What I want for Christmas!

Hello Everyone!
I absolutely love this time of year and I love getting people gifts and in all honesty I could care less about receiving gifts but if for some reason I get any of these things I would be so happy! :)

Aren't these just the cutest! I love little knick-knacks that are unique and I think these would look lovely on a small side table or shelf.

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I have been eyeing this item for a while now and it reminds me of the old rug beaters but since Mr. Inspired loves fishing and I love antiques, it fits us perfectly. I would hang it sideways by itself or leaning against the wall on a shelf.

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Antique furniture - Especially this beautiful blue cabinet!

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I love these vintage style signage display frames!

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Are you someone who gets their Christmas shopping done way before December or are you someone who is at the mall on Christmas Eve? Either way the best thing about the holidays is being with the people you love!

Jessica

Master Bedroom

Hello! So I have been contemplating whether or not to take one wall in our master bedroom and place wood planks on it. I know it has been popular lately and I loveeeee the look of this. Here are some examples:

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I love The Lettered Cottage's whole house and they were lucky enough to already have planks behind their drywall!

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Love the color of these planks!

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I think many will agree with me that it adds so much to a room and I don't think it would be too expensive to recreate as long as I used reclaimed or pine wood.

However Mr. Inspired might be a little uneasy of the thought of me putting umpteen million holes in the wall? My dream would be he would love it so much that it wouldn't matter! Hah!

So I did some more brainstorming and thought what about textured wallpaper? I am typically not a fan of it but I found a company in Holland that prints these beautiful wood plank wallpapers, but unfortunately they are $299.00 a roll........

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So here is a picture of the wall I would love to slap up some wood planks on and yes, it is semi decorated for Christmas! Let me know what ya think!

Take Care!

Jessica

Let the sunshine in!!

Hello Dawlings!

So I loveee natural light and can't stand a dark home, which is why my bathroom situation has always bugged me! When we moved into our home over 2 years ago we made a quick decision for a window covering for our bathroom (which I might add is a work in progress!). I loathe cellular shades and I am sorry if I offended anyone who loves them. Cellular shades have no personality and are well they are just blah. Our bathroom has a window right near the commode and the view from this window is our neighbor's kitchen window. Now I do love our neighbor and he is a super nice guy but I don't think he wants to have the view of our bathroom when he is doing his dishes........or maybe he does-I kid, I kid! Anywho so we quickly made a decision to put up a cellular shade so that it filters the light but also gives us privacy. Fast forward two years later and I hate it.

Sorry for the terrible picture but I just didn't care because I couldn't look at this boring thing any longer!

We have wood blinds and bamboo shades throughout our home which I love because they give some warmth so I took the bamboo shade off our window in the kitchen which we will be installing a door (another post for another day) and quickly realized it was too wide. So I came up with an idea of cutting it with my scissors and using paints tape as a guide. I first messed how much I wanted to take off each side.

$5.00 to anyone who notices my dog's dainty feet!

I then marked the shade with my painters tape and I cut away! It wasn't to terrible but just make to keep the strips of bamboo even.

Here ya go! I did make a liner for it out of brown fabric to allow for extra privacy! Sorry the picture is taken at night but I kept getting distracted by other projects!!

Have a great rest of the Monday!!
Jessica

The most wonderful time of the year!

Hello!
My blog finally has a new look which I hope you approve! I am taking all my fall decor down and replacing it with my favorite decor-CHRISTMAS! I just love this time of the year because everything is so sparkly and pretty! I had seen this idea here last year and I thought would wait until this year since I already had the tree up and decorated by the time I saw this post. Our fake tree we bought a few years isn't the prettiest and I hate the bases of Christmas trees and I am not a huge fan of tree skirts. I had seen lots of trees in galvanized buckets and pretty baskets, and I knew what I had to do. 

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First I look apart our tree stand which was a piece of cake and I took off all of the branches at the bottom.

I had bought a plastic bucket and a 50 lb bag of Quikrete, the smallest bag they offer. I pllaced my tree in the empty bucket and poured the dry mix in (which gets pretty dusty and it didn't help I had my two dogs trying to figure out what the heck I was doing!).

I then poured water into the mix like the directions said. I was worried my tree wouldn't stay put but it did so I didn't have to support it while the concrete hardened.

I let it cure overnight and they next morning it was solid. I put the tree in a plastic bucket so if I change my mind and want to put it in a basket I can!

I am finishing my tree today which I will post pictures soon!!


Tootles,
Jessica

Blog to look pretty soon!!!

Ello! I will have this blog looking really purttyy soon, I promise! I then hopefully will be updating almost daily!!

Toodles
Jessica