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New Year, New Goals

Hello there! I hope that your year is off to a great start. For me, it’s looking to be quite a busy year already!

It’s already the middle of the month in January and I’m just now getting to writing this. You see, being a stay at home mom to my two little ones is my first job. It’s a job that I adore and wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.

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How I transformed my Entryway…WITHOUT Spending a lot Money!

I love showing you ways to decorate and update your home on a budget. That means that I reuse and re-purpose decor pieces regularly. It's my way of creating a whole new look and feel in a space without hardly spending any money! That's exactly what I did when giving our entryway a little refresh for fall.

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A Summer Home Office Refresh

We recently purchased a new area rug for the living room that has set of a refresh in several areas of our home. Not only has the living room gotten a refresh, but also the home office and play room. I didn't intend for it to happen this way, but once I got started, I just couldn't stop. One purchase and bam! I've rearranged my entire house. Does that ever happen to you?! 

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A Master Bathroom Refresh for under $1000

You guys, the day is finally here! We have finally decided to start giving our master bathroom a refresh.

Ever since moving into this house, the master bathroom has irked me. It's a roughly 5'x15' space that has six doors. SIX!

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Four Simple Ways to Style a Kitchen

My kitchen tends to be pretty neutral with the beige and brown color scheme that I hope to one day brighten up a bit. But for now, I'm working with what I have and like to brighten the space with these five simple ways to style the kitchen.

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A Simple Master Bedroom Winter Refresh on a Budget

As we were anticipating the completion of our four season room enclosure, my husband and I quickly began dreaming up ways to decorate the new space. The more we thought about it, the more we convinced ourselves that updating the furniture in our master bedroom would be a better result for us. So I quickly came up with a plan to reuse our current furniture in our master bedroom in the new four season room and get almost all new furniture for our master bedroom.

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Five Simple Ways to Keep your Kitchen Clean

The kitchen is the heart of the home in our house. It's the place we gather around as a family daily and share about our day. Whenever we have family and friends over, you'll always find us gathered around our kitchen island, enjoying good food and company. Needless to say, this little area of our home gets quite a bit of traffic and can get dirty fast if you don't keep up with it.

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A Coral & Navy Baby Girl Nursery: The Reveal

I'm so super excited about today's post because this is a project that we've been working on for months. Alongside converting the screened-in back porch into a four season room, we've have also been busy converting our old playroom/guest room/office into a nursery that is fit for our princess who is due to arrive any day now!

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$100 Room Challenge: Nautical Kids Bathroom Reveal

Well, I made it! I'm a day late posting this but I made it! 5 days before my due date and I was able to refresh our kids bathroom before our little girl arrives. Believe me there were times that I had my doubts that I would be able to finish, but I'm so pleased with the result.

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A Romantic Valentine's Day Table Setting for Two

With our baby girl arriving any day now, I wanted to make sure that the hubby and I at least take some time with each other on this special month to celebrate us and our growing family. So for this Valentine's day, I'm setting a romantic table setting that will hopefully give my hubby and I a few minutes to reconnect and spend some time together eating a warm meal.

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