Category: living room

• Bento Box Lunch Ideas

  

  Have you ever used a bento box? My family and I have several of these, and my children and I both use them. They’re easy to pack and easy to wash and use. I like to pack my girls like a charcuterie box. This infographic has a great idea for packing a bento box. I…

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  August 14, 2023

  2023, diet, Family room, food, living room

  2023, back to school, food, lunch

• Farmhouse Fridays Pinterest Round-up: my favorite living rooms

  I’m gearing up for quite the busy week. My children are back in school and my students are back in my classroom. In spite of all the busyness, I wanted to share some inspiration I found on Pinterest this week…Pin-spiration, if you will 😁. First up is this lovely room. I chose it because of…

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  March 25, 2022

  2022, living room, Pinspiration

  decor, decorating tips, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, Fixer Upper Inspired, fixer upper style, Pinterest roundup

• Room Refresher: From underused office to fab family room

  We have a strange layout to our home, and somehow we have two bonus rooms. We currently have one of them set up as a playroom and one was set up as our office. It was a beautiful office but we never used it. Entire weeks would pass without us even setting foot in the…

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  February 19, 2020

  2020, Bookcase, Family room, living room

  family, family room, home tour, kids, living room, New uses for old things, project planning, projects

• Room refresher: refresh your living room

  When you saw it last, our living room looked a little like this. In desperate need of new furniture and with a focal wall that was a big, blank slate. I tried to liven it up with this gallery wall, but it still felt a little bare. I knew we wanted to make that focal…

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  February 10, 2020

  2020, living room, room refreshers, what’s new

  2020, decor, decor tips and tricks, decorating tips, living room, room refresh, room refresher

• Building a faux fireplace mantle, part 3

  When we last left you, our beautiful antique mantle with its faux firebox looked like this: Nothing was painted, no stone was laid. Things were kinda bare. And unfinished. Our first item on the agenda was to paint it. First, we caulked any cracks or areas we felt needed filling in. We painted the mantle…

  LumberInMyMiniVan

  November 17, 2019

  living room, make it yourself, Pin-spired projects

  2019, Antiques, cozy places, decor, decor tips and tricks, decorating, decorating tips, DIY, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, fireplace mantle, Fixer Upper Inspired, fixer upper style, home style, New uses for old things, projects, recycle, remodel, repurpose, thrifty decor