scotchgard- has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #WorryFreeMessFree #CollectiveBias Are any of y'all diving deep into spring cleaning? I personally hate to clean but hate a dirty house even more. I am all about simple solutions...
Porch & Yard Swings for Summer (all via Amazon!)
Y'all, it is really getting to be summer weather around here! We are supposed to hit 90 degrees tomorrow. The heat has me loving laying in our hammock with a cold beer in the shade and just relaxing in the evenings. I've been on such a porch swing kick lately (I want a big bed...
Last Minute Entertaining Tips
It is quickly becoming summertime, and for me that means lots of backyard parties. Some are planned (like Sean's upcoming 30th!) but more often than not we run into some friends and decide we all want to hang in the back yard. Hosting guests, even just a few, with only an hour's notice could be...
ORC Reveal: A Fully DIY Remodeled Walk In Master Closet
Hello and welcome to week 6, the reveal, of the One Room Challenge! We have made over our walk in master closet and taken it from a generic, dysfunctional space to one that is personalized to our exact needs. In keeping with our DIY style, we did the whole thing by ourselves and on a...
7 Things to do the Week Before Moving
There are a lot of things to do before you move and it can be easy to let something slip through the cracks. Here's 7 things to remember! Moving can be so incredibly stressful. In order to help unload some of that stress, it is important to do as much as possible in advance. Here...
ORC: DIY Wooden Hanging Belt and Tie Rack
We are almost done with our One Room Challenge. The FULL reveal will be live on Wednesday, but we have one little teaser post left for you before then. Today we're focusing on the wooden belt and tie rack that we built for our... belts and ties. Shocker. We designed this one to keep the...
Morgan's Surprise Birthday Adventure!
This week was the Queen Bee's birthday, aka Morgan. She turned a young 2.... jk, ain't no way I'm telling you her age (no, she's not 2, that's the start of a 20-something). To celebrate, we both took the day off work and I planned a fun day of surprise activities of some of her...
ORC Week 5: Repurposing the Linen Closet
Hey y'all! Welcome back for week 5 of our spring One Room Challenge where we are making over our walk in master closet in 6 weeks. In case you missed it: Week 1: The design plan Week 2: How to design a closet system in Excel Week 3: How to remove a wire closet system...
ORC: Custom Wooden Shoe & Handbag Storage
We have so much stuff going on with the Master Closet makeover that you are going to get some bonus posts this week! Today I am sharing the custom shoe shelving that Sean built me. I am so excited to have my shoes off of the floor and out of the way. We decided that...
How to Hang a Tile Bar Glass Subway Tile Kitchen Backsplash
Here's how we hung up a tile backsplash in our coastal kitchen and how you can do it yourself too! We are winding up our kitchen makeover, and one of the last big projects was adding a tile back splash. I envisioned a sea glass look that would tie into our recycled glass counter tops....
How to Budget for Home Renovations When You Are Househunting
If you're worried about having enough money left over for renovations when you're house hunting, keep these things in mind. This will help you make the best plan! This is a fun topic that we have gotten asked a bunch and I thought would be fun to address in it's own post. When we were...
All of the Planting Going on in our Yard - What's Working & What's Not
This is our first spring in our home and one thing that I am so excited for is building a garden and improving our yard. The previous owners actually rented the house out for the last 5 years so the yard was in rough shape! Our priorities have been grass, bushes/shrubs, adding some floral color...
How to Build a Custom Wooden Closet Shelf System
Want to build some DIY closet shelves? You will love this simple and inexpensive tutorial! We are fully making over our walk in master closet to maximize the use of storage space and to make it more beautiful. If you need a flashback, here is our progress so far: Week 1: The design plan Week...
Three Days in Sonoma
After the excitement of 3 days in Yosemite, we were ready to spend the second half of our trip relaxing. After a brief one night stay in Sonora (about 1 hour outside Hetch Hetchy and on the way towards Sonoma) we made the 3 hour trek to Sonoma. Sonoma is right next to Napa and...
Yosemite National Park
We've done some awesome travel the last few years, including our honeymoon to Italy and our first anniversary to Kauai. Well, a year later, time for our second anniversary trip. We chose to go to Yosemite National Park and Sonoma, California for a week of hiking and wine-ing. First up, we spent three days in...
The Top 9 Instagram Spots in Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina, is a beautiful city any time of year. That's why we keep getting named as the number one tourist destination in the country, and the world, and the best place to move, and the number one city in the world, and the nicest people in the country, yada yada yada. We wouldn't...
My Favorite Source for Inexpensive Gallery Wall Art - Calendars!
Gallery walls are an awesome way to add a lot of visual impact to a wall - but large gallery walls can get expensive. Frames are expensive and so is art. My first gallery wall, I actually built really inexpensive frames to save money. I now prefer to purchase frames (I have these from Amazon...