The air is cooler and it’s getting darker earlier which only means one thing…time for Fall chores! I like to set a few days aside to tackle most of my Fall checklist before it gets too cold. *This post is generously sponsored by STIHL. All opinions are my own.* The tasks I am tackling today …

Since we heat 98% of our home with a wood stove we make a lot of fires. A lot. Basically every day in the late Fall till late Spring. Sometimes the wood just does not want to start and using a fire starter log can get expensive. So here is what we like to do …

If you live in a Raised Ranch/Split Entry you more than likely have this hall closet at the top of your steps. Many use it as a coat closet because the entry is so small but after polling my Instagram Followers so many use it as an additional pantry. For about the last 4 years …

When you get your first Hydrangea bush, you’re hooked. These beautiful bushes with big blooms are a staple in any garden. They’re also perfect to make a beautiful Hydrangea Hedge Row. But…purchasing that many bushes can get expensive so why not grow more Hydrangeas for free by propagating them! Propagating Hydrangeas is relatively easy. But …

The time has come! I finally made Shaker cabinet doors for our built-in bookcase! I have wanted to make cabinet doors for about 7 years now but I have always been so intimidated thinking that they need to be so perfect and I am not a perfect DIYer. Caulk is my best friend. After doing …

We have a group of trees in our front yard, that have not been touched since we moved in to our home. We would trim the weeds etc every so often but that was it. It’s rocky, shady and uneven and I had no desire to make anything of it. *This post is generously sponsored …

My love for Hosta plants began when we moved into our home. There were Hostas that lined a rock wall in our side yard and my Mom began to tell me that they’re easy to split and transplant, they like shade, and they’re really hardy. Well that sold me. Something I could split, transplant and …

One of my favorite times of year is when we head to the Finger Lakes to open the cottage for the season. We try to open it and get it cleaned up before Memorial Day weekend so we can just enjoy it with family over the Holiday, but there is a lot to clean up …

On a recent trip to Homegoods, I saw basket plant stands that I thought would be a great addition to a little corner by our buffet. The baskets weren’t really the tone/color I liked and also by looking at them they looked really easy for something that could be a DIY. They were around $40 …

As you can see with the boots in this picture when the kids come in from the snow their snow gear gets thrown in front of our wood stove. Which is a great place, but should be hanging and out of the way. Yes I could just purchase a drying rack, but then it I …

In our downstairs family room the way it’s set up is a little odd with our wood stove and a beam in the middle. So on the one side opposite of our sofa/tv we have always had it set up like a “kid zone”. A small place for the kids to play while we were …

In our family room we have a large basket filled with our throw blankets, but our family room is also in our downstairs which tends to get damp in the summer even with dehumidifiers going constantly. When I was taking blankets out to wash one day they just didn’t seem fresh. Being shoved in a …

I needed a change in our living room. Sometimes I would just sit our our couch and stare at our wall with our window and think about painting it, maybe adding wallpaper etc. Just for some contrast with all of the white. I love adding shiplap to walls like I did in our entry, but …

I love decorating for Christmas. I tend to decorate with natural, rustic and vintage pieces and this year is no different. The small trees, garland, pinecones and vintage pieces all come together to make this my favorite decorating year yet! I recently talked on Instagram about why I like to decorate with vintage pieces. Most …

As the air is getting colder and the outside projects are over for the season there is one thing you can’t forget to do. That is preparing your tools for the winter. This blog post is generously sponsored by STIHL. All opinions are my own. You know from past posts why I think every home …

I love a great Habitat for Humanity Restore find. These two bar stools were only $3 each. Even though they were in rough shape I knew they would be perfect to repurpose into plant stands. The first thing I knew that had to change was the height. I wanted low plant stands and two different …

This bench is the last piece I needed to complete our side entrance and I designed it myself! Pretty proud, it was extremely easy and very basic but it’s the first bench I designed and actually built it. I have been working on our side entrance for a few months and it has come so …

School is now in full swing and I now have both of my kids climbing onto the school bus in the morning! Even when I only had one kid getting on the bus, I felt the mornings were a bit hectic or we were running to the end of the driveway to catch the bus, …

I have been fighting with this space for awhile now. It’s our side entrance, that basically us and everyone of our good friends use to get into our home. It’s full of shoes, dirt, and doesn’t feel fresh anymore. So I decided that the catch all wood organizer hanging on the wall needs to go …

For the last two summer since Legoland, NY has opened we have been at least 10 times. Each time exploring something new or seeing a new show and I am sharing all my tips and tricks with you! LEGOLAND New York is the biggest LEGOLAND Amusement park Merlin Entertainment has ever built, and for us …