Here’s something a little different: I made a video for you showing how I do my hair to get these soft waves. Believe me, I’m not a hair expert and I’m pretty low-maintenance when it comes to all things beauty related, but this technique works… Continue Reading…a video about how to curl your hair to get loose waves
One of my goals this year is to do more activities with my kids. I’ve got the whole here kids you do this while I take care of this thing down, but actually sitting down and crafting or puzzle-doing or game-playing – that’s not my… Continue Reading…simple craft for kids: autumn dot trees
Forever a fan of anything typography-related, these faux-zinc letters are super simple and inexpensive to create and fabulous to look at. Perhaps you’ve seen real zinc letters {so pretty, but can get a little pricy} and there’s a good chance you’ve already read a tutorial… Continue Reading…zinc letter look-alikes {tutorial}
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
It has been a long, long time since I have shared updated photos of our home. We are constantly changing things, switching rooms around, repainting, hanging new light fixtures, rearranging furniture … we’re sort of insane. But it’s fun and after seven years of living… Continue Reading…welcome to our home {finding fall home tour 2013}
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
loving: these cinnamon candies reading: With All My Love by Patricia Scanlan but I just haven’t been able to get into it. waiting for: Sunday Night Football. My Seahawks are playing and I love the Seahawks. Seriously. excited about: being part of a fall home tour… Continue Reading…currently
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
I’ll be 35 in just a few weeks. I don’t have any problems with the age, per say. I live a fairly typical 35-year-old life, and a pretty good one at that. From the outside, I look, talk, live like a woman in her mid… Continue Reading…do your thing
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}
It’s accessorizing time in the boys’ room and so I’ve been scouring our house, finding a few things online and crafting my own items to give their room that campy/outdoorsy/vintage/boyish charm I’m going after. This is one of the pieces I sort-of made. It started… Continue Reading…diy hand stamped tree slice
I’m a sporadic reader. I go for months without picking up a book and then cruise through one after the next in a short period of time. When I’m not reading, I forget how much I love being engaged and entertained by a well-written story.… Continue Reading…the books I read this summer
Perhaps one of the easiest and most used projects I’ve ever done is covering a store-bought cork board with linen. It currently lives in my office, but it moves from room to room {sometimes holding jewelry, other times a countdown to christmas tag display}. This… Continue Reading…diy linen pinboard
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
