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Easy, Affordable DIY Projects for the Home

Front yard landscaping

Our New Front Flower Beds

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Today I'm sharing a few simple front yard landscaping ideas, along with a look at how we totally transformed our front yard flower bed over the weekend!   Allow me to be really honest with you today - although I'm generally pretty confident when it comes to interior design, renovations, and making the inside of my house something I can be proud of, I am a hot mess when it comes to the exterior of my house. Corey and I often laugh about the fact that our front and back yards tend to look like View Post

Art display for kids rooms

A Simple Kid Art Display Using IKEA Curtain Rods

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I've been looking for a simple solution for displaying all of our son's art, and I found the perfect one for just $30! And, as a bonus, it has totally cut down on the stacks of papers all over my house. See how to make your own DIY kid art display here.  This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.  Our four-year-old, Jackson, has been very into art lately - and, of course, he wants to save every single creation forever and ever amen. It's sweet, but I'll View Post

West Elm baby products

Favorites from the West Elm Baby + Kids Line

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West Elm just launched their brand new baby and kids line - and it's adorable! Today, I'm rounding up a few of my favorite picks from the new West Elm baby products.  This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.  Did you see? West Elm just released their new baby and kid's line in collaboration with Pottery Barn Kids... and I want it all! I've obviously had baby stuff on the brain a lot lately so this is pretty perfect timing for me, to say the least. View Post

Summer bucket list ideas

Summer Bucket List

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Looking for ways to keep your family busy this summer? I've got some summer bucket list ideas for you today that are sure to keep the kids happy - and help you keep your sanity intact!  This summer will be the first year in my adult life that I'm not heading into summer exhausted after a full year of teaching. I've been working from home for about a year now (crazy!) and I'm absolutely loving it - but I'm finding that it's giving me a new perspective on summer! For example, instead of View Post

How to install Anthropologie wallpaper

How to Hang Wallpaper (It’s Not THAT Hard!)

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Recently, I lost my mind and decided to hang wallpaper in our dining nook. It wasn't an easy project, but the end result is so worth the effort! Today, I'm going to show you how to install wallpaper if you want to try it in your own home.  This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.  Sometimes there are projects that I am just terrified to take on. For example, there was quite a bit of anxiety about tiling our kitchen backsplash. And back when we View Post

Gender neutral nursery ideas - this baby boy nursery mood board is neutral and cozy

Baby #2 Nursery Plans + Mood Board

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There are only a few months left before Baby Boy #2 joins our family, and the nursery plans are officially underway! In this post, we're chatting about our gender neutral nursery ideas and the mood board for the baby's room! We've had a lot of questions over the last few months about our plans for Baby Boy's nursery and when the heck we plan on actually getting started. Between the dining room renovation and working on Jackson's room, we haven't had a spare second to begin working on the View Post

Tips for how to decorate a living room

5 Quick Ways to Make Your Living Room Feel Updated

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Do you sometimes feel like your living room is a little blah? Need some quick updates that won't break the bank? Here are 5 quick tips on how to decorate a living room on the cheap and without much effort!  Sometimes I think I have decorating ADD. I get started on Jackson's room, and then I abandon that project to work on the dining room (because, deadlines!), but then I feel like I'm neglecting our room (which we swore we'd finish first), and the poor backyard hasn't been mowed in weeks. View Post

One Room Challenge Week 6: The Reveal

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We took on the One Room Challenge this spring and have been renovating our small dining room over the last six weeks. It's finally done and today we're sharing the big reveal - hopefully, it will give you some ideas for your own dining room renovation!  Oh. My. Goodness. Friends, we made it. If you've been following our journey, you'll know that six weeks ago Corey and I committed to tackling an entire dining room (or, really, a breakfast nook) renovation in just six weeks. We had View Post

Family photo display with Fracture prints

Ideas for Displaying Family Photos

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If you're looking for creative ways to display family photos in your home, look no further! This post is full of photo display ideas to help you fill your home with family memories in a way that will fit right in with your decor. This post is sponsored by Fracture, but all opinions are 100% mine. Thanks for supporting the brands that support Love & Renovations!  I shared our little entryway refresh a few months ago when we finished building our console table, but to be honest I still View Post

Free printable weekly cleaning schedule

Weekly Cleaning Schedule

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Every month in 2018 I'm popping in with some quick life hacks to help you keep your home more clean and organized. May's tip? Set up a simple weekly cleaning schedule to help you stay on track throughout the week!  Sometimes I have a hard time staying on top of the cleaning in my house. I mean, I know I'm not alone in that. I feel like every last one of us would say that we wish we were able to keep our homes a bit cleaner than we actually do, and that it's hard to find time in the day to View Post