Category: Outside

  • Curb Appeal :: Before & After

    Curb Appeal :: Before & After

    Alright, guys, I’ve been toying with you for long enough. We started our Curb Appeal {on the cheap} series in May and I made this insane promise to show you the outside of my house. Insane, I tell ya. I must have typed that promise out before having coffee or something. Really, I was going…

  • Curb Appeal: Colored Pillows

    Curb Appeal: Colored Pillows

    Hello there! I told you on Monday {when I showed you my freshly painted chairs!} that I had something new that added a POP o’ color to my front porch. Here’s a sneak peek: Eeee!!! I can’t get over the gorgeous bright colors goin’ on there!! So, it all started when I was at Ikea…

  • Curb Appeal: Painted Chairs

    Curb Appeal: Painted Chairs

    I revealed my desperate need for curb appeal in my own rented home last week. Remember this picture?   Let’s take a closer look at that porch… I had been wanting chairs for my front porch, but when I checked prices on craigslist and at Habitat for Humanity, the $25 and up pricetags weren’t exactly what…

  • My Need for Curb Appeal

    My Need for Curb Appeal

    For the past 3 weeks now, we’ve been doing a Curb Appeal {on the cheap} series. I had a ridiculously good time putting that series together because I found so much inspiration during my preparation! I hope you’ve loved it as much as I have! If you missed any of the 6 steps from that…

  • Scrub-a-dub-dub

    Scrub-a-dub-dub

    There’s a part of homemaking that is not all about creating and crafting beautiful things. It’s the down-to-earth part that makes you sweaty and dirty. But if you don’t do it, your home won’t be beautiful – no matter how much time & $ you put into it. A few months ago, I got on…