This spring marked our FIRST spring in the new house and with it my husband, a former minor baseball player, started doing baseball lessons out of our home. At first, he had a few people interested in lessons, but he was having a hard time finding a great place to practice hitting and if he did find a place, it came with higher fees, which was something he wanted to avoid. So we set out to research how we could build a batting cage on our property so that kids could come to US and learn from my husband. We also wanted a place for our son to practice his hitting with his dad and we didn't have to worry about taking out a passing car or … [Read more...]
FolkArt Ultra Dye DIY United States Map
This post is sponsored by Plaid Crafts, but all thoughts, words, and opinions are my own.Just last week I shared with you my Geometric Wall Planters using Plaid's newest line of Milk Paint. This week I'm excited to debut their next AWESOME line of FolkArt Ultra Dye Paint!! This paint is SOOO fun and I got to play with it at the Plaid headquarters in March. The dye almost acts like a stain and comes in the most fun, vibrant colors!! I've been looking for a unique idea for my son's room and I really wanted something educational where we could put pushpins to places we had been, so I decided to use the FolkArt Ultra Dye to create a DIY … [Read more...]
Indoor Patio Makeover {Final Reveal}
Like what you see? Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here!These last few weeks I have teased at my Indoor Patio Makeover with the first inspiration and before post, then a little reveal about my shopping trip and haul of goodies and finally today's the day to show you my Indoor Patio Makeover FINAL REVEAL!If you recall, let's look at what the space looked like BEFORE.......We had literally just kind of dumped stuff in the room and didn't ever use it. However, with all the windows and sunlight, we realized that we needed to make this space a top priority so we could enjoy it this summer. So we headed to At Home … [Read more...]
Coastal Outdoor Patio Makeover {BEFORE}
Like what you see? Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here!Hey guys!! Happy Friday. It's so cold and ugh in Ohio today, so it's strange to be talking about this, but I'm starting my Coastal Outdoor Patio Makeover this month and I'm pretty excited to show you the inspiration and before shots today. If I haven't already reminded you 1500x yet...WE MOVED last fall and we're in a new place now. We're working room by room by room to fix things up (check out my laundry room from last month) and while I'm working on my kids rooms at the moment, one MAJOR thing on my list of to do's is to get our Outdoor Patio fixed up....or our … [Read more...]
Bathroom Shower Update
I was provided free product for this post, but all thoughts, words, and opinions are my own.At the start of last summer, my husband and I had grand plans to makeover our master bathroom, but when we decided to put our house up for sale, that got put aside. I'd already purchased some gorgeous tile from Floor and Decor, so I wasn't sure what to do...scrap the whole thing and return it? Then it dawned on me...my parents are in the process of building a home themselves, while living in it!! It's about 1/2 finished as they are slowing getting bathrooms and the kitchen together, so they took the tile we selected and got to work on updating … [Read more...]
Fixer Upper Inspired Farmhouse Sign
Like what you see? Sign up for my monthly newsletter by clicking here!This post is sponsored by Plaid Crafts, but all thoughts and opinions are my own.A few weeks ago you may have read about me getting to go to Waco, Texas to visit Magnolia Market--from this post HERE (home of Joanna and Chip Gaines' show Fixer Upper on HGTV). While I was there, there was SO much that I wanted, but I had to keep in mind I was flying home and could only bring so much and one of the things I really liked were their farmhouse signs. They have a bunch of them on their website and I love the style and how pretty and simple they are. So this month, in honor … [Read more...]
Laundry Room Makeover
Hey guys!! I'm SO excited to show you my first room reveal in the new house this week!! As you may recall, we closed on our new house on Halloween last year and moved in knowing that we had a lot of updating to do. I talked previously about the color palette we chose for the new home and how we were going with lots of light grays and cool hues of blue and right before Christmas we finished painting our laundry room Tradewind Blue using Sherwin Williams' HGTV Collection of paint from Lowe's. Then for Christmas, my parents surprised us with a new white lower cabinet with pretty utility tub and our choice of countertop!! We were thrilled, so … [Read more...]
How to Choose the Perfect Color Palette for your Home
If you remember, we just bought a new house on Halloween and we've been slowly settling in ever since. It was important to me to get things right in the house the first time because with our last house, I didn't feel like the look had any cohesive style. I picked colors for rooms one.at.a.time. based on what spoke to me that very moment. I didn't think of how the colors would speak for my overall home and as a result, we not only wasted a lot of money buying paint, but we wasted a lot of time painting rooms two or more times. NOT FUN! With our new home, I wanted to jump in HEAD FIRST and tackle the house and all the rooms colors up front. … [Read more...]
