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2018 Christmas Gift Guide: Homemade Gifts

It's hard to believe that in all of my years creating a holiday gift guide, I've never done a gift guide on ideas for homemade gifts! We aren't big crafters (we tend to like renovations or building, which doesn't always lend itself to gifting), which means we tend to buy our Christmas presents. But, I've really been wanting to branch out, so this year we decided to come up with some woodworking gift ideas! These are all ideas that don't require any crafty skills (no sewing or macrame for me!), View Post

Our Simple & Cozy Christmas Bedroom

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Do you use a real Christmas tree or an artificial one in your home? We've always been artificial tree people (it's what I always had growing up, too!), but this year we decided to branch out (hah!) and have both types of trees in our home for Christmas! The Home Depot asked me to participate in their Holiday Style Challenge this year and when they mentioned that part of the challenge would include trying out their new option to have a real Christmas tree shipped straight to your door, I View Post

The Power of Paint: Our Master Bathroom (BEFORE)

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Do you have an ugly bathroom in your house? I feel like most of us could probably say that we do. I've got two. We've actually got a big renovation on the docket for early 2019 for our kid/guest bathroom (more on that later), but our master bathroom is incredibly ugly as well - and as of right now we have no plans to take on a huge renovation for it anytime soon. Buuuuuut sometimes there's something you can do about an ugly bathroom even if you don't have room in the budget for a full View Post

DIY Cedar Plank Christmas Tree

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I have a thing for decorating with trees this time of year. When I am shopping for Christmas decorations, I will gravitate to the tree decor one hundred percent of the time, and I love coming up with fun DIY Christmas tree decor ideas. Last year I made some scrap wood Christmas trees and they're still one of my favorites, so I figured this year we'd try some cedar planked Christmas trees! This post is sponsored by CedarSafe and contains affiliate links. These are really easy to make and View Post

2018 Christmas Gift Guide: Board Games

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Can you believe it's already the last day of November? Christmas is just around the corner, so I'm continuing our gift guide today with my very favorite category of gift ideas - board games! We love a good board game around here, and when the holidays hit it seems that everyone turns into a fan of games. Corey and I are always looking for new and unique games to play, so today I'm sharing a few of our favorite games of the year that are sure to be a fabulous gift for anyone on your View Post

My Favorite Holiday Scents

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This post is sponsored by The Home Depot. Christmas has always been my very favorite time of the year. I've always been obsessed with the twinkly lights, the cozy weather, gathering with the family - all of it. I absolutely cannot get enough Christmas vibes this time of year, and every year I find myself starting the celebrations earlier and earlier, just because I can't wait any longer. Now that Thanksgiving is over, though, I think it's safe to say we're all ready to start talking about View Post

Christmas Around the House

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Are you proud of me? I waited until after Thanksgiving to officially post about our Christmas decor. I mean, it's been up for weeks now, but I waited. You're welcome. If you're new around here (hi! welcome!) you may not know yet that I have a bit of a Buddy the Elf streak. I think I make that comparison every single year, but it's very accurate. As soon as the calendar flips to November I revert back to a childlike state, giddy with delight over all things Christmas and drinking View Post

2018 Christmas Gift Guide: Gifts for Kids & Babies

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Happy Friday - and welcome back to our 2018 gift guide! This week we're focusing on gifts for kids and babies. I think shopping for kids is really fun - they're always so excited to open gifts, and there's just nothing quite like the joy of a child at Christmastime, right?! This year, we're not only shopping for our 4-year-old, we also need to get some gifts for Grant (who will be four months old at Christmas). Not that the baby cares if he gets gifts, but his big brother would certainly View Post

Our Mini Garage Door Makeover

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With the holidays coming up, Corey and I have been working on a few quick maintenance items around the house to make sure our home is clean, looking nice, and ready to host our friends and family for Christmas. This weekend, we took care of some garage door maintenance that we've been putting off and while we were at it, we gave our garage door a quick makeover to make it a little more appealing from the street. This post is sponsored by 3-IN-ONE. I wanted to share our process for taking View Post

2018 Christmas Gift Guide: Gifts for Him

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Welcome back to my 2018 gift guide series! Today I'm here to share with you gift ideas for men. I don't know about you, but I consider the dudes in my life to be the very hardest category of people to shop for, so I'm constantly looking for creative and fun ideas for what to gift them. Here's a quick reminder of the other categories we've covered: Gifts for babies and kids White Elephant gift ideas Board game gift ideas Of course, before we dive in I'll make a quick View Post