I'm always looking for a little pop of color in my life. I've also got a soft & sweet spot for the Live Colorfully life philosophy of the late Lilly Pulitzer. I've been hoarding an old 2011-2012 calendar for a while now, and decided to finally put it to use as a cute frame-able calendar....
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October Wrap Up
Happy Halloween! It's been a busy month here for us, traveling a lot! Here's what we've been sharing on the blog: In the Condo: I celebrated the one year anniversary in my condo and shared an updated tour! We majorly updated our living room by streamlining the media on the Hemnes entertainment center from Ikea....
101 in 1001: A "Just Because" Treat
We've been out of state 3 out of the last 4 weekends, I've just started a new job, and we've spent a decent chunk of our after-work evenings gathering, labeling, and dropping off stuff for my Junior League's Whale of a Sale (it's next week!). So, other than our super awesome (and shockingly easy) pantry...
How to update wire pantry shelves with easy DIY wooden shelves
Looking for a DIY pantry idea? Replacing wire pantry shelves with wooden shelves is a simple and inexpensive way to make a major update to your kitchen. Here's how to do it! I've been dying to redo my pantry since... basically move in. I mean, don't get me wrong. I was thrilled to have a...
101 in 1001: Palmetto Islands County Park
One of our 101 in 1001 goals is to visit every major park in the Charleston County Parks and Recreation system. This weekend, we crossed off Palmetto Islands County Park in Mt. Pleasant after hitting up a used book sale that was going on nearby. You can read our page on all of the Charleston...
How to Install a Porch Ceiling Fan
If you are wondering how to install a porch ceiling fan, this post should be helpful to you! Boy, having a screened-in porch is nice and allows you to have some nice times outside without being totally outside and keeps the bugs away. But living in Charleston, sometimes it's just too friggin hot to sit...
The Great Spaghetti Squash Experiment
I am constantly on a quest to eat healthy & lots of veggies. Of course, there are several things standing in my way. One of them is spaghetti. I've heard from several people that "spaghetti squash is so good it's just like pasta" so I thought I would give it a try... here's how it...
Window Shopping - Consign Charleston!
One of my very favorite hobbies is thrifting. I love looking for furniture, projects, items, or inspiration. So, I am always thrilled to find a new thrift store that I have never visited before, especially in my own back yard! So, when I had a spare hour last week, I leaped at the opportunity to...
101 in 1001- Spooky Old Jail Ghost Tour
Happy Halloweek, y'all! I'm excited to bring you Halloween projects all week! If you want to see a couple of our favorites from last year, be sure to click over & check out our scary monster wreath & eyeball picture frames! We will be back every day this week with a new Halloween inspired project...
Five Ways to Decorate Pumpkins
Happy Halloweek, y'all! I'm excited to bring you Halloween projects all week! If you want to see a couple of our favorites from last year, be sure to click over & check out our scary monster wreath & eyeball picture frames! We will be back every day this week with a new Halloween inspired project...
Spooky Graveyard Cookie Cake
Happy Halloweek, y'all! I'm excited to bring you Halloween projects all week! If you want to see a couple of our favorites from last year, be sure to click over & check out our scary monster wreath & eyeball picture frames! We will be back every day this week with a new Halloween inspired project...
A Gruesome Dead Head Wreath
Happy Halloweek, y'all! I'm excited to bring you Halloween projects all week! If you want to see a couple of our favorites from last year, be sure to click over & check out our scary monster wreath & eyeball picture frames! We will be back every day this week with a new Halloween inspired project...
Condo-iversary!
I cannot believe it - as of this weekend I have been living in my condo for a year! It's crazy because, in some ways it feels like I've been here forever & in other ways I feel like I've just gotten here! There are so many more projects that I want to get to.......
101 in 1001 - A Vineyard & A Corn Maze!
Even though we just shared our 101 in 1001 a couple of weeks ago, we spent about a month planning it and coming up with our 101 goals. So, when we added visit a vineyard (#30) & go to a corn maze (#97) to our list, we had no idea that we'd be able to...
