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...
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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...
Quick DIY Christmas Crafts
Looking to fill your time before the holidays with some quick DIY Christmas crafts? We have a few good ideas that would be perfect! It's crunch time for holiday planning. Everything happens so fast that we often don't think we have time for anything. One of the main stress points for people is Christmas decor....
DIY Sweater & Faux Fur Stockings
I made a promise not to buy any new holiday decor this year. so I have really been trying to work with what we have. But, we have always had red + green stockings. Since our fireplace is in the front room, which I am trying to keep blue + neutrals, I really wanted new...
A Coastal Christmas Mantel
Since moving into our house, the mantel has been one of my favorite places to decorate. Especially since we took our fireplace up to the ceiling, I have really enjoyed decorating the feature of this room. Of course, we decorated it for Christmas! Our front room is staying with a blue and white coastal Christmas...
DIY Silver Bucket Tree Collar from a Galvanized Steel Tub
Want to mix up your Christmas tree skirt this year? Here's how to use a galvanized tub for a Christmas tree collar! I was recently introduced to the concept of a tree collar via the Hearth & Hand collection at Target. While I love their silver version and it is pretty reasonably priced, I really...
5 Ways Your Current Door Might be Wasting Energy
Since moving in about a year ago, we have been making moves to make our house more energy efficient. One of the biggest of those moves was getting solar panels, but we are still trying to conserve energy in any way that we can. One of our goals is to replace all of the doors...
Our 2017 Christmas Trees
I am so excited to share our Christmas trees with you today. Our set up overall is very similar to last year in that we have 2 trees! I know, it's over the top and very extra, but it makes sense for us. I already own this faux tree - and have had it for...
Keep it Simple & Enjoy Your Holiday Season
If you live far away from your family, you know that holidays are not one day affairs. They involve long weekends, or more, of togetherness. I am all for maximizing your time together, but when you are hosting, it can feel overwhelming to provide food and entertainment for a group for days on end. So,...
DIY Driftwood Angel Tree Topper
One of the biggest traditions of Christmas is the tree topper. Here's how to make a DIY driftwood angel tree topper to enjoy all season! I always struggle with what to use as a tree topper. In the past, I have used a bow, a glitter starburst, some red birds and a DIY driftwood starburst....
3 DIY Christmas Tree Toppers
Looking to mix it up a little bit from the standard star or angel on top of your Christmas tree this year? In the last few years, we've made 3 DIY Christmas tree toppers that can be easily replicated and give you a new look on your tree. Plus, we have another one coming out...
Fence Post Planters
We're coming at you today with a new way to build raised gardens in the form of fence post planters. Yo, did you know that fence posts are really cheap at Lowes and Home Depot? We're talking less than $1.50 each. That makes these pieces of wood excellent for outdoor projects. We built some raised...
Coastal Christmas Decor from the Past
We refuse to decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving, but I know that a lot of y'all are looking now for holiday decor inspiration. So, we are popping in today to share the coastal Christmas decor that we have had in our home in past years. I made this wreath out of spanish moss and it...
Thrift Flip: $70 Mid Century Modern Dresser Makeover
Want to transform a dresser with a two toned look? Here's our Mid Century Modern Dresser Makeover and the steps to get a two toned look of your own! Though we have done a ton of different types of DIY projects, I think that thrift flipping furniture will always be my favorite. It really takes...
New England Leaf Peeping 7 Night Itinerary
Last month, we spent 7 nights driving around New England for some leaf peeping. It was an amazing trip and you can read our initial recap here, but we wanted to put together a specific New England leaf peeping 7 night itinerary for anyone that is looking to head north next fall to enjoy colorful...
ORC: Laundry Room Makeover Reveal
Hello and welcome to One Room Challenge reveal week! We are so excited to share our final laundry room with y'all. We took the space from 90's builder beige to 2017. And we are so excited with the results! We brought in elements of the new neutral (stark white), woven and natural textures (via the...
How to make a DIY Driftwood Coffee Table
Want to build a DIY table out of driftwood? Here's a tutorial on how we built a driftwood and glass topped coffee table! One of our first truly DIY building projects way back when we first started blogging was an amazing DIY driftwood coffee table that we built from scratch using driftwood from Dreher Island...
DIY Wooden Adult Advent Calendar
The holidays can be all-consuming. They are already creeping into November, and if you are anything like me, you might already have the itch to get out your festive decorations. Today, we teamed up with some other amazing bloggers to share holiday projects that can be completed in just half an hour! We decided to...
DIY Raised Bed Flower Garden
We've been spending the last year and a half working on the inside of our house and our backyard and never really did anything to the front of our house aside from this modern address sign. We finally go around to it when we recently built a DIY raised bed flower garden to go in...
DIY Basket Pendant Light
Want to make a DIY basket pendant light? It's super easy! One of the last touches for our laundry room makeover was to update the lighting from an old boob light. I wanted a basket light to really bring that textured feel up to the ceilings. I found an amazing long basket at Goodwill that...
Under Cabinet Storage Solution
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #AGummyYouCanTrust #CollectiveBias When we first moved into our house, we thought we had SO MUCH storage compared to in the condo. So when we moved in, we started putting stuff in a bunch of places. That included under...
Three Tiered Propagating Plant Stand
Projects don't always have to be super elaborate and time-consuming. We've been really into propagating plants lately and we wanted to build a three tiered propagating plant stand to keep an eye on our experiments. We made this three tiered propagating plant stand out of scrap plywood, dowels, mason jars and a couple of great...
Our New England Leaf Peeping Recap
A few weeks ago, we headed north a little New England leaf peeping. Living in Charleston, we don't get a lot of cool fall weather or beautiful leaves, so we really wanted to get some in what we knew would be a beautiful week of vacation in New England. We flew into Boston and rented...
ORC: DIY Metal Storage Bins
Our laundry room is not huge, but it luckily also includes a great linen closet area. Because of that, we were able to turn the linen closet in our master bedroom into a sweater closet! In this space, we want to keep a few extra towels, sheets, the carpet cleaner, beach towels, and some pet...
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween, y'all! I hope that you all have a sweet day full of tricks and treats! We are both working (the one holiday that I don't mind going to work because it's all silliness, costumes, potluck lunches, and cubicle trick or treating) and handing out candy tonight. But, we looooove getting dressed up. We...
ORC: DIY Woven Wall Hanging Display
I am back with more laundry room magic! I really love basket gallery walls and wanted to replicate that feeling in this space. But, it's narrow and there's not a lot of room for deep baskets. Woven place mats to the rescue! I love how this turned out and how it brings that natural, woven...
9 Look What You Made Me Do Taylor Swift DIY Halloween Costumes
Wow, y'all! Thank you for all the love on my DIY Taylor Swift Cat Burglar costume video! That post has gotten so much love on YouTube that I wanted to do a little more. Taylor's Look What You Made Me Do video has SO MANY amazing looks, I wanted to round up look boards of...
How to Hang a Peel & Stick Tile Accent Wall
Want to add texture and interest to your room - without grout?! Here's How to Hang a Peel & Stick Tile Accent Wall. One thing that I really wanted to do in the laundry room is to play with tone on tone texture. I've noticed that pops of texture have really become a trend ahead...
Can you use a wood top on an outside table?
Nope. Post over. Jk. But for real, it didn't really work out. A couple of months ago, we found a set of really nice wicker furniture on the side of the road. It didn't have any cushions on the seats or a top on the table, but it was in great shape. So, after debating,...