HOME DECOR & DESIGN
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The Best Decorating Advice & Tips to Your Authentic Style
Ladies, I love decorating advice so much that I enjoy decorating podcasts, blogs, home & garden books and magazines, and how about a good old cruise on Pinterest? But you know what I also love? I love just decorating with what I like. And guess what, I would even call the decorating advice that I go against helpful decorating advice. Why? Because different perspectives help us see something differently and different perspectives help us to analyze why we do or do not ultimately like something. What do you actually like? I want to encourage you to decorate in spite of the trends and current decorating advice but also in light…
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How to Shop & Style Realistic Faux Flower Arrangements & Houseplants
Ladies, The faux floral department is really a beautiful flower shop. The buckets of flowers and stems sing to my heart when they look so realistic. This spring I found some lovely faux stems at one of my favorite places to shop for them, Hobby Lobby, which you can see styled in my home here! Now days, our faux arrangements are not ivy draped out of a basket over kitchen cabinets collecting grease and dust. Not that there is even something “wrong” with that, but there are updated ways to decorate with faux items that make them look more natural, as well as the items looking more realistic now days…
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SPRING DECORATING with Realistic Faux Flowers & Plants from Hobby Lobby
Ladies, Even if you love real flowers and plants like I do, I advise you to not limit yourself by snubbing good faux florals and plants to decorate your interiors! It is an effortless way to decorate for year-round beauty indoors. They are never going to dry and crumble, wilt or die. Once purchased, your faux florals and plants are in your decor to be used again and again in fresh arrangements. Read my article here on identifying the most realistic faux flowers & plants to get your collection going. This spring at Hobby Lobby I bought four of the most realistic items they had (oh they had more good…
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5 of The Best Luxury Decor at Walmart
Ladies, My job as a wife is to discern where to buy our household goods. Since our location and our budget have directed me toward Walmart for certain items, I like to cushion my lack of enthusiasm for this store with some home decor items as a treat for doing my duty. Has this decor buying saved me money? While adding to my Walmart bill no, but by saving me from purchasing similar items at more expensive stores, yes! I have been impressed with some of the items that I have carted home, especially since I favor old fashioned and rich design and I am particular about the finishes in…
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The Best Mini Christmas Trees at Hobby Lobby 2023
Ladies, These mini trees are best suited for decorating countertops, dressers, shelves, or tabletops. I styled mine on my kitchen counter in an antique looking crackled vase. I like mini trees that are not too small but small enough to be very inexpensive to buy for a small budget. Many, if not all of these come in various heights. Not to be confused with small Christmas trees that stand about 3.5 feet tall and are sold in the same section as the large Christmas trees. These mini ones at the tallest are still a bit smaller than those. I am impressed with these mini-Christmas trees. I could have bought more…
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The Best of Christmas Garlands & Wreaths at Hobby Lobby 2023
Ladies, Some of the featured items here are out of stock online at the time I wrote this article for you, but your local store might very well have these items in stock. I do think posts like this are timely as we near decorating for Christmas, but the best time to shop for Christmas decor is right when it comes out in September or October because the quality pieces sell out quickly. But you just might be in time for these still! If you are new to shopping at Hobby Lobby, all of their items go on a half-price sale in a rotation every week. Be sure to buy…
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The Best Luxury Christmas Decor at Hobby Lobby 2023 Part I
Ladies, Happy Christmas decorating season! I am buzzing with enthusiasm to dress this little rental house for Christmas. It led me to reflect on so many years where I worked with very little money to make things beautiful, and this year is no exception. Since I have champagne taste, here are the best luxury finds at Hobby Lobby this year. There seems to be a misconception among women that affordable big box stores equal cheap inauthentic decor while thrifting or shopping expensive decor stores is where you find the best pieces. Decor is not that cut and dry. With more options than ever in large stores, there are bound to…
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5 Ways Any Homemaker Can Decorate Better When Broke or On Budget
Ladies, I have always believed that by wisdom you can make things better, no matter how dire your financial circumstances. It takes wisdom to design and decorate a home beautifully on a budget. Design can be a way you bring about beauty despite your means not because of it. When the budget is slim, and I mean seriously slim, we have to make careful purposeful decisions for our homes. We can’t afford to make a bad purchase on a secondhand item because we cannot return it! While your recourse is to resell, there’s no telling if or when you will earn your money back! I have always been willing to…
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Decorate with Me: Classy Fall Tablescape & How to Layer Decor
Ladies, Come into my kitchen today to decorate with me for my fall tablescape. Think of this as a template to create a classy and layered design for a high use table. You can get as creative as you want, but this idea is an outline and just needs to be filled in with your specific finds! The Main Centerpiece I always start decorating the table with the main focal piece/largest piece first. Once this is in place, everything else comes in to compliment it or balance it. I think this is important for all of decorating. People tend to gather a lot of little things first and try to…
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Laundry Room Before & After Makeover to Laundry Spa
Create a Laundry Spa Ladies, Let’s transform our laundry rooms into laundry spas. Every room & detail matters This before photo is from when we had moved into this rental house, before I had set up the laundry room (or closet) properly. Which is a wonderful point, that no matter the size of your laundry area and even if it is a rental, it is where you are making a home, and it needs design and decor. I especially encourage this space to be made nice because laundry is such a daunting duty for so many women. This room can either get forgotten or deemed too industrious for comfort. Often…
