In October 2012 my husband and I decided that before we have to spend the next 13 years of our lives planning our vacations around public school breaks that we were going to take a Last Hoorah Anniversary trip together. When I was pregnant with Garrett in 2007 I toured New England in the Fall with my mother, and then…
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A few weeks back I showed y’all the beginning stages of my guest bathroom makeover with a DIY monogrammed roller shade. As of right now, that same bathroom looks nothing like this anymore. We are in the middle of a full blown wallpaper removal and the bathroom looks like a rabid cat has been shredding the walls. Instead of showing…
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Since I was asked to be a part of the 2013 True Value DIY Blog Squad, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting three different True Value stores. In every single one, my experience has been the same. When I walk through the doors and begin browsing the aisles, a friendly face comes over to greet me and say hello, then…
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My kid is a geography nut. I mean, not to brag, but at just four years old he was able to correctly place every state on the Stack the States game without a single strike (with a little prompting from Grandma). He loves maps, and globes, and he loves to watch the blue dot moving on the Google Earth app…
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As you might have noticed in most of my house photos, I am not a very big fan of curtains on windows. I am more of a plantation shutter kind of girl. Or, if possible, I much prefer to leave the window bare naked and let the sun shine in! A quick flip through any dwelling magazine these days tells…
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