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The 10 Best Ikea Hacks

by Marybeth

I am lucky enough to live about 6 minutes away from an Ikea. I have lots of Ikea items in the house.  Big things like sofas and small things like forks.  But somehow Ikea hacks have escaped me.  I’ve always kept things as is.  It seems like fun to make an Ikea item my own, …

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Categories crafts round up, Home Decor, Uncategorized

7 DIY Succulent Planter Ideas You Should Totally Try

by Marybeth

Being a reformed plant killer, I am really doing my best to show that I have paid my debt to plant society and am ready to be a responsible adult who can contribute to the world of horticulture around me.  To demonstrate this, I am going to give my Succulent plants a new home.  And …

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Categories crafts round up, Home Decor

How to Care for Succulents – A Guide for the Reformed Plant Killer

by Marybeth

I have two plant stories.  One starts in a college dorm room and ends at the end of the semester behind a dorm room fridge.  The other starts, maybe three years ago, in my current house and ends behind a chair in the dining room.  And by ends, I mean I killed the plants.  With …

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Painted Stairs and Other Great Staircase Makeovers

by Marybeth

The first thing you see when you walk in my front door is a staircase.  I live in a colonial and that’s just the way it goes.  You walk in and you get stairs.  Currently they are just wood with some white paint on the risers. Since it’s the first thing you see when you …

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Modern Farmhouse Home Decor

by Marybeth

I dont really like farmhouse style,  ok?  Let’s get that out of the way first.  I mean,  I’m a bright color person, aren’t I??  I have this wallpaper in my dining room. Does that say farmhouse in any way to you? But, here’s the thing.  I keep finding myself drawn to pictures of rooms or …

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Family Room Ideas: 2 Steps to Plan a Beautiful Room

by Marybeth

About a million months ago (approximately) I wrote the Ultimate DIY Guide to Decorating A Room. Sadly that guide has one fatal flaw. It only works if you actually use it.  I talked a lot about my “naked bulb (not) chic” family room in that post and well, the room has come along a little …

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Practical Spring Cleaning Hacks that Will Make Your Home Sparkle

by Marybeth

If you know me at all, you know that cleaning is not my favorite thing.  In fact, it is very likely my least favorite thing of all of the things.  Ever.  I have to concoct all sorts of crazy ideas to get myself motivated to do it like Cleaning Karaoke or 15 Minute Interval Cleaning …

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Buy It Spy It DIY It – Urban Outfitters Room Decor

by Marybeth

Has anyone been around here long enough to remember an old favorite I like to call Buy It, It Spy It or DIY It?  Crickets?  Ok, so I happen to think it’s a lot of fun to go on-line shopping and pick out my favorite things and decide whether I should Buy It, Spy It …

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Ikea Ektorp Sectional Saved My Family

by Marybeth

Is that title too much?  I mean, can a sofa really save a family?  It’s just fabric and fluff and wood, right?  Inanimate objects don’t save families.  Or do they?  I think the Ikea Extorp Sectional just might have saved mine. Here’s the story. Ikea Ektorp Sectional Saved My Family I have a weird shaped …

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Simple Organizing Hacks for Messy People

by Marybeth

I’ve already admitted to you in this post about 15 Minute Interval Cleaning that I’m not a good housekeeper.  I also told you that I really don’t like a messy house.  I have this recurring day dream of waking up early on Saturday morning and sitting on the couch under a cozy throw blanket, drinking a …

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