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Sherwin Williams Shiitake paint color

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Is Sherwin Williams Shiitake one of the BEST neutral paint colors? See it in action and decide!

Is Sherwin Williams Shiitake one of the best neutral paint colors around? Come see our review of Sherwin Williams Shiitake with pictures of how we used it on a dresser in our relaxing new bedroom!

DIY, DIY Home Decor, Home, Home Decor

How to Make Potpourri for Fall

Looking for a chic, easy way to give your home that yummy Fall scent, on a budget? Come learn how to make pretty potpourri for Fall with stuff that you may already have hanging around the house!

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How to Make a Candle with Fall Scents

Want to customize your own scent for Fall and save those precious pennies while doing it? Come learn how to make a candle with Fall scents at home in just a few easy, affordable steps!

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Board & Batten Siding: Your DIY Guide

Our most ambitious, but most rewarding DIY project to date, we’re so excited to finally share all of the nitty gritty details behind our DIY board and batten siding on […]

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IKEA Besta Hack: Our DIY Home Office Cabinets

Come see all of the details about the IKEA Besta hack we used to create our pretty, organized DIY home office storage cabinets!

Corner Shower Foot Rest by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a white marble corner shower foot rest in a corner shower with white subway tile and black and white hexagon tiles.

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How to Install a Corner Shower Foot Rest for Shaving

Per your requests, our tutorial on how to easily install your own corner shower foot rest for max shaving convenience (especially in a small bathroom) is here and includes all of the tips and tricks to tackle this DIY project with confidence! Shower heaven awaits!

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How To: DIY Board & Batten Shutters

Shutters are like the frosting of exterior design, and today we’re showing you how to make easy DIY board and batten shutters for your home so you can make your exterior sparkle and shine! Come see our new shutters and the shutter color we love and the full tutorial for making your own shutters at home!

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DIY Gilded Wood Christmas Ornaments

We’re sharing another fun (and super easy!) holiday DIY project today that’s perfect for adding that gorgeous, cozy glow to your Christmas tree this year – DIY gilded wood Christmas ornaments! These adorable, rustic wood ornaments are a breeze to make so you can even get the kiddos involved in this one, and they fall right in line with that Scandinavian-inspired, natural holiday decor vibe we love. So what are you waiting for? Come make your house merry and bright with us this season!

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DIY Winter Citrus Garland: How To Make Faux Garland Look Real

Today’s easy holiday decor DIY project is one that I’ve been dying to take for a spin for a few years now, and I’m excited to say that the execution was even easier and the result even more fun than I’d imagined it would be! The DIY project du jour? How to make your own DIY winter citrus garland using cute little kumquats! This same fool-proof approach works on real or faux greenery and garland or wreaths, so there’s plenty of room to get festive and play!

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Easy DIY Wood Kitchen Cabinet Hardware Makeover

Today we’re talking all about our journey into wood kitchen cabinet hardware, including all of the trials and triumphs that happened along the way when swapping out our old black kitchen cabinet hardware for wood knobs and drawer pulls. This is such a fun, easy way to give your kitchen a cool, cottage-cozy DIY makeover, and we’re giving you all of the inside info, tips and tricks for how to get it done!

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How To Make Easy DIY Wood Floating Frames

We’re showing you how to easily make these super fun DIY floating wood gallery frames in just a few easy steps, on a budget! Bonus: this project can be completely customized to fit your own style and needs with minimal effort and max impact!

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DIY Laminated Placemats

Who’s ready for the most fun, versatile DIY home decor project ever?! Today we’re giving you the rundown on how to make these super easy, practical and completely customizable DIY laminated paper placemats that are perfect for your next party, holidays, catching the kiddos’ meal chaos and so much more!

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I still can’t believe she’s here and she’s all ours @olcartier ! Theophilia “Tilly” James, may you have your mom’s spunk & your dad’s level head. That should keep you sticking to only the good kinda trouble 😉 Let this be your sign that the baby-in-a-bucket photos are absolutely equal parts ridiculous & adorable & 100% worth the effort it takes to drag everyone out of the house 1 week postpartum 🥰 @taq.photography.llc I love you to the moon for always filling these first months with so much joy! #newbornphotography #babygirl #babyphotography #momlife #cottagestyle
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I can’t even believe I’m writing this. I just can’t believe it. We’re still so shocked & sad & just plain, all around devastated. It still kind of doesn’t feel real, but the hard truth is, it is real. And it sucks. Our beloved pup Elvis, the guy who has brought so much love & joy & mischief & laughter into our home & our family for the last 2 years crossed the rainbow bridge this week after a shock cancer diagnoses and an all too quick decline. We never in a million years thought that the pup we brought home 2 years ago, the dog we envisioned growing up with our kids, being a central part of our family dynamic and our memories for years and years to come, would leave us this soon. It’s not fair. He didn’t deserve this. He was always so healthy & so loved & the helplessness, sadness & anger we’ve felt over these last few months as Elvis declined & we got his diagnosis was just beyond brutal. I haven’t really been able to find the meaning in it right now, but what I do know is that we loved him with our whole hearts, and so did everyone else. And I still believe that although loving something, anything this much can be hard & heartbreaking at times, it’s worth it every single time. I’d do it all over again for 2 years with Elvie by my side & so would Chris. He was truly a 1 in a million companion. 🌈
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All about this perfect neutral paint color on the blog! Link is in my bio. We gave this dresser in our bedroom a little paint facelift & tried the color “Shiitake” by @sherwinwilliams . And we’re LOVING it! It’s such a beautiful grey-beige & would be so good in so many different spaces. #sherwinwilliamsshiitake #swshiitake #neutralpaintcolor #bedroompaint #cottagestyle #shiitakepaintcolor
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On the blog now w/ links to decor sources! 👩‍🍼

We’ve made so many special memories in this nursery with Emmet and I can’t wait to reimagine the space for our sweet baby girl! The entire design plan w/ links to all of the decor sources are on the blog (link in my bio) & I’m so excited for everything to start coming to life in here 💕 #babygirl #nurserydecor #babyblog #nursery #nurserydesign
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Been cooking up something special for 2023! 💕@olcartier #baby #babygirl #babyblog
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Game. Changer. 🥰 This was my first request when we talked about the shower with our builder @hill.farm.design & now that we’re in here, I can confidently say that it was 100% worth it! #bathroomdesign #bathroomremodel #bathroomdecor #bathroomrenovation

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