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Happy Mothers Day!

To ALL mamas. To the moms of little tinies who wistfully recall the days when you could shower with the bathroom door closed, but still recognize with a deep urgency that you’re living smack-dab in the middle of “the good old days…” To the moms whose kids are now having their own… (To my mom!) […]

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What’s Your Take?: Accessorizing with Busts

Decorating with sculptural busts: yes or no? Come give your opinion!

Today I’m asking YOUR opinion, and I hope you’ll weigh in in the comments section. What’s your take on decorating with busts? Not THAT kind of busts! You GUYS. Just be mature. Like ME. *ahem* In the last post, I showed you my new little friend, Matilda, there on the right. I got her for […]

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Ditto DIY: Easy DIY Interchangeable Tray ($8!)

Styled vanity tray with art and flowers

First, oops! I keep forgetting to tell you that the Better Homes & Gardens mag with my laundry room will be the NEXT issue, technically June but it comes out within a week or two, I think. If you see it, let me know! Look for silly little me on the very back page, wondering […]

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It is well…

"It is well with my soul" - Canvas Letters at View Along the Way

From the next room, laughter and the banging of toy trains on wooden train tracks distract me from the glowing laptop in front of me, so I pause and listen to a small three-year-old voice giggling and chattering away in conversation with his daddy as Thomas and Friends chug-a-chug up short wooden slopes and through […]

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No-sew DIY Greek Key Curtain Panels

DIY Greek key curtain panels

By “no-sew,” I mean: I totally had to sew to make these curtains, but just to hem them. Hopefully you won’t have to. Or you’ll just be four hundred times more competent with a sewing machine than I am, and can swiftly sew a straight hem without shaking your fist at the sky and cursing […]

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Yard Sales + Flowers + {April Sponsors}

I went yard saling yesterday and helpfully relieved several burdened homeowners of their useless tchotckes. I spent $3. But I would’ve spent $6 if I hadn’t been a ruthless, cold-hearted negotiator. Not really. Kinda. But not really. By the way, at least where I live, this is PEAK yard sale season: right now, for about […]

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Inspiration for my new Greek key curtains

We have about a hundred and six places in our house that NEED updating, badly. One of those places is NOT the breakfast nook. But here I am, fixing it up, little by little, finding ways to procrastinate on other parts of the house. Here’s how the breakfast nook looked a few months ago: Then […]

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New monthly project! Ditto DIY: Bringing couture design into our homes

Raise your hand if you’ve ever drooled over a home in a magazine or on pinterest and wish you could recreate that in your own house? *Raises hand violently.* I think part of learning how to turn inspirational photos into reality is just plain old practice and trial and error. Soooo guess what?! I’m joining […]

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Joss and Main sale is LIVE!!

*Squeal!!* It’s really happening! My Joss & Main sale is live and I’m more than a little bit weirded-out-excited to see my house right there on the website of one of my fave shopping destinations. But the weirdness is worth it because there are tons and tons of goodies to shop for. Like 30-some things […]

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Happy Home: Announcing my curated event on Joss & Main

How much fun would it be to get to go shopping for home decor and furniture among tens of thousands of items and hand-pick your favorites for all your friends? SO FUN, right?! That’s why I was excited – nay, thrilled!! – when Joss & Main asked me if I wanted to curate my own […]

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Money Tree

Money Tree/Malabar Chestnut house plant

Are you a fickle decorator like I am? Things I loved four seconds ago are boring now. Things that grossed me out last week are now must-haves. It’s exhausting. So when I find things that I love, and I love them for a LONG time, I feel like that’s a pretty good sign that I […]

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New Deck Reveal!

Place setting with multicolored runner and flowers on an outdoor table at View Along the Wa

What? Nothing! I was just… doing a little jig… that’s all… a little happy dance. I didn’t realize you were watching. It’s totally justified though, because GUESS WHAT. The deck is DONE. *Happy feet doin’ a jig* Remember when it was just dirty old patio that looked like this? And then we built a deck… […]

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Moodboard for the deck and the new love of my life

Outdoor Deck Mood Board at View Along the Way

If you give me a flat surface and some furniture, I’m going to make a moodboard. That’s just how I was raised. Even if the flat surface is outside, like our new deck. You might remember that we’ve been making over our ugly ol’ patio as part of Home Depot’s Patio Challenge. Home Depot set […]

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A happy haven in the inner city

Light, happy kitchen with open shelving

I have a friend I’m dying to tell you about! Becca and I met in college (go dawgs!) and she’s doing some pretty amazing things. After college, Becca and her husband felt called to move right into the inner city of Atlanta to be a light and a help to the people there. They picked […]

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How to Install a Faucet WHILE UNDER ATTACK!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Moen, Incorporated. All opinions are 100% mine. Recently the kiddos and I dropped in to my parents' house to give their kitchen a quick little spiff-up. The very nice people at Moen had sent me their Kiran Spot Resist one-handle pulldown kitchen faucet and […]

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