2012 Blog Squad!

Well HELLO!  How the heck are ya? I’m thrilled to announce a little…uhh, announcement. I’m so excited to be joining the True Value Blog Squad again for 2012!: I’ve loved working with True Value and love my local TV so I’m psyched to get going again this year! I’ve mentioned my True Value’s AWESOMESAUCE spray paint aisle: Stop your drooling, I know. And the fantastic hardware aisle:

Over the fireplace

Hey hey! I mentioned yesterday that I was feeling the NEED for some DIY up in here. (Hea?) I’ve been planning a project for months now and just needed to figure out the details – mainly the exact materials I wanted to use. Ever since we covered our corner fireplace last year, I’ve been planning a treatment over the mantel to finish it off a bit. It has looked just a bit nekked to me all this

Haven conference, finally!

Well, it finally arrived – after a year of planning, the Haven Conference happened last week and I really find it hard to put into words how wonderful it was. I know you’re probably seeing a lot of these recaps all over blogland today, and I know how hard it is to see these if you weren’t able to attend or just plain have no idea what the heck we’re talking about. So for those reasons, I’ll try

Home decor giveaway

**This giveaway is now closed. The winner has been contacted! Hollaaaa! I’m closing out the week (while I’m away at the Haven Conference) with a giveaway from one of my favorite sites! You may know them as Wuslu, but they’ve changed their names to Decor Steals, which I think is totally appropriate! I love this daily deals site – they have a fantastic selection of home decor items that are

Carpet cleaning giveaway

**This giveaway is now closed. The winner has been contacted via email. Hello there! As I mentioned earlier this week, I’m off at the Haven Conference, so I have a few fun giveaways planned for you all. The first one was for a decor item, which is always fun, and this one is more of a cleaning/necessity giveaway. Sometimes those are my favorites! Remember when I wrote that HUGE to do list in

Rug Giveaway!

**This giveaway is now closed. The winner has been contacted via email. Hello there! I’m off at the Haven Conference this week so I’ve got a few fun posts coming for you – and I’m kicking it off with a GREAT giveaway. The folks at Rugs USA contacted me about a giveaway and asked if I’d like one to try out myself and I was all HECK YEAH and WHOOHOO and YOU DON’T HAVE TO ASK ME TWICE! They

Show us your outdoor spaces!

Hello all! How was your weekend? Great I hope! Today we are continuing the Show Us Your House linky parties with a look at outdoor spaces. I’m really excited about this one! (I say that every month, I know.) Last year our backyard underwent a HUGE redo – we built a large deck on our sloping backyard soon after moving in years ago, but other than that we hadn’t touched it. We finished

Inspiring kid spaces

Hello there and how the heck are ya? I’ve been working my tail off this week and am getting ready to reward myself with a glass of wine and a bowl of (stovetop…YUM) popcorn. And now my mouth is watering for that popcorn so this post may be a quick one. ;) Today I’m showing off some of your kiddo rooms you all shared at the May Show Us Your House party. Take look here if you missed it – more

Butcher block love

Heya! I kinda feel like my head is about to explode this week – the house is a mess (again) – more on that in a bit, the kiddo was sick, I’m trying to tie up presentations for the Haven Conference (NEXT WEEK??) and did I mention we are hosting a party the night before I leave for the conference? Yeah. I. am. insane. Anyhoo, when I stress I either curl up in a ball in the corner and rock… or I

DIY orb light fixture

Hello all! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! My Dad came down and we got a TON done in the dining room – I am so excited about it! And yesterday I worked on a quick project that I’ve been dreaming up for a while. I had a light installed over my DIY craft table in the basement so I could have some task lighting when I needed it. I’ve been trying to think of something fun and funky and that I

Giveaway Weekend!

**This giveaway is now closed. Congrats to winner Doreen at House Honeys! (Email me to get your winnings.) Hey there! Welcome to the weekend! :) I am ready! I’ve got a lovely giveaway for you all – the folks at Saffron Marigold are back! Saffron Marigold sells a selection of hand block printed home linens that are just beautiful. I love that they continue the hand block tradition without the

Months in review and winners!

Well hello! I’m been slacking on the months in review and I know that makes you sad. ;) Seriously, I just forget to do it, but I like recapping posts every month or so just in case you missed something! This time I’m going through two months so I won’t link to every single one cause I know you have lives. First, I need to make sure everyone who won recent giveaways gets their winnings! I haven

Trying out Annie Sloan paint

Hey there! First of all, have you seen the 400 awesome before and after projects linked up this month? Fantastic! (You can see them here.) But come back soon cause I want to show you a fun little project. ;) I was lucky enough to get the chance to attend an Annie Sloan Chalk Paint™ Workshop a few weeks ago at a fun shop called ReStyled here in central Indiana. I’ve never used this paint and was

June before and after Party!

Helloooo! It’s that time again! Another month has come and gone and we’re here again to show off your before and afters. I can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with this month. :) First, as always, I want to share a few of the awesome projects from last month’s party. It’s always so hard to narrow the highlights down to just a few – I’m always blown away by your talent! We’ll kick it off

DIY vintage crate storage

Hey hey! I’ve got a very, simple, quick project to share today – one I’m pretty smitten with. It has all of my loves –  it was inexpensive, easy and cauuute! And it’s a knock-off of sorts, so that’s an extra bonus. :) A few weeks ago I saw these cute crates in the Serena & Lily catalog and knew I could DIY them:   I wanted to make some myself because, well, these are CRAZY expensive. This