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7 Steps to Buying Your First Home

May 19, 2021 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Buying your first home is a BIG deal! It can be overwhelming, but these 7 steps break it down and make it an easy-to-follow process! Use this tool!

Buying your first home might be an exciting experience, but it can also be an overwhelming process. From applying for a mortgage to making an offer on a home, the whole process can be confusing. Here are the 7 steps you need to take when buying your first home to make this big step a […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Homemaking

Outdoor Oasis Preview with Wayfair

May 10, 2021 By Meredith Leave a Comment

Crushing on an outdoor oasis?! Check these sweet ideas for sprucing up your space we're crushing on for our front porch this summer!

This is a teaser post, friends…we have some BIG changes coming to our outdoor space courtesy of Wayfair. Check out a few of our ideas below for creating a summer outdoor oasis and look forward to the shiny results of our spruce-up very soon! Outdoor Oasis Ideas: Telford 4 Piece Seating Group // More Patio […]

Filed Under: Homemaking

6 Tips for Designing a Small Space Bedroom

May 10, 2021 By Meredith Leave a Comment

These 6 genius hacks for designing a small space bedroom will leave you loving your space! I would never have thought of half of these!

Decorating a small bedroom can be intimidating. You want to decorate the space to fit your style, but you don’t have all that much room to work with. How can you possibly fit a bed, dresser, desk, and whatever else you need in a space that feels like a box? While designing a small space […]

Filed Under: DIY, Homemaking

3 Unique Furniture Pieces that Will Make Your Home Stand Out

April 29, 2021 By Meredith Leave a Comment

These 3 unique pieces of furniture are such an easy way to add fun accents to your home! #2 is my favorite!

Deciding which furniture pieces to include in your home is something that can make or break the look of your interior. And while design tips like incorporating natural light and having plenty of floorspace are useful, if your furniture clashes together, it is unlikely anything else you do will help. Equally, overly homogenised or generic […]

Filed Under: Homemaking

Kid-Friendly Easter Charcuterie Board

March 24, 2021 By Meredith 2 Comments

Make an Easter charcuterie board to celebrate the season with your kiddos--and follow these smart steps to fill it up so you can cross dinner off your list too! Done and done!

Pandemic quarantining has played more than a bit of a game with our day-to-day and finding daily wins can be tricky. One thing our family has universally delighted in has been a weekly app night/homey happy hour. It takes the pressure off cooking a full meal and allows for a more casual, go-with-the-flow feel–so very, […]

Filed Under: Easter, Homemaking

4 Things to Look for in a Family Home

February 16, 2021 By Meredith 1 Comment

Looking to buy a family home? 4 things you must know before you do!

Buying a home is never easy. However, it’s even harder once you have a family’s needs to consider, instead of just your own. For example, there may be many great homes for sale in Arizona, but they may not all meet your requirements or make an ideal home to raise a family. As you know, […]

Filed Under: Guest Blogger, Homemaking

Fall Fireplace Refresh Coming Your Way!

October 29, 2020 By Meredith 4 Comments

Looking to display a gorgeous fall fireplace decor in your home? I love these easy, affordable solutions to add a seasonal accent to your space!

Thank you to Wayfair for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on our cool fireplace refresh! All product/brand opinions are 100% my own. Our fireplace is a big deal in our home! We don’t have a foyer or grand entryway, so the fireplace serves as a focal point. While I am not […]

Filed Under: Halloween, Homemaking, Online Shopping, Organization

Sealing and Preserving Wood in Three Easy Steps

August 12, 2019 By Meredith 4 Comments

Sealing and preserving wood is a WAY easier task than you might think--and the benefits last for generations. Snag this snappy how-to, and get ready to restore furniture in your home for a cheap, easy song!

Summertime is project time!  There is no better time to get projects done while you have extra hours of sun and beautiful weather to do it in.  I already taught you all how to make beautiful chalk paint furniture, and how to stain furniture, so today I am going to teach you how to seal […]

Filed Under: DIY, Homemaking

10 Ways to Refresh Your Bedroom and Closet for Under $50

July 29, 2019 By Meredith 2 Comments

Say goodbye to the blehs! These smart hacks to refresh your bedroom and closet are all under $50 and take only seconds. Budget-friendly, gorgeous and EASY! Sign me up :) #7 is especially brilliant!

Thank you to Wayfair for sponsoring this post so I could fill you in on these smart, budget-friendly ways to refresh your bedroom and closet! Anyone else feeling like their bedroom and closet could use a bit of sprucing up? With two kids, two dogs, and you know, life, wreaking havoc on our space, it […]

Filed Under: Budgeting, Homemaking, Saving Money

5 Out-of-the-Box Canvas Print Ideas

July 1, 2019 By Meredith 18 Comments

These 5 cool out-of-the-box canvas print ideas will have you sprucing up your home decor in no time! So easy, affordable and FUN!

Thank you to Canvas Factory for sponsoring this post so I could share these cool canvas print ideas with you! All opinions are 100% my own. I love canvas prints! We are amassing an alarmingly large number of them in our home (my husband is thrilled 😉 ), but they are so great: No need […]

Filed Under: Homemaking, Pictures, Saving Money

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