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Posts from the ‘For the Home’ Category

Mudroom Shoe Organizer

Four kids, each with multiple pairs of shoes/boots/crocs/sandals = a VERY messy mudroom.  In order to keep my sanity, I needed to find a home for all these shoes, rather than have them splayed out all over my main floor!

By: Dana Caldwell Read more

T-shirt Revamp

In my last post, I suggested some ideas for reworking old cards.  I also have a lot of T-shirts that I can’t get rid of. What can I say….I am a sentimentalist! There are cutie little t-shirts that the kids grew out of, souvenir t-shirts from a great vacation…you get the idea. And so today I present a couple of options for reusing t-shirts.

By: Colleen Read more

Best Tested Pinterest ideas

Ah Pinterest, how would I survive without you?  Pinterest is now my go-to site when I’m looking for creative inspiration, a recipe or how to D.I.Y almost anything.  Unfortunately, with the popularity of Pinterest and the sheer number of pins out there, it’s hard to know whether some of those pretty pictures lead to quality information, or pipe dreams.  Here’s a round-up of ideas I found on Pinterest that I have actually tried and would recommend.

By: Julia Madill Read more

DIY Gold Lace Vase

I completely recognize that gold and silver take turns being the ‘metal of choice’ in the design world…but for the time being, I am totally enamoured with all things gold + brass.

That said, I don’t want to necessarily invest in lots of expensive gold decor for my house knowing that I might want to change it up again down the road.

This DIY gold lace vase was not only easy and quick to do, but cost me less than $10. And hasn’t left my brass+glass coffee table (found at a salvage store for $25!) since I finished it…

By: Jessica Read more