As promised, here is the music video that I helped my sister make for her band Salem Swing’s latest song, “Pretty Pity Party!” It was so fun filming this in my freshly painted kitchen, making over the garden table and chairs and helping with some of the fun little details! She is an incredibly talented

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Everyone has a different opinion about when it’s time to tuck away their Christmas decorations. I tend to put it away in phases, the same way I put them up. I think that helps me enjoy the process on both ends even more. Tell me I’m not the only one who still has at least

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What a truly unimaginable year we’ve had, filled with both difficult trials and unexpected blessings. Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas filled to the brim with hope and lots of love!

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Even as a generally forgetful person, I have these incandescent moments when it comes to decorating where I’ll see something that inspires me so much it’s unforgettable. These occasions impact me enough that I can usually remember them in such detail that reminiscing feels like I’m standing right there in awe all over again. And

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Plus How to Paint a Checkered Pattern on Ugly Tile Floors! I finished my little powder bathroom makeover months ago, and to be honest with you, as much as I love how it turned out, the difficulty I had in taking photos of the transformation landed me in an award-winning funk. The terrible lighting and

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I love to deep dive into creative projects, especially with my family. My sister Lissie has been in town all summer and we’ve stolen as many creative sister dates as we can get it. She’s a singer/songwriter (Salem Swing is her band), and one of our favorite things to do together is write songs! The

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YES, you can and should paint your ugly cabinets! Below is what our kitchen looked like when we bought it. And before this house, we owned our very first house (brand-new), and I remember my father-in-law offering to paint some accent walls for us. I didn’t even think to offer to help him back then

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We started our little barn demo/makeover two years ago. Two years! I definitely saw its potential from the moment I saw it (four years ago), which is kind of funny to me, because when I look at the before pictures from when we bought this place, I cringe a little. But yes, I was confident

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Like most of America, we are huge Chip and Joanna Gaines fans. We’ve read their book The Magnolia Story multiple times–even my boys enjoyed hearing me read it aloud to them (twice!). Can “Chip” stories be any funnier!? And us girls love the beautiful house transformations this down-to-earth couple works on together. But best of

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