One of my absolute favorites is a table filled with charm. Each season brings new inspiration for ways to fill this space. Although we rarely have 6 visitors to help fill this table, my prayer is that decorating it encourages me to change that. This season I used a color scheme that is sprinkled through out our home & a few natural elements. This is how the rest of the decor is for Christmas, so keeping things consistent has been key. Also, no links for this one! These items are thrifted, dollar store, collections from the years & treasures that just cannot be duplicated easily. The charm comes from the uniqueness & I challenge you to start/build your own collections from treasures found & acquired.

A fun summer activity my in law family started doing is making zucchini relish & salsa with everyones garden — one that we have yet to contribute to but that is okay because we have plenty of farm stands around us. Canning for the coming months means lots of empty jars, jars that take up space in the cub bard. I like to sprinkle in some Christmas in each room, doesn’t have to be anything too crazy. These now empty jars are the perfect thing to fill to reach this cheerful decor. Whether you have your own collection of empty mason jars searching for a purpose, or need to make a thrift store run for some in expensive glass, these snow globes are just the trick to fill that holiday activity time.

Mrs. Sentimental over here has a story for you. Actually, I feel like our entire Christmas Tree is a story. I have come to fall in love with the memorable tales our tree can hold. Things to look back at each year as our ornament collection grows. With keep holiday storage limited, filling a tree could be tricky. Getting creative & crafty helps & I share all of that here. Most importantly, our tree holds so much sentimental value from the basket at the base to the sweater star on top — for now. This is a story I will love sharing & adding to each year.

Now that we are living in our (hopeful) forever home, I think it’s about time to make friends with our neighbors. We have always known our neighbors at our other houses, but were never super neighborly. One time we helped a man on crutches shovel his driveway! However, there’s more we could do. We have received cute plates of cookies from the house across the street & are so excited to finally give back! These stovetop potpourri holiday jars were not only relatively inexpensive, they were super easy to make a large batch of. Here’s how we made 12 jars of holiday goodness for our friends & neighbors!

Project number one after closing on our 1890 victorian was making a dead space more alive. There was an awkward landing in the middle of the second floor, a floor that has four bedrooms and one bathroom. In deep desire for a master suite, we knew we had to make sense of that empty square. As we see this bathroom come to life, it’s as if this is how the space should have been all along.

After being asked by a few Instagram followers, I realized that our short amount of experience flipping & fixing up houses could very well help someone. So many people are in our shoes budget wise, age wise, opportunity wise. Why not pass along some helpful information from what we’ve learned to help encourage other people to dive into the renovation world themselves.

If you could be a professional mover, I might qualify. I don’t mean just the packing part, I mean the dealing with all the things part. So far in my short 26 years of life, I have lived in 1, 2, 3, 15 places. These are my tips when buying a house.

Working from home is a dream of mine because it represents the fact that I am doing what I love. Writing. Sharing. Creating an important space for this is crucial for success. Not only to set standards of disciple & consistency, but to help take myself seriously.

We quickly got used to not having all the maintenance that a house brings, but making this place a HOME is something still in the works. Thankfully, Luke allowed me to still fill this place with all the cozy AND with minimal nail holes. Here is how!