Good morning! It is a beautiful morning here in Massachusetts and I am headed out to pickup a few perennials for our front flower beds as well as a few flowering annuals for our foyer. I tried to stay off the [...]
Pinstagram $600 Visa Gift Card Giveaway
Happy Friday everyone! Guess what, we have a fabulous giveaway today and I think you are going to love it! What happens when TWELVE FABULOUS BLOGS get together and offer a GIVEAWAY?! YOU WIN! It’s a $600 VISA GIFT CARD [...]
Decorating inspiration with West Elm + Anthropologie
Decorating inspiration with West Elm and Anthropologie. Sounds fun right? It was! A couple months ago I shared that I was decorating the model homes at our workplace. They are newer homes that are on display for clients to view [...]
Beach Inspiration for your Home
Beach inspiration for your home can vary from the furniture to simple accessories. You don’t need to purchase brand new slipcovered furniture to achieve this look. My friends at Hometalk asked me to put together some of my favorite beach [...]
How to lay ceramic tile {tutorial}
Last summer we removed our gas stove in our family room and replaced it with a pellet stove. Economically, the best decision we ever made. When we purchased the pellet stove we needed to extend the ceramic tile another foot [...]
Creative Stone Paths
I am headed out today to a local nursery to get ideas on creative stone paths. We have a pathway in our yard that leads to the pool area which consists of cement blocks my dad added over twenty five [...]
Bathroom DIY Magazine Rack {tutorial}
I will start right off by saying I am not a fan of magazines in the bathroom. Icky and gross. However, it exists in our home. So, in an attempt to organize these magazines and keep them off the floor [...]
DIY Kitchen Remodel Questions answered with Hometalk
Good morning! Guess what, we are partnering with HomeTalk and a group of fabulous bloggers tomorrow on Facebook to chat about your DIY kitchen remodel questions. We recently renovated our kitchen below last summer which entailed everything from painted kitchen [...]
Boston Marathon + my grandfather and necrotizing fasciitis
I considered rescheduling this post today about my grandfather but decided to move forward. Yesterday was day I would like to rewind and play over with a new ending. We live outside of Boston and the tragedy that occurred in [...]
5 DIY wall projects {tutorials}
DIY wall projects for your home can vary from a board and batten wall treatment, wallpaper, tiling, fabric covered canvas, wood and various wainscoting designs. I have put together a few DIY wall projects that we have installed here in [...]
Weekend plans + yard work
Happy Friday everyone! I don’t know why but I am especially happy that the week is over. Our weekend plans are not very exciting as of right now. I am hoping to get some yard work done and re-seed a [...]
How to reupholster a dining chair
My mom still has her original dining room set from 35+ years ago when her an my dad got married and the dining chairs are in desperate need of being reupholstered. Since we moved in with my parents in 2008, [...]
Easy + creative outdoor planters
I decided to cut a hole in something that has been hanging around our house for a couple years, something that was my son’s when he was a toddler and now I’m trying to turn it into an outdoor planter. [...]
Gorgeous fabric coordinates by HGTV HOME
Yesterday I shared our pillow cover + zipper tutorial featuring two gorgeous fabric coordinates by HGTV Home. My mom was shopping with me when I purchased this fabric and she was amazed at the selection but a bit overwhelmed with [...]
How to sew a zipper in a pillow cover
I finally decided I was going to learn how to sew a zipper in a pillow cover this weekend. I was wishing my grandmother, who passed away almost two years ago, was here to help me. The sales associate at [...]
Playroom + Study Room Mood Board Update
Today I wanted to share