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Our Easy, Step-by-Step Spring Outdoor Living Space Refresh With Spectracide & Lowe’s

Spring is here and today we’re celebrating and sharing all the sunshine vibes via the arrival of our annual Easy Spring Outdoor Makeover with a look at our spring front porch and backyard decor. With a little help from Lowe’s and the do it yourself pest control that’s playing a huge part in getting our outdoor living spaces 100% hangout ready, Spectracide® Bug Stop® Flip & Go!

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Our Front Porch Makeover & Front Porch Decorating Ideas

Come see our fun front porch makeover and all of our cottage style front porch decorating ideas to inspire max relaxation in your outdoor living space this spring and summer!

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!

Mulled Wine by popular Phoenix life and style blog, Love and Specs: image of a woman holding a mulled wine gift basket filled with mulled wine, cinnamon sticks, cloves, oranges, and a bottle of honey.

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Easy Last-Minute Christmas Gift: DIY Mulled Wine Gift Basket

Searching for easy last-minute Christmas gift ideas that are as fun and festive as they are affordable? Look no further than our super cute for DIY mulled wine gift basket that’s filled with tasty goodies your friend, neighbor or co-worker would love!

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DIY Laundry Room Makeover With Design Ideas, Decor & Painted Cabinets

We’re sharing our little laundry room makeover with before and after photos, all of our laundry room ideas and fixes, the decor we chose including our fun new light fixture, our DIY painted laundry room cabinets and more!

Sparkling Ice Drinks by popular Phoenix lifestyle blog, Love and Specs: image of two gift baskets filled with Sparkling Ice drinks, cookies, drink mix in a mason jar, and pine sprigs with dried oranges.

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DIY Spiced Sparkling Ice Holiday Mocktail Gift Basket

We’re getting a head start on the holiday season by sharing an adorable DIY spiced sparkling holiday mocktail gift basket for friends or neighbors that’s as easy to whip up as it is fun to make!

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DIY Home Decor Tutorial: Another Fresh, Fun Painted Furniture – How To Paint a Console Table

I warned you that no piece of furniture in our house was safe from my paint brush, and apparently I wasn’t kidding! Today I’m walking you through yet another fresh, fun DIY painted furniture how to via a beat up old Craigslist console table that was in serious need of a Cinderella-style makeover. Plus, I’m talking all about my anxiety when it comes to choosing the perfect paint color and how this project helped me find a new cottage-perfect paint color I absolutely love!

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Quarantine Decor: An Easy, Cottage-Perfect DIY IKEA Hemnes Coffee Table & Media Console Hack

We haven’t done an IKEA hack in a while, and definitely didn’t intend to do another one any time soon, but thanks to a inspecting every inch of our house for weeks on end now, no piece of furniture in our home right is safe from my paint brush! So today we’re sharing a super easy IKEA coffee table and media console hack with a DIY furniture makeover tutorial that can be applied to upgrading any old, beat up piece of furniture around your house.

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Stuck At Home? Easy Home Improvement Projects: Cleaning & Organizing Checklist That Will Make Your Home Shine Like New!

Today we’re not only sharing the ultimate, ultra satisfying home improvement and deep cleaning task checklist to help make your house sparkle like new without having to spend a bunch of cash, but we’re also talking you through the easiest, most effective methods and totally accessible supplies you’ll need for tackling each task like a pro.

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How We Transitioned to a Simple, Effective Green Cleaning Routine with cleancult®

Cleaning products and safe, thorough cleaning practices are top of mind for almost everyone right now due to current events, and now that we’re hunkering down at home, those topics have never had more of my attention, which I’m sure is true for so many of you, too. Which is why we thought it would be the perfect time to share our new safe, simple, effective green cleaning routine with cleancult® that’s allowed us to finally transition to cleaning supplies that we can feel good about using in our home. This is a brand we’ve genuinely fallen so in love with after putting their products to the test in our home, and we think you’re going to love them, too!

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DIY Home Decor: Easy DIY Bedroom Nightstand Makeover

Oops, we did it again! And by again I mean we gave our affordable wood IKEA nightstands another easy, fun DIY makeover for our cottage-cozy master bedroom! Not only are we sharing the before and after and the story behind this makeover, I’m also sharing an easy, step-by-step tutorial for painting wood furniture and achieving the perfect finish without the fuss! If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at painting furniture, but have been too afraid of failure to try, this one’s for you. We’re makin’ it easy breezy!

