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New monthly project! Ditto DIY: Bringing couture design into our homes

Raise your hand if you’ve ever drooled over a home in a magazine or on pinterest and wish you could recreate that in your own house? *Raises hand violently.* I think part of learning how to turn inspirational photos into reality is just plain old practice and trial and error. Soooo guess what?! I’m joining [...]

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Joss and Main sale is LIVE!!

*Squeal!!* It’s really happening! My Joss & Main sale is live and I’m more than a little bit weirded-out-excited to see my house right there on the website of one of my fave shopping destinations. But the weirdness is worth it because there are tons and tons of goodies to shop for. Like 30-some things [...]

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Happy Home: Announcing my curated event on Joss & Main

How much fun would it be to get to go shopping for home decor and furniture among tens of thousands of items and hand-pick your favorites for all your friends? SO FUN, right?! That’s why I was excited – nay, thrilled!! – when Joss & Main asked me if I wanted to curate my own [...]

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Money Tree

Are you a fickle decorator like I am? Things I loved four seconds ago are boring now. Things that grossed me out last week are now must-haves. It’s exhausting. So when I find things that I love, and I love them for a LONG time, I feel like that’s a pretty good sign that I [...]

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New Deck Reveal!

Place setting with multicolored runner and flowers on an outdoor table at View Along the Wa

What? Nothing! I was just… doing a little jig… that’s all… a little happy dance. I didn’t realize you were watching. It’s totally justified though, because GUESS WHAT. The deck is DONE. *Happy feet doin’ a jig* Remember when it was just dirty old patio that looked like this? And then we built a deck… [...]

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Moodboard for the deck and the new love of my life

Outdoor Deck Mood Board at View Along the Way

If you give me a flat surface and some furniture, I’m going to make a moodboard. That’s just how I was raised. Even if the flat surface is outside, like our new deck. You might remember that we’ve been making over our ugly ol’ patio as part of Home Depot’s Patio Challenge. Home Depot set [...]

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A happy haven in the inner city

I have a friend I’m dying to tell you about! Becca and I met in college (go dawgs!) and she’s doing some pretty amazing things. After college, Becca and her husband felt called to move right into the inner city of Atlanta to be a light and a help to the people there. They picked [...]

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How to Install a Faucet WHILE UNDER ATTACK!

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Moen, Incorporated. All opinions are 100% mine. Recently the kiddos and I dropped in to my parents' house to give their kitchen a quick little spiff-up. The very nice people at Moen had sent me their Kiran Spot Resist one-handle pulldown kitchen faucet and [...]

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How to have the least pinteresting birthday party ever

Hard to believe it was three years ago… (Actually it was more like 3 years and 6 weeks ago because I’m so late posting this.) But now our little man is “THWEE!,” fully potty trained, and well-versed in Veggie Tales, Thomas the Train and Elmo. He’s opinionated but easy-going, never forgets ANYTHING (no matter how [...]

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The calm in the camera and the chaos beyond

I know you’ve come to expect lighthearted decorating talk here at View Along the Way, but today we’re taking a dark turn… …down a forbidden path… …to expose dark secrets. A inside look at the hidden underbelly of… HOME BLOGGING. DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!!

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