One of the reasons we chose the home we did was because of the amazing backyard!! The yard already had a gorgeous pool and lush landscaping. I was brought back to reality pretty quickly when I realized how expensive pool furniture can be! It’s truly shocking to me how much one pool lounger costs from some of my favorite stores!! I’m sure they are worth it in quality but with a whole home renovation going on, we needed to be frugal with our pool furniture budget. After several different days of searching for affordable pool furniture that also matched the aesthetic I wanted, I finally ordered! The pieces slowly showed up and I want to share with you sources and pool furniture ideas in case you find yourself in the same position!!
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Surf Themed Game Room Design : Part One!
I love to put together design boards or mood boards when I’m decorating a room, it helps me visualize what it will look like together! We decided to turn our extra bedroom into a space for the kids, we’re calling it a game room!
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Office Built Ins – How You Can Get A Designer Look On A DIY Budget
Have you ever scrolled Pinterest and saw an image that stopped you in your tracks and made you think, I wish I could do that! That’s where the inspiration for my office built ins started, Pinterest. I called around and got a few quotes, they were all in the upwards of 15-20k, which was NOT
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Black Pepper and Honey Baked Feta with Tomato Confit and Wine Reduction Pasta
One of my all-time favorite food bloggers, What’s Gaby Cooking, released a new cookbook in the Spring of last year, Eat What You Want, and it’s FULL of delicious recipes, highly recommend!! One of those is a black pepper and honey baked feta, it’s SO good and I’ve been making for a year!! After seeing
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Festive Holiday Halloween Cake Batter Cookies
White chocolate, m&ms, sprinkles, these are SO SO good!!! We love these easy to bake cake batter cookies!! They are delicious!!! We usually make them around holidays and just switch up the color/theme of sprinkles and m&ms!!! We’ve made them for every holiday this year!!
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Entry Drop Zone Makeover DIY
With no place for a mudroom, and school upon us.. I had the idea to make our little entry from the garage into a dropzone with a bench to hide shoes, and hooks for backpacks!! Thankfully Nick was on board. This was our first time doing beadboard, and our first time with wallpaper. Not sure
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DIY Garbage Hide Fence Surround
We needed a garbage surround for our house in a big way.. it looked terrible before!! We couldn’t keep our bins in the garage because we use it so often as a workshop.. and they stink sometimes!! This is for sure a 2 weekend project, unless you don’t have kids soccer games and lots of
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Gallery Wall Progress Reveal
I am * no * pro when it comes to gallery walls but now that I have a difficult one completed (almost, more to come on why lol!) I feel like I can confidently say, I’d do it again!! And you should try it if you have been too intimidated!!! My first mistake was buying
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Kitchen Progress Reveal and Details!
When we started looking at houses last July from afar our realtor was shocked we’d choose a house sight unseen from California all the way in Florida. To be honest, I’m the type of person that doesn’t have a hard time making choices usually, I know what I want (except when it comes to dinner
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Office Sneak Peek of Built-Ins
This project was our first major undertaking when we closed on our house!! The office doesn’t have a closet, and I need a lot of storage for props, gear, equipment, etc. so have drawers and cabinets was a must for us!! I will do an in-depth post on how-to, but for now I wanted to