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Easy, high-impact update: Make your tab-top curtains look like custom back-tab panels

Turn tab top curtains into hidden tab curtains

I had the BEST week last week. Some friends and I collaborated on a flash mob surprise room makeover for a friend and yep: it rocked. Can’t wait to show you the befores-and-afters, but first! A quick little update I made to these old curtains we pulled in for the makeover. One of my friends [...]

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Practically Zero Calorie Triple Chocolate Butterfinger Trifle

Easy, crowd-pleasing Butterfinger trifle! Perfect for summer pot-lucks!

Is this Butterfinger Trifle a dessert? Technically, yes. Is it made of the decadent combination of brownies, pudding, cool whip and Butterfinger bars? Sure. But if you eat it correctly, you’ll find that this rich, decadent crowd-pleaser is practically a health food.* *I am not a nutritionist, but I am a self-proclaimed master at food [...]

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How to Build an Upholstered Bed

Styled nightstand, DIY upholstered bed and DIY curtains at View Along the Way

Soooo a couple years ago, Andy and I built this upholstered bed: We were inspired by this bed by Jonathan Adler which costs about $2,500. I blogged the whole process, and I still get lots of questions about it. I completely understand the questions, because I think the way I wrote it all out – [...]

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Mad Dash for Summer Cash – $500 cash giveaway

Ways you might spend an extra $500 this summer: Buy yourself a gold tooth Go out to eat once per week all summer Pay off some debt! Treat yourself to one Hermes beach towel. (Literally, just one rectangular piece of fabric.) Donate to charity Buy about 225 cubic feet of styrofoam peanuts, pour them into [...]

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Decorating 101: 6 Decorating Rules to Live By

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I’m SO excited to start our new little Decorating 101 series! I think it’ll be fun to get geeky about the principles behind what makes a room “work.” We’re going to dive headfirst into full-on decor-geek-mode and there’ll be no turning back for any of us. Before we start digging into the “hows” and the [...]

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Ditto DIY Link Party + My Big Fat Gilded Failure

Welcome to the June {ditto} DIY challenge! Once a month ten very different bloggers are hosting this challenge to recreate in our own homes – and yours! – a project or design element inspired by a haute couture design. The idea is to inspire everyone to incorporate fine design elements into your own home in [...]

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A little outdoor cleaning, a little less redneck, and a giveaway!

Thanks for sponsoring this silly little post, P&G and The Home Depot! The hardest part about being a blogger is opening yourself up and exposing your darkest secrets. A while back, I opened my heart to you guys and revealed the redneck within. It wasn’t easy, and I’m still emotionally drained just thinking about it, [...]

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Our wedding: a comedy of errors

Dear 21-year-old Kelly exactly eight years ago, This is the biggest day of your life! I know you’re pumped to finally put on that dress and walk down the aisle, but just be prepared: this day will not go like you planned! As you’ve been planning this wedding over the last year, you’ve said over [...]

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New Series: Decorating 101

Andy tells me that these days, all it takes to become an online expert in something is: 1. Make a website. 2. On the website, proclaim yourself an expert. Let’s try it! Nope. Expert houseplant assassin, maybe. That’s what he told me when I mentioned that I’d love to do a “Decorating 101″ series on [...]

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Mean old unlucky shamrock + {May Sponsors!}

BLERGGGH. Guys. My black thumb has reached an embarrassing new low. You know how in the last post I showed you my little plant that I’m desperately trying to keep alive? It’s like plant hospice up in here. I’ve broken out the defibrillator, administered CPR, we said our goodbyes several times… but it continues to [...]

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