DIY

I was at the thrift store with my sister the other day, and she found a really cute curtain panel with gold polka dots on it. She was totally bummed out, though, because she could only find one panel—we were at the Goodwill outlet where everything is just dumped into bins. She was considering throwi

When we bought our new-to-us house, I told Jason that it was basically move-in-ready for me…but that wasn’t really a whole truth. Friend!!! I try my best to be content…and I think I do a pretty good job at it. There’s just one little thing. If I can figure out how to do an update to our house, that

We’ve established that I’m cheap right? Like the fact that I have really expensive taste, but neither the budget to support it or the willingness to spend that kind of money on most things. That’s exactly what happened when I saw this amazing lamp from Drew Barrymore’s Flower Home collection (you ca

Do you love the Anthropologie Primrose Mirror, but not the pricetag? You need to check out the easy and budget-friendly DIY project I've created, using a thrift store mirror, to add a similar look to your home. Perfect for anyone with eclectic design taste.

Friends…let me start by saying that our new-to-us-house is in much better shape than our old one. There are still quite a few things here, though, that I’m hoping to tackle over the next couple of years to brighten the place up and give it a little refresh. It’s 12 years old (our old one was 46 year

Friends, I will be the first person to tell you that I will do just about anything to not paint. I don’t like it, I’m not good at it, and I’d rather hire someone to do it for us! Secret time: I do hire it done a lot of the time. There are a few times, though, that I have to get a paint brush out and

My name is Hilary and I want to buy all the welcome mats . Buuuuuttt…they always fade, amiright? I came up with a solution to help stave off the sun fade and, also, general wear-and-tear. Before you put your pretty, new welcome mat out, spray a few coats of polyurethane over it. You’ll get a litt

I love coffee. Well, I love cream, sugar, and yummy flavored syrups in my coffee. What that means is that coffee has to be just a special treat for me, that is until I can be adult enough to drink it black. Jason likes to make it a little more often, though, so I came up with a way to keep all the c

Want to add décor on top of your cupboards, but the pieces end up being too short to be seen? Give ‘em a little boost with blocks of floral foam! I grab mine at Dollar Tree, but in case you can’t find them there, I’m linking some HERE , HERE , and HERE .

If you guys have followed me for long, you know that I like a bargain…but also, as Jason likes to point out…I have expensive taste. A few years ago, I had my eyes on some gorgeous, ruffle-y, and delicious Anthropologie curtains. Now, friends, I didn’t just see these curtains and kind of like them.

Friends, I’m pretty short, like 5’ short, so basically anything beyond the first shelf in all of our upper kitchen cabinets is hard for me to reach. This makes things tough when I’m trying to cook, get things down, or put anything away. You know I love a good basket, bin, you name it…and that’s exa

I think we’d all admit to liking a good deal, and to me, there’s none better than finding just what you’re looking for at the thrift store! Sometimes, though, the treasures we score when shopping second-hand might need a little love + attention.