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Cottagecore-Country Inspired Front Porch
While working on our master bedroom makeover, I was inspired by this trash treasure pair of wicker chairs I saw on the side of the road for a cottagecore-country front porch makeover. Luckily, I was driving my husband’s truck when I saw them on the curb. I quickly pulled onto the next road to turn…
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Master Bedroom Refresh on a Budget
Exercising ‘Care Creates Contentment’ (more on this from @debtfree.mom on Instagram) can take your budget or pretty much any area of your life a long way simply by just caring for what you already have. During spring cleaning, I typically find that I have the urge to spend thinking “oh if only I had a…
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Getting to the Root of my Fear: The Garden Experiment Pt 3
Perfectionism is paralyzing, and to hold yourself back for fear of failure is pointless. At some point, you just need to give yourself a peptalk and just go for it! We are just shy of 4 weeks into our garden experiment. Each morning my son rushes to our den to “check our baby seeds”. We…
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With April Showers Comes… Rain Water Collection: 3 Tips for Collecting Rainwater on Your Homestead
With April’s arrival in our area of southwestern Virginia, you can almost always count on spring rain showers. And with abundant spring rain showers, why not make use of the free, God-given resource and install a rain collection system? When we purchased our property, it was run down and neglected not having seen livestock to…
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DIY Closet Transformation on a Budget
For too long, I’ve sat in our home complaining about the storage or ironically lack thereof in our cleaning / linen closet at the end of the hall. The fact that we had the closet to begin with is great. But it’s functionality was less than ideal, so follow along as I give this closet…