Author: mariam

Celebrate Easter with these

adorable Mason Jar Easter Baskets! They make a great gift or Easter favor.

I have been seeing this pot Lighthouse

craft floating around Facebook for a while. My mom’s birthday was coming up and she has been asking for one for a while so I figured I’d give it a try.

Welcome the spring season and Easter holiday with

an easy to make inexpensive crepe paper wrapped floral wire centerpiece. It’s shaped like an egg and elegantly topped and grounded with colorful pansies. And it’s the perfect way to decorate for any spring get-together. And guess what? You can make this adorable centerpiece for under five dollars! Cheap and easy! That makes for a huge conversation starter at any spring celebration! Just imagine the design possibilities!

In the process of moving from our former

townhouse to our current bungalow, my Hubby and I lost some square footage – including a functioning basement – but we gained pretty great features, like a main floor laundry room! It feels like such a luxury to me. Unfortunately, our laundry room is also the very first room you see when you enter our house, plus it’s the only access to the guest powder room. It’s also a makeshift mudroom, and where our dog eats and sleeps. Our electrical panel and attic access is in there too. It’s a hardworking room and one day we intend to renovate it – perhaps reconfigure the two rooms, purchase new appliances, add more storage, etc. For now, though, I wanted to be able to hide it all when guests come. I air dry many of my clothes, using an indoor dry rack in the winter months, and didn’t relish the thought of airing my clean – or dirty – laundry to guests. With a small budget, we came up with a simple and functional solution: a pretty curtain to hide it all!

A handed down china cabinet goes from

a glossy cherry wood to a matte, off-white color that is lightly distressed. The final product fits in perfectly with our modern farmhouse!