Category: My Home
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Entryway Refresh
When we moved into our home last year, one of the things I loved was the large entryway. Can you see the potential beauty?! See it? (It’s okay; I don’t blame you if you can’t see past the moving mess on the floor.)
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![The [Table] Search is Over](https://brownsugartoast.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/norden-extendable-table.jpg)
The [Table] Search is Over
I’ve been on a search for over a year. You see, our dining table just wasn’t cutting it in the space department. It was totally fine for our family’s purposes. But we love to have friends over for meals and found ourselves frequently seating people in other areas of our home. Not a huge problem…
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DIY :: picture holder from a large frame
Several months ago, a friend of ours moved away to New Jersey. She was on her way to donate some home decor items and asked if I wanted to shop her car before she left. One of the things inside her lovely “car shop” was this large 2′ x 4′ picture. When she asked Jonathan…
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Kids’ Room :: Global Adventure
It was probably about 6 months ago when Jonathan and I re-painted our kids’ room. You might remember this flowering branch wall art I created for my little girl several years ago? Yeah. I was over it. So we solved that by painting over it and placing our Ikea storage unit where the wall art + changing table…
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Storage Bin Options {for Kallax/Expedit} :: what I chose
Many moons ago, I told you the story of needing more storage for my kids’ room and finding this lovely via a facebook yard sale group: Remember how I was looking for storage bins and rounded up a lovely list of options I was considering? Here, let me jog your memory with this graphic: Here’s…
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me: 1 | nightstand clutter: 0
I have this lovely piece of furniture next to my bed called a nightstand. I mainly use it to hold books. At least that’s how it originally began it’s life purpose. But after years of use, I opened each of the 3 drawers to reveal a big M-E-double S and that spells MESS. It’s always nice…
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DIY World Map Wall Art
Oh, by the way, we painted a world map on our wall. I debated about even posting this home tidbit, because: 1) We did this over a year ago (right before Miles was born) & 2) I had a hard time taking a good picture of the room. But I figured this might be an inspiration to…
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I cut my curtains in half //& learned about risk in the process//
Remember my guest room? And the curtains I made? You might remember that I bought less fabric than I should have because A) I wanted long curtains and B) I wanted to save $. 4 years later, the curtains were still too thin on the sides and were constantly taunting me with their thinness every time I…
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my new pallet shelf
I teased you in January that we had a bit of a DIY project in the works. Without further ado, meet my new pallet shelf: I was completely inspired by this picture from Ana White and thought I could make this with actual pallets because hello…free wood. When I mentioned the idea to Jonathan, he was somewhat…
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Storage Bin Options {for Kallax/Expedit}
I mentioned on facebook that I was crushing on the 16 cube Kallax system from Ikea: Post by Brown Sugar Toast. My goal is to get something to replace a small bookshelf {that is overloaded with books} & changing table/storage unit in my kids’ room. I’m also realizing that I need more clothes storage for my boys –…
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pictures that could nominate me for hoarders.
Last week, I mentioned that I was purging my home of unnecessary items. AKA junk. It ended up being a process that lasted pretty much the whole week. Part of that was due to my 3 sweet children. You know, they kinda wanted to eat and play during the great purge. Imagine that?! And my…
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purging
2014 has been a time of purging. And I don’t mean anything to do with food or drinks. I feel like all year has been filled with spurts of organizing and getting rid of things. Redefining my goals for things and possessions. Trashing, donating, moving, etc. and it feels so good. This morning, my guy…