November 29, 2024
The start of the holiday shopping season is officially here! And over the past few weeks, I’ve been busy scouring my favorite sites and...
November 26, 2024
One of my kids’ absolute favorite things to do during the holiday season is to play Christmas Bingo! Not only is it good festive...
November 19, 2024
Years ago, I (somewhat) last minute, made a simple paper chain to help our oldest son countdown to Christmas (without driving us crazy!) Little...
November 19, 2024
Every year, our family counts down to Christmas with 25 days of fun holiday activities. Since we’ve been doing this for almost 7 years...
November 19, 2024
For the past 5+ years, my family’s very favorite holiday tradition has been the 25 days of Christmas activities we do leading up to...
November 8, 2024
When we moved into our North Carolina home, I was particularly excited to see that our (very) large family room had two sets of...
November 5, 2024
It’s a question I’ve gotten from quite a few readers over the years: “Can you put wallpaper on textured walls?” The quick answer is...
November 1, 2024
Since revealing that our most recent move is yet another one-year assignment, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about our kids…specifically, how they handle...
October 29, 2024
When you move as frequently as we do, you get plenty of opportunities to test out different ways to pack, unpack, and re-locate various...
October 25, 2024
When I’m decorating a room, I’m usually focused on what I can add…for more style, more ambiance, more comfort, more color. But when it came...
October 22, 2024
While I certainly don’t consider myself an expert sewer (trust me, I am far from it!), there are skills and tricks I’ve mastered over...
October 18, 2024
Other than “Will peel and stick wallpaper damage my walls?,” the other wallpaper question I receive the most is this one: “Can you put...