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Thrifted Treasure – vintage dining table turned coffee table
Happy Monday, friends!!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!!! Today, I’m so excited for our monthly thrift store challenge!! For my thrifted treasure, I found a small antique drop leaf table, for just $20! I’ve been looking for a cute coffee table for a few weeks now, but haven’t found the perfect one. That is, until I saw this table. I knew that with some paint, and a few inches cut off the legs, this would be the perfect coffee table! And here she is! A few inches shorter and white. perfect!!! I love how visible the wood grain is, even through the paint. I am absolutely loving this…
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DIY Winter Village
Hi friends!!! I hope you’re having a good week! Can you believe Thanksgiving is just about two weeks away! Christmas is going to be here before we know it! Today, for our weekly Christmas DIY, both Tara and I are sharing how we have transformed basic paper maché houses. I absolutely LOVE these sweet little houses! There are so many great ideas out there of how to transform these cuties. For mine, I kept it simple. I started by priming the houses… I then chalk painted the houses, leaving the roofs natural…. Using glue and glass glitter, I covered the roofs with a glistening sparkle! Click HERE for the glass…
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French Vintage Friday ~ DIY candle holder
Happy Friday, friends!!! It’s been a long week, don’t you think? I’m so excited for the weekend!! Here’s a fun little DIY project that takes less than 20 minutes to make! A DIY candle holder. I love the impact that so many candles make! It will be fun to use throughout the year! I started by painting a 4×4 board, that I cut to length of 36 inches. I decided to space each candle two inches apart. I measured, marked the board, and drilled holes. I used a 3/4 inch drill bit to drill the holes. After all the holes were drilled, I sanded the board, and placed candles in…
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Thrifted Treasure ~ perfectly patinaed tool box
Happy Thursday, friends!!! It’s time for our monthly thrift store challenge! Yay! For all those that don’t know, I am a true procrastinator! Just yesterday, I was starting to stress because I had not gotten anything for this month’s thrift store challenge. Then, out of the blue, my little brother stopped by and brought me the cutest tool box. He had recently found it at a thrift store, and knew I would love it! It was a miracle! I now had the perfect piece to use for the thrift store challenge! Some people might not use a tool box on their entryway table, but I couldn’t resist! Perfect patina deserves…
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DIY winter tree forest
Happy Thursday, friends!!! I hope you’re having a wonderful week so far! Tara and I decided that we would start sharing a Christmas/winter DIY with y’all each week to help prepare for the busy holiday season. We’re so excited for this holiday season!! For my DIY today, I made a sweet little winter forest. For these trees, I went to Home Depot and bought •4×4 post •petite trim pieces •basic pine board (6in wise) •dowels I stained all the wood in my favorite Minwax stain color called “Early American” I then cut the pine board into varying sized triangles Using a hot glue gun with Gorilla Brand glue sticks, I…
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French Vintage Friday – make your own vintage inspired bread boards
Happy Friday, friends!! I hope you all had a great week! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I recently made, vintage inspired bread boards. I’ve seen some amazing collections of these lovely boards, but when it comes to actually finding some, that’s hard to do! So what could I do? Make my own! For these boards, I used a basic, one inch thick, pine board purchased from Lowe’s. I started by deciding how wide I wanted the handle to be. I ended up making it two inches wide. I cut one side, and then used my cutout to stencil the other side. After both sides are cut,…
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featured fall tablescape
Happy Thursday, friends!!! Happy October!!! Where has this year gone? It seems like just yesterday I was anxiously awaiting spring to arrive, and now it’s October!!! Today, I wanted to give a quick shoutout to FTD.com for featuring one of my favorite fall tablescapes! You can check out their blog post that features my tablescape by clicking HERE. Yay!!! Thank you so much for stopping by today, and for all your love and support!! Y’all are the best!!! Sending you all lots of love, happiness, and sunshine!!! -Emily
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fall vibes in the kitchen – thrifted tureen
Happy Monday, friends!!! Today, I’m so excited to be joined by a few friends for our monthly thrift store challenge. I found a darling table that I was going to redo, but I ran out of time. Thankfully, I also found a tureen. It’s not old, but I still really like it! I decided to use it on the shelf in my kitchen. I took pictures of the shelf styling process, so you can get a sense of how I go about it. I started by filling the the tureen with pinecones. Added a few books, a pumpkin, and a piece of architectural salvage. Removed the books and pumpkins, added…
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French Vintage Friday – fresh flowers
Happy Friday, friends!! Today, for French Vintage Friday, I’m sharing something that I incorporate in almost every part of my everyday decor, fresh flowers. My dahlias a blooming so fiercely right now. I love this time of year!! Flowers add such a romantic, fresh touch to any space!!! They are such a staple in my decor! Let’s hop over and see what Tara is sharing today. Simply click on the picture below…. I hope you all have an amazing weekend!!!! Love you all! ~Emily
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DIY “Man In The Moon” Sign
Happy Thursday, friends!!! Today, Tara and I, are each sharing a fun fall DIY! For my DIY, I decided to make a “man in the moon” sign. I’ve seen a lot of signs like this around the blog world and instagram, but they always sell out so fast and I can’t seem to get my hands on one, so I decided to make one! To start with, I bought this graphic from Etsy for just $3!!! Click HERE to get your own graphic to make this sign. Next, I asked my husband to enlarge the graphic to an 18 inch circle. I am NOT tech savvy at all, and had…
