Ever since I have discovered essential oils, I love making my own homemade cleaning and health products. Today I am sharing with you an easy recipe for making your own DIY Foaming Hand Soap. ...
Home Decor
Invite Spring Into Your Home with Mrs. Meyer’s FREE Seasonal Scents
As soon as March and April rolls around, I start itching to spend every minute outside. I can’t wait for that first beautiful spring weekend when I can invite friends and family over for dinner on the patio. ...
How to Make a Pot of Gold
This is the super easiest and cutest pot of gold you will ever make in your life. It looks so good on the table and you can turn these in to treat jars as well. ...
Holding Down the Fort – 8 Ways to Protect Your Home While Overseas
Holidays are a time to relax and unwind, not create major headaches and stress. If you’re heading out of town, these simple precautions can help to keep your home safe and give you peace of mind while you are away. ...
Undeck the Halls With This Pain-Free Guide to Packing Up Holiday Decor
In our household, like many others, the fervor to have the privilege of adorning the christmas tree, decorating the house and gardens somehow dissipates very quickly after the 25th. Once the gifts have all been opened, the parties are done and New Year has passed, the sight of drooping ornaments and an abandoned tree often lasts well into January - while my family has discovered more important ...
The Benefits of Balance – 7 Tips for Perfecting the Art of Home Decor
Home decor is a great way to make your space your own. It allows you to choose pieces that reflect your personality as well as your comfort style. By using colors you like, as well as furniture and flooring that you find useful, easy to maintain, cost-effective and beautiful to look at, you have made a place that you can come home to from a busy day at the office and relax. ...
5 Creative DIY Ideas to Redecorate Your Bedroom
The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in the house. The style and layout of your bedroom can not only affect the functionality and attractiveness of the room, but it can also have an impact on your sleep. With over 30% of Americans lacking sleep, the decor of a bedroom is more important than ever. Studies show that simple things such as wall color can make a huge difference in how a ...
6 Rustic Interior Decor Ideas You Can Make Yourself
No matter what type of fantasy you have for a rustic decor, you will find a thing in this article that will certainly help you along. Some of these designs are so effortless to do, and you can easily finish them in a day. Some come up with fantastic items as well, so if you have a friend who adores the country, traditional look, make her anything to improve their own décor. ...
4 Quick Fall Decorating Tips
It’s not as difficult as you think. I know not everyone has a natural talent for decorating. So what do you do when you feel the pressure of a new season? Everyone around you is decorating. What will you do? ...
Child’s Play – 8 Simply Stylish Tips for Decorating Your Children’s Bedroom
Decorating can be fun when done correctly. If you have small children, then you know it is important for them to be both happy and well-cared for. Decorating their room can be a challenge as they are always growing and changing, but with some imagination and determination, the possibilities are endless. ...
Is the Yogabed Mattress All It Seems to Be?
Thanks to Yogabed for sending me a mattress to review. All opinions listed are 100% my own. Earlier this year I decided I was going to really start taking better care of my health. For me, that started with the fact that I needed to get a good night's sleep. The fact that at that point I was sleeping on a 15 year old mattress made me understand WHY I wasn't sleeping good. So I set out to ...
5 Gorgeous Home Decor Items from Dayspring.com {+ a Memorial Day Savings You Don’t Want to Miss}
I received home decor promotional items from Dayspring in order to share this post. All opinions listed are 100% my own. One of my favorite things to do is to decorate my home. I have gotten into this thing of wanting my house to look and feel beautiful because when it does, there is this calm and peace that just falls over me. Right now, Dayspring has SUCH an amazing Memorial Day sale ...
3 Easy Spring Decorating Tips to Spruce Up Your Kitchen {+ Get a Look at ALL the Spring Decor on Sale at Dayspring}
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I have been working hard on decorating my kitchen for spring. There is just something about sprucing up your living space. And of course the celebration on the Christ's resurrection and our ultimate rebirth in Him. When you truly think about it, there really is a lot to love about spring! Here are just a few tips I took to make that happen. With ...
How to Create the Perfect Coffee Bar in Your Home
Y'all know my love for coffee and the Ninja Coffee Bar system right? A couple of years ago, I got a Ninja Coffee Bar system, and fell head over heels in love with it. They made some improvements and have more options available and I recently got the newest one -- so I decided to set up the perfect coffee bar system. ...
How to Create a Beautiful Stocking Holder for the Holidays
Today I want to show you how to make a really beautiful stocking holder made from a few items that I picked up from my local home improvement store. ...
Another Update on Casa de Sikora – Blinds, Flooring and More!
