You sure know how to make a girl feel good. So many nice comments and compliments about our holiday house tour. Our house is beautiful and we are grateful for the way it comforts our family and entertains our friends, but you guys, it is… Continue Reading…details, sources and questions answered {plus a freebie}
You know that book “if you give a mouse a cookie”? Cutest little picture book and fun story about the chain of events that happen when you give a mouse a cookie. That’s how I felt this year while decorating for Christmas. When you bring… Continue Reading…christmas house tour
My mom made special felt stockings for our family when we were just a family of four. They are red and green with sweet ribbons and we’ve used them for the past several years for the kids. This year, as I mentioned yesterday, I decided… Continue Reading…embellishing simple white stockings
Like many homes built within the last 10 years, we have a large bonus room above the garage. It has served many different purposes in our home – playroom, media room, office, bedroom – but we’ve landed for now on making it into a comfortable… Continue Reading…the {never before seen} bonus room decorated for christmas
You know what the best motivation for getting your house in order is? Hosting a guest. Because our family lives locally, we don’t often have sleep-over guests. But my friend Paige was coming to visit {and take our family photos – can’t wait to show… Continue Reading…our new guest room
In pretty much every room I’ve ever loved, there is some element of natural greenery – often in the form of the handsomely quirky fiddle leaf fig – that brings the whole thing together. There is just something about the organic shapes and punch of… Continue Reading…a fiddle leaf fig tree
Ryan was out of town on Saturday. The kids were playing with friends. Which left me at home with a day to putter around. With a million things that probably should have been done, I went with something completely random and unnecessary: I played with… Continue Reading…a few dining room additions
Now that the boys’ room is finished and you’ve seen how it turned out {thanks for all of the nice comments, by the way!} today is a good day to share sources and answer a few questions. One thing you should know about my approach… Continue Reading…all of the sources for the boys room makeover
As with all DIY projects, the boys’ room redo took much longer than expected, but hip, hip, hooray it’s done! It all started with this design board. Next we repainted the walls, stained some shelves and installed a new light. And then end-of-summer-fun and back-to-school… Continue Reading…the boys’ room reveal
Thank you for the kind remarks about our home in yesterday’s fall house tour. I hope you found some do-able ideas both for seasonal decorating and simply making your house better reflect your personality. Many of you asked questions in the comments about different sources,… Continue Reading…the 5 most asked questions {with answers} about our home tour
Tomorrow is my big fall house tour {see the first homes in the blog tour here}, so last week was a mad scramble to get the house in order and put up some fall decorations. As you well know, one of my favorite ways to… Continue Reading…fall pillow peeks
It has become my favorite spot in our house … affectionately called the wall of l’s. {Sometimes people ask why I have a bunch of L’s in our house. My answer: our last name starts with an L. Jones is actually my maiden name.} Over… Continue Reading…adding to the wall of l’s
One of the items I added to the boys’ room design board was this fun woven jute cube. I’m not even sure where I found it but I figured it was something I could recreate very inexpensively. SUPPLIES // storage cube / jute webbing /… Continue Reading…woven jute storage cube for the boys’ room
Ah, sweet autumn. The air becomes crisp, the leaves begin to change and my beloved brown boots make an appearance. Just like I did for the summertime, I came up with a few of my favorite fall essentials {pumpkin pie with whip cream, cozy throw… Continue Reading…autumn essentials {freebie art print}
The craziest thing happened … My office made the pages of Better Homes & Gardens. The photo shoot was all the way back in December {they did the playroom too, but no word yet on when that one will appear} and I’ve been super excited… Continue Reading…my office is in better homes & gardens
