Easy Ways to Save Money! As I am always looking to save a buck, here I am sharing my favorite 6 easy ways to save money! I have not yet gotten into serious couponing, because I am afraid if I don’t do it well I will end up buying items I don’t need. Even if it’s an AMAZING deal, if you don’t need it or don’t end up using it, it still is a waste of money! My goal is…
I LOVE Crate & Barrel. It was one of two stores with which my husband and I registered for our wedding, and I love and adore my Parker mixing bowls that I purchased there 10+ years ago. We are slowly are upgrading our furniture in our house (ya know, finally we can justify donating the hand-me-downs to truly make our house OURS). Letting go of our overstuffed cream leather couches in our living room is surprisingly difficult, despite the fact…
Shed Door refresh! With the leftover paint from the front door, I decided to tackle the dingy shed door during nap time this past weekend. It certainly gives a sunnier outlook to the shed! The color is the same as our front door on our house, Spiced Butternut by Olympic. There are still lots of tasks I need to do to clean up the shed (de-moss the roof, add stairs, repaint the windows, and add white trim) but at least…
The bathroom on our main floor was due for an upgrade. Countless hexagonal tiles on the floor were cracked, and there was an entire section of tile in the corner that didn’t have grout on it (?!?!) We had been planning on remodeling the bathroom for a while, and then one spring evening, my hubby jumped in with both feet and began scraping up the tile…The remodel was on! Before: During the remodel: We discovered a few layers of…
After deliberating for a year, I finally bit the bullet and painted our front door!! Here are before and afters! I realized after I taped the windows that I didn’t take a before pic. And no, I was not going to take down the tape just to get a pristine before pic. Sorry, not sorry. Our door was the standard, primed white door we got at our local home improvement store. I really wanted either a red or yellow door…
Front yard makeover!
A blue, orange, and white woodland nursery for our baby boy! Features fox accents throughout the room!
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When I was pregnant with my first child, I researched everything. What a baby will do, what will help him/her sleep, what will turn a baby into a genius. The amount of STUFF that I was told I “needed” was overwhelming. As a natural skeptic and a frugal consumer, I felt like the consumerist culture was preying on our fears and desires to be perfect parents. With my second child, there were a few changes I made. In this post,…
I am going to share a few secrets for saving money at Target that I have picked up over the years! In my day job, I visit a whole lot of retail stores, including Target. Using a few tricks key tricks, you can successfully save a lot of money at Target! 1. Check the upper right hand corner of a sale tag. It will indicate what the percent off is, in case you haven’t had your second third cup…