We are finally almost done with our bedroom addition. Since the last time I wrote about what we did, we have made a few updates, so I thought I would share them with you here -- especially our beautiful blinds from Select Blinds. Our bedroom has turned out so much better than we could have ever anticipated and every single time we add a small personal touch, it just gets prettier and prettier. ...
5 Amazing Kitchen Products That Will Make the Perfect Christmas Gift
This post has been sponsored by uncommon Goods. All opinions listed are 100% my own. If you visit my home and walk around my kitchen there is one thing you will notice about me -- I am all about the servingware and kitchen products. In fact, the cuter they are, the better. ...
The Renovations for Casa De Sikora Have Begun
Over the course of the last few weeks a few changes have been happening at our home. We have recently begun renovations on a carport area on our home. It was basically a space that was unused that we wanted to turn into a bedroom. ...
Create a Quick DIY Summer Patio Dining Area
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #FamilyPizzaCombo #CollectiveBias I love dining on my patio. It's nice and shaded and we have bird feeders outside so while we sit and dine, I can enjoy my hummingbirds and robins, and my beautiful baby woodpeckers! My patio area was lacking a little bit, so I created a few quick diy ...
5 Quick Ways to Naturally Make Your Home Smell Amazing
I love whenever I can find natural ways to make my home smell amazing. I use a lot of essential oils and that will usually do the trick, but there are other things that you can do as well. Here are my 5 favorite ways to do that. Any of these are super duper quick and won't take long to make your home smell good. ...
Getting that Granite Look Without the Granite Price
Thank you to Instant Granite for providing me with the tools to make my kitchen look amazing! We are so pleased with the results. All love and opinions are 100% my own. When we moved into our rental home about 2 and 1/2 years ago, walking into this house made me sad. Everything was ice blue and pea green and it need a MAJOR overhaul. Since then, we have been working on updating the house ...
Spooky Spider Displays in 5 Minutes or Less
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SnackAndGo #CollectiveBias When it comes to Halloween, nothing says spooky to me like spiders! Of course, our daughter hates them with a passion, and will scream if any of them come near her. Me, I like to look at them and check out their fuzzy legs (as long as there is a glass in between ...
Update on My Bedroom Makeover
For the last month, I have been buying all kinds of stuff and cleaning my bedroom like crazy. A trip to Austin stalled my efforts, but I am back home now and finally getting a move on to getting it completed. ...
Redoing the Bedroom – I Need Your Help!
I decided a few weeks ago that my bedroom is a HOT mess and needs to be redone. I mean, anybody that knows anything about me knows that I have NO interior design knowledge AT ALL. So I am hoping that I can get some help from you guys with making it a space I am going to love and want to relax in. ...
3 Tips to Brighten Up Your Summer Entertaining Area
I am a member of the Everywhere Society and Everywhere has provided me with product in exchange for this post; however all thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I love summer outdoor entertaining. However, in my backyard, I don't have a lot of lighting back there yet. I am working on it, but I just haven't found anything yet that I have fallen in love with -- until now. I recently ...
Fun and Festive Christmas Decorations from Brylane Home
I received a complimentary Christmas item in exchange for my review. All opinions listed are 100% my own. I love Christmas. I love everything about it from the tree, the ornaments, the outside lights to my gorgeous inside decorations. Ever since I was a little girl, I have looked forward to this holiday season every year. My husband and I try to get new decorations to add every year to our ...
Beautiful Holiday Table Decorations from Heart of Haiti
Thanksgiving is next week and this year I am going all out with my table decorations. I bought some new plates and napkins which I will show you later this week, but the piece I am most excited about is this gorgeous hand hammered hand tray that is part of the Heart of Haiti "gifts that give hope" available for purchase at Macy's. ...
Create Stunning Tablescapes with Smarty Had a Party
I love hosting dinner parties, but what I hate afterward is all the dishes I have to wash. I don't want to use just plastic or Styrofoam from the store because they don't look very festive and party like. However, with companies like Smarty Had a Party and their gorgeous line of disposable party ware, I will never have to worry about that again. ...
Make Your Home Smell Amazing With Old Factory Soy Candles
Around here in Kentucky the trees have turned a burnt orange color and the air is crisp and cool. Nothing makes my home seem more homey and comforting than having some candles lit. I recently got to review Old Factory Soy Candles and my home has never smelled more like fall! ...
It’s Move In Week at College – Decorate Your Teen’s Dorm Room with Brylane Home
I was provided a complimentary item in exchange for this review. All opinions listed are 100% my own. Many of my friends are shipping their college age kids off this week. We still have a couple of years before that happens, but that doesn't stop me from gathering a few items for her beforehand. And -- Brylane Home has the perfect dorm room solutions that we can all get excited about. ...