Category: farmhouse decor

2020, decor, decor tips and tricks, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, home style, shopping guides

Farmhouse Friday: Farmhouse Finds at Tractor Supply

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Hi, all! We are glad to be back after taking two weeks off of blogging. I am having a hard time finding things to write about, since we are still largely unable to go anywhere or do much. I am planning to resume a regular blogging schedule next week.

Today I want to resume farmhouse Friday by sharing some super cute home decor items at Tractor Supply. If you have never checked out their home decor section, I highly recommend you do so!

1. RedShed Farmhouse Bench

Red Shed Farmhouse Bench, $159.99

This super cute little farmhouse bench is reasonably priced and it would look cute on your front porch or in your entry way.

2. Farmhouse yard windmill

RedShed 5 foot windmill, $79.99

I have wanted a windmill since forever!! This would look great in my side yard. I know it doesn’t really do anything but it looks really cool.

3. White barn star

RedShed White Star with Rooster Design, 39.99

These stars look so cute hanging on the wall and you can hang up a bunch of them or just a few! They have some other colors as well.

4. RedShed Green Lantern

RedShed green lantern 17.99

How cute would this look on a shelf, or maybe get three of them and put them in a wood box? These little lanterns would be so cute in so many different ways.

5.

Metal sign, $59.99

Im always a sucker for metal and wood signs and this one is very cute.

There are way more cute things to choose from! I recommend taking a trip to your local store and seeing for yourself. Thanks for reading!!!!

2020, budget decorating, decor, decor tips and tricks, decorating tips, farmhouse decor, lanterns, recycle, repurpose

Shop Your House: Don’t buy new, repurpose instead

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Have you ever had something in your house that you love, but due to its age, it doesn’t look as good as it used to? Or maybe it’s not something that doesn’t look usable anymore but you can’t bring yourself to get rid of it.

At our wedding eleven years ago, we lined the sidewalk of our reception hall with lanterns hanging from shepherd’s hooks.

I have about four of these sitting in my garage right now.

It’s faded. There’s candle wax melted in the bottom of it. It doesn’t look so hot. But you all know about my love of spray paint.

I covered the glass with painter’s tape and got to work. I put two coats on my cute little lanterns.

I let them dry for about 24 hours. The finished project looks pretty great. Next week, I will show you how they turned out, and where I am using them.

2020, Bathrooms, budget decorating, decorating kid spaces, DIY, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, getting organized, Hobby Lobby, kid spaces, kids rooms, repurpose, rustic DIY, Wood crafts

DIY Reclaimed Wood Coatrack

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I needed a spot to hang towels and robes in my children’s bathroom. I had a perfectly good blank wall, but I knew I wanted to do something prettier than just install hooks on the wall.

I already had some adorable shabby chic hooks from a recent Hobby Lobby sale.

And I found a piece of wood that was the perfect size for the space. It had a beautiful patina but my daughter requested I paint it.

I tried so hard to get her to change her mind but she just wouldn’t budge. I consulted my craft cabinet and found my green chalk paint.

Best. Stuff. Ever.

I then slathered my reclaimed wood plank with two coats of green chalk paint.

Until I ended up with this:

I then screwed my hooks into the now painted plank. I tried to space them equally.

I then attached wall hangers to the back of it and hung it on the wall.

And here it is, holding up those robes just like I wanted it to.

What shabby chic project have you done lately?

2020, cheap decorating, craft supply storage, crafts, decor, decor tips and tricks, Dollar Store Upcycles, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, floral, mason jar, recycle, repurpose, spring, spring crafts

Spring DIY projects: Chalk-painted mason jars

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Does anyone else collect wayward, neglected mason jars? Does a box of mason jars on a store shelf speak to you like it’s begging you to buy it? Well, maybe that’s just me.

I’m kidding, of course. Sort of. I have a shelf full of empty mason jars in my pantry. They’re all different brands, sizes and shapes and I love them. I store things in them, give them away filled with goodies for gifts and make things with them. Recently, I combined some mason jars with another favorite of mine.

Chalk paint.

Chalk paint makes the letters and details on a mason jar pop. Chalk paint makes a mason jar more than just a mason jar. It makes it decorative and pretty. Chalk paint also makes you walk, talk and speak foreign languages. Actually I’m just kidding about that last part.

Just apply one layer of paint first. You won’t like it after the first coat dries, but just like a lot of projects, it does have an ugly phase. Give it 12 hours to dry and apply a second coat.

And then you can use your jars for whatever you’d like. We use them to store pencils, markers and crayons.

Or we sometimes use them to show off spring flowers.

Or just put them on your shelf and enjoy them.

The possibilities are pretty endless.

Have a great week! Join us Wednesday for a little room refresher, family style!

2020, Bathrooms, budget decorating, cheap decorating, decor, decor tips and tricks, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, Fixer Upper Inspired, room refreshers

Upgrade your builder grade bathroom

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Our hall bath needed a little help. It was the poster child for bland and boring. Plate glass mirror? Check. Builder grade vanity light? Yup. Boring and plain vanity? Yep.

My pipe shelves helped a little but ultimately we knew those lights and that mirror had to go. So a shopping we went. My brother-in-law put up the new light fixture and Michael and I put up the new mirror.

We are far from done with this bathroom. We still need to put down new flooring, get a new vanity and put in a new tub. But doesn’t it look so much better already?

Let’s see that before again.

And now after:

So much better!

I can’t wait until it’s completely finished.