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Chalk Paint China Cabinet Makeover with Wallpaper

China Cabinet Makeover I am so excited for this project, not only because I absolutely love how it turned out, but also because all I can say is WOW -- what a transformation! After Christmas, I acquired a china cabinet from my grandmother. It was a piece of amazing quality that would stand the test READ MORE

Baby & Family, DIY PROJECTS, Winter

DIY Salt Dough Keepsake Ornaments

DIY Salt Dough Keepsake Ornaments It's no secret that the holidays are going to look a lot different this year with COVID. With this being John Robert's first Christmas, the past few weeks I've been thinking of activities and traditions that we could do at home that could make it extra special this READ MORE

Baby & Family, Home & Home Decor

John Robert Nursery Reveal // Baby Boy Nursery

John Robert Nursery Reveal Call it pregnancy hormones, but I stood in the doorway to this room and teared up the other day. I feel like this room has been a long time coming, and it is a room that I have prayed over for so long. Putting it together was such a labor of love, and it is easily my READ MORE

Fall, Recipes

2 Ingredient Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Pumpkin Spice Muffins It's pumpkin spice season, friends! The weather is officially getting cooler, and pumpkin everything is hitting store shelves. I love making cozy pumpkin recipes in the fall. Meanwhile, you'll never believe that my go-to fall recipe is just two ingredients. Two. That two READ MORE

Fall, Home & Home Decor

A Simple Fall Tablescape

A Simple Fall Tablescape When it comes to the changing of the seasons, my favorite things to decorate and style are my tables in my dining room and my breakfast nook. COVID has definitely thrown things for a loop this year, but that's not going to stop me from enjoying all the fall things that READ MORE

Baby & Family, Coffee with Cathy

My Maternity Photos (& 32.5 Week Bumpdate!)

32.5 Week Bumpdate It's pretty surreal to think that I am already almost 33 weeks pregnant with John Robert. While I've been doing better at keeping up with 'bumpdate' pictures on my personal Instagram and Facebook, I have definitely fallen off the bumpdate wagon over here on the blog! (You can READ MORE

Baby & Family

Our Drive By Baby Shower!

Our Drive By Baby Shower Thanks to my parents and one of my best friends, this past weekend we had the sweetest little drive by baby shower to celebrate God's little gift to us with a small group of our local friends and family. John Robert wiggled and wiggled from all the love (and donuts!) We READ MORE

DIY PROJECTS, Hosting

DIY Balloon Garland Tutorial (Updated)

DIY Balloon Garland I'd like to consider myself the queen of balloon garlands. I absolutely LOVE them, and I think they are such a cute, easy, and relatively inexpensive way to add a 'WOW' factor to any party or celebration. Rob and I had a drive by baby shower this past weekend at our house hosted READ MORE

Fall, Home & Home Decor

How-To Transition into Fall Decor

How-To Transition into Fall Decor One of the hardest things about decorating your home (next to finding your unique decorating style) is navigating the changing seasons. I can't be the only one that thinks Spring and Summer feel pretty never-ending around here with COVID -- and I definitely hope READ MORE

DIY PROJECTS, Fall, Home & Home Decor

DIY Pumpkin Flower Arrangement

DIY Pumpkin Flower Arrangement Who else is ready for pumpkin season?! While I don't plan to do as much as I normally do, I'm definitely tackling fall decorating early this year. I really want to embrace more minimal fall touches to make our house warm and cozy as we get ready to bring this baby READ MORE

DIY PROJECTS, Home & Home Decor

DIY Floating Shelves in the Laundry Room

DIY Floating Shelves in the Laundry Room After we moved into our newly built house almost three years ago, Rob and I quickly discovered that we had a serious storage issue. More specifically, we had a lack of it. In attempt to battle it, we decided to use this little wasted space of a nook in our READ MORE

Recipes

How-To Preserve Your Fresh Garden Tomatoes

How-To Preserve Your Fresh Garden Tomatoes Our garden has been such a highlight to our Spring and Summers the past couple years. Rob and I have so much fun getting to tend to it and watch it grow. We're constantly learning, adapting, and making notes for how we can make it even better the next READ MORE

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