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Instagram post 18143432833194484 #ad Spring has made a very welcome, very show-stopping arrival here in the Valley of the Sun this year, so today we’re celebrating and sharing all the sunshine vibes via the arrival of our annual Easy Spring Outdoor Makeover over on the blog! We’re sharing a look at our spring front porch and backyard decos, plus tons of helpful tips about maintaining your outdoor spaces with ease, with a little help from @loweshomeimprovement and the trusty sidekick that’s playing a huge part in getting our outdoor living spaces 100% hangout ready, @spectracide Bug Stop® Flip & Go!
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Instagram post 17993303158327759 Thank you, from the bottom of our broken hearts, for all of the love, kindness and compassion you’ve offered this week. We already knew that the community we’ve created here is the absolute BEST group of people with the most pure, open hearts, but we need you to know just how much being wrapped up in your love & kindness has helped us this week. You’ve propped us up in our saddest moments & for that, we’ll be eternally grateful. And you should know that it’s your unending, passionate support of this little blog of ours that made it possible for me to work from home these last few years, snuggled up with Hamlet every day & words just can’t express how much those few years of pure joy with him meant to me. I love you guys more than you’ll ever know! 💗
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Instagram post 17923648984559735 I know a lot of you were invested in & loved him so much, so I wanted to tell you that yesterday we said goodbye to my best friend in the whole world, Hamlet when he crossed the rainbow bridge. It was by far one of the worst days of my life & the hardest thing we’ve ever had to do, but after a few really tough years of struggle & illness, Hamlet told us it was time to rest. I know this might be hard for some people to understand, but I’ve truly never loved anything like I loved Hamlet, and even though yesterday was absolutely heartbreaking for us, I’d go through a thousand yesterdays to have the 14 years I spent loving & being loved by Hamlet . He was the best dog there ever was. He was the most loyal dog there ever was. He was the most loving dog there ever was. He was the most hilarious dog there ever was. He was my world. He taught me so much about life, unconditional love & companionship. I brought Hamlet home when I was 22, and since then my life has been forever changed & my world infinitely improved thanks to him. We grew up together. We spent every day snuggling together. We fell in love with Chris together & started our family together. And finally, Ham knew that our lives were about to evolve again with a baby boy on the way. My world looks so much grayer today without him in it, but I know I’ll see & snuggle him again someday. 💗
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Instagram post 17947701907450022 #ad 2 cool DIY projects for spring, one cool (and honestly kind of magical) product! As you guys know form meets function is my JAM when it comes to DIY projects, home decor & home design & I think it’s safe to say that @plastidipintl Craft is the holy grail of that marriage! So when I heard about Plasti Dip Craft my mind immediately started racing with about 75 different ways I could make something more functional & more beautiful around our house with this stuff! What makes it so awesome? It's a multipurpose flexible coating that easily sprays onto surfaces like a spray paint, but provides a comfortable, controlled grip and rubber coating texture to the application surface protecting it against moisture, acids, abrasion, corrosion & skidding/slipping! How cool is that? Swipe through the pics to see two of my favorite genius ways I used Plasti Dip Craft around the house: The first project definitely requires a story. Wine glasses & champagne flutes are just too darn fragile for my butter fingers. True story, one of the most embarrassing moments of my life was when I knocked over & shattered not one but TWO wine glasses when meeting Chris’ boss for the first time. I was mortified. Plasti Dip Craft to the rescue! I’m now a firm believer that ALL stemware needs some Plasti Dip Craft in its life before I touch it. I scored this pretty spring-perfect stemware at an antique shop for a steal & sprayed the stem & base with green Plasti Dip Craft. Aren't they so fun? And now they stay put on the table, no mortifying moments to be seen! The second project that’s both uber functional & adorable thanks to some Plasti Dip Craft problem solving? My diaper caddy & wipe dispenser on the changing table! I know I’m going to need to be able to one-hand this stuff while changing baby boy & having these items slipping around on top of the changing table and/or scratching it up just won’t work. So for these I just sprayed the bottom half with pretty white Plasti Dip Craft and voila - they stay put, protect the top of my changing table & look cute, too. #dipheadsunite #plastidip
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Instagram post 17875109189334327 The recipe for this insanely tasty citrus streusel coffee cake is on the blog at the link in my bio & it’s seriously all kinds of sweet brunch heaven 🍊 I’ll be making one tomorrow morning to get ready for the weekend so maybe I’ll hop on Stories & bring you guys along with me! Also I thoroughly encourage sitting down with a fork & just helping yourself to half the cake if you feel so compelled after tasting this deliciousness. Worth it!
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Instagram post 17907712126713369 #ad My mouth is STILL watering over this! I’ve craved all things @sunkistcitrus & especially these super juicy Sunkist® Minneola tangelos from Albertsons throughout pregnancy. (Which is awesome because they’re packed with vitamin C & high in folate!) But of all my creations these last few months with Sunkist® citrus of all kinds, this citrus stunner has to take the cake… literally. It’s Minneola Tangelo Streusel Coffee Cake! Think soft, fluffy Minneola tangelo cake topped with a yummy cinnamon streusel and a sweet citrus glaze that’s positively heavenly. It’s such a fun, fresh take on coffee cake & using the ultra versatile, tangy Minneola tangelo in this recipe makes it unforgettable! Find Sunkist® Minneola tangelos at your local @albertsons .
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