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Chalk Painting Old Vintage Frames White & Creating a Neutral Gallery Wall
Vintage picture frames come in all sizes, colors, and shapes, but to create a refreshing spring look I decided to find a stack of pretty frames and paint them all white with chalk paint! I found all the picture frames from thrift stores, and because they are vintage they are usually gold. I do love a gold frame display, but especially for Spring I wanted a lighter and brighter look. Here is how easy it is to chalk paint old picture frames for a fresh new farmhouse look that you can create at home with this easy DIY project. To begin, find yourself a stack of old vintage frames in…
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Simple & Easy Small Linen Closet Organization
Linens can quickly become an overwhelming mess and consume entire closets, feeling cluttered and disorganized. Just like Marie Kondo, time to kiss your old and abundant linens goodbye and say hello to an organized and tidy linen closet. All you need to achieve an organized linen closet is a few baskets and a couple hours to bring order to the chaos that is your towels, sheets, and linens!
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Neutral & Simple Cottage Style Office Organization Refresh
Styling with cozy simple neutrals is an easy way to refresh and update your office - and to help get it organized. Sometimes it can be overwhelming to shop for pieces for your room - you have to search high and low for the right pieces and to organize a space and you need just the right mixture of simple and functional to clean the room up - not always easy to do! To save you the hassle, I have found several pieces I love from Joss & Main so that you can easily refresh your space and get it organized - right from home!
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Styling a Farmhouse Tray with Vintage Finds
Trays are one of my favorite pieces of decor to style – I love to put little treasures on display to create sweet vignettes! To style a farmhouse tray you need to place pieces that coordinate, whether it be in color, texture, or style. For everyday trays I like to use neutrals in shades of cream, like Ironstone, old books, and wood beads. Take a look at how I have styled my trays both for an everyday farmhouse look and seasonally for Christmas/Winter. Three-tier white chippy tray This tray is styled with old books, Ironstone, wood beads, a vintage ball jar and a cute little bird. This is styled for…
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Styling a Farmhouse Hutch with Antiques and Vintage Finds
Vintage pieces and antiques look so beautiful when styled in a farmhouse hutch. I have several hutches in my home filled with antiques and vintage pieces, in shades of white, cream, and dark metals. To curate your own hutch you just need to mix and match antiques and vintage finds such as ironstone, silver, pewter, cream platters and plates, Rae Dunn, etc. I’m sharing my hutches today to inspire you as you style your own farmhouse hutch as well as how and where to find vintage and antique decor pieces. In my first hutch I have a mixture of stacked old books, Rae Dunn, ironstone, cream scalloped platters, and faux…
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Thrift Shopping for Vintage Decor & Farmhouse Antiques
Antiques and vintage finds are littered throughout thrift stores such as Goodwill and Value Village. Knowing what to look for on the shelves of thrift stores will help you decorate your farmhouse cottage home with lots of affordable, beautiful treasures from Ironstone to Jadeite, pewter, silver, old books, cookie cutters, chippy planters, gold frames, and more! I frequent Goodwill weekly and my home is filled with treasures, you never know what you will find! I’ll take you on a shopping trip with me in this post and show you how I spot a farmhouse vintage or antique (or just pretty) piece that I will decorate my home with. After shopping…
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How to Save Money on Birthday Presents for Kids by Shopping for Clearance Toys at Target!
Birthday presents for all the parties your kids get invited to can quickly become a costly addition to the family budget. But with some savvy shopping skills you can save hundreds per year by loading up on inexpensive presents for kids when toys go massively on sale at Target! The benefit to shopping for gifts for kids at the after-Christmas Target clearance event is that you can save money now and not have to worry about last-minute gifts when your in a hurry later. And, rather than have to pick up a cheap toy in a pinch, you’ll have a stockpile of high quality toys and games ready to go…
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Easy No-fail Cut Out Sugar Cookies
Baking and decorating sugar cookies is a favorite holiday tradition for my kids and I. These cut-out sugar cookies are so simple, and no-fail, thanks to the amazing cookie queen Jenny Cookies. The dough is so perfect, the cookies are no-fail - the dough doesn't expand in the oven at all - and the cookies are DELICIOUS!
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