Vacation Recap - Amicalola Falls, Georgia
We wanted to make a fall getaway this weekend, so we headed to a place that I had heard of before, but never been, called Amicalola Falls State Park. It's in Georgia, about an hour and a half from Atlanta, and is home to an amazingly stunning 729 foot waterfall and the start of the...
Easy Organization Under the Bathroom Sink
Recently, we've been doing a mini makeover in the master bathroom. Sean made a driftwood candle holder & splatter art for over a toilet. I made a faux capiz chandelier & tile framed the mirror. The last thing on our list was really something that most people will never see - organizing under the sink....
Updating Old Bookshelves
We recently replaced our mismatched living room storage with one cohesive entertainment center. I'm so in love with the look, but I didn't want to ditch the bookshelves that we already had. Keeping them in the condo allowed me to sort of focus on "styling" the entertainment bookshelves without feeling like I had to display...
A Cool Closet!
I love clothes & I love home decor. What is the perfect combination of the two? An awesome closet! I'm sure you've seen the awesome closet systems that Sean built for me! Having a systems helps me stay super organized & really appreciate my clothes. I am super excited to share my first Cool Closets...
A Renter-Friendly Front Door Update
I love quick little updates that add a blast of color to a room. However, I really don't consider my condo a long-time home, and am always cautious of every project's effect on the resale value. I've seen several people online who've painted the inside of their front doors. I was so inspired by...
IKEA Hemnes Entertainment Center
As I've said before, the living room of our condo is the room that I am the least happy with. The problem, however, is that I really want to purchase several large (and of course, expensive) pieces of furniture to get it going in the direction that I want. Most of the furniture in this...
How to frame a mirror with tile
Want to upgrade an unframed mirror? How about adding some tile! Here is a simple tutorial on how to frame a mirror with tile! Our condo has super generic, unframed mirrors in the bathrooms. They're fine - technically, there is nothing wrong with them. But, it's a bit boring. We opted to add a simple...
Our 101 in 1001
I love goals. Nothing gives me quite the satisfaction of crossing things off my list. Whether I'm at work or at the grocery or spending an evening being "productive" at home, I always have Post-its, note pads, and iPhone notes full of to-dos, to-buys, and to-decides. So, when I was introduced to Mackenzie Horan and...
Installing a USB Outlet
If you're like us (or like most households in America), you most likely have a couple of iPhones or phones that need charged with a USB connection. Also if you're like us, you are always trying to find places to plug in your different adaptors into regular outlets or plug it into your computer. Well,...
The Easiest Way to Make a DIY Faux Capiz Shell Chandelier
Looking to make a DIY capiz chandelier? You will love this super simple and inexpensive tutorial! I hate boob lights. You know, those generic, round lights that builders put on every light fixture? Yeah, I'm on a mission to replace all of them in my apartment. We already replaced the fixture in my walk-thru closet...
Turn a Wrought Iron Headboard into an Upholstered Headboard
Wondering how to upholster a metal headboard? You are going to love this easy & inexpensive DIY tutorial! I am so pleased with the upgrades going on in the master bedroom. From the ampersand string art to the no sew curtains, to the grid gallery wall and curtains on the closets, this room is really...
Egg Roll Party
It's football season, y'all, at that means snacks, snack snacks! I like to spend Sundays crafting & running errands. So, I've been working on cooking up some yummy football-watching snacks that I can freeze & Sean can throw in the toaster at game time. He gets homemade snacks, I get to go out shopping. Win,...
Dog Day at Whirlin Waters Water Park!
We love our beagle mix, Cici, to the moon and back. However, sometimes I feel a bit sorry for her being stuck with us all the time, without any puppy playmates. That's one of the big reasons that we got an annual pass to the Charleston County Parks - we now have no excuse for...
I'm No Artist, but I Did Stay at a Holiday Inn Express Last Night
I have never considered myself to be artsy in any way, shape or form. Thanks to knowing Morgan, she has helped me bring out part of that side of myself. After carving a candle holder out of leftover driftwood from the driftwood coffee table I made, we put it on top of the toilet in...
Driftwood Crafts for Around the House
After finishing with constructing the driftwood coffee table, I still had some leftover wood from our trip to Dreher Island, so I decided to put some of it to good use. I ended up deciding to donate several pieces to one of my friends in exchange for him allowing me to use a couple of...
August Wrap Up
WHAT?!? August is over!!?? WHERE has this summer gone? It's been crazy around here, here's a little wrap up of everything we've had going on: In the Condo I organized my vanity with a simple glass tray- can you guess what it's made from? We revealed our new bedroom gallery wall! Check out all the...
Drifting Away with a Coffee Table
On Easter weekend, we took a wonderfully relaxing trip to Dreher Island State Park where, among other activities, we did quite a bit of canoeing. We explored some of the little islands spread throughout the lake and discovered there was quite a bit of driftwood that had washed up. We piled a bunch of it...
Bissell SpotClean Cleaner Review
We have two pets, a dog and a cat, so there could be any number of stains that pop up in the condo on any given day. Could be a pee stain, or a vomit stain. The dog could track in dirt or that random sticky substance I found. We try to clean these things...
Charleston Festival of Beers
I don't know about ya'll, but we love beer. We try our best to drink wine at appropriate situations (ever since the waiter at Peninsula Grill held a bottle up against a white towel and proclaimed "Bud Light" and then poured it into his glass, we stick to wine at the fancy places). But beer...
An Organized Workspace - Part I
Since starting to get really into making jewelry & opening my online boutique, I have really started using the build in desk in our dining room. It's funny, because all along I've wanted to rip it out of the wall, but now I'm really thankful that it's there. However, the desk has turned into a...
DIY Rustic Frames on the Cheap & a Gallery Wall Reveal!
I’ve been itching for a gallery wall in the bedroom for a long time. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to display or frame, but I knew that the big wall behind the TV (opposite the bed) needed a major piece to make it feel finished. Though the color scheme in the room tends towards...
Sentimental Art
Sentimental art can be a great way to show off things that are special to you in your home. Here's a few ideas! Sometimes the most special thing that you can frame on your wall are things that are special to you. We've been working on a special project (how to make a gallery wall)...
Framing Word Art
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes the best way to say something on your wall is with word art! Here's a few that have made the cut in our soon-to-be-revealed project! This has been one of my favorite sayings.... forever. "I love you like a fat kid loves cake." But...
Just a Shadow of Yourself - how to make a silhouette in photoshop
We needed a lot of different items in order to fill 18 frames on a gallery wall, so we had to come up with some creative ideas. We didn't want to use any pictures because we already have several galleries with us. So one idea that Morgan had was to put up a silhouette of...
Button Letter Art
I'm back at y'all again today with a low-no cost art project! This time its straight off of pinterest- button art! I have a lot of buttons. I have tons of specialty buttons from certain clothing items that came with spares, but I also have little baggies of more like crafting buttons, by color. For...
3 Ways to Frame & Display Fabric Wall Art
Do you hoard fabric? I sure do. I have a whole 3 drawer plastic Tupperware full of just fabric scraps. No, not large pieces (they’re in a plastic dog food storage container.) Scraps smaller than 1’x1’. And no, I don’t sew. I just have a lot of fabric pieces that I’m either sentimentally attached to...
3 Ways to Frame & Display Sea Shells!
Whenever I'm at the beach, I always see people crouching down, ignoring the beautiful ocean, scrambling to collect sea shells. I know I do this all the time! Then you carry them home, hope they don't break... and then what? Well, I have lots of suggestions for that. However, today I'm going to focus on a pretty simple...
Tissue Paper Art
I love making something beautiful out of nothing. I also love using up things that I hoard (like fabric & wrapping paper)... because if I use it it's not hoarding. Right? Right... Since I have a whole shoebox of tissue paper, I decided to use some to make a pretty picture of a sailboat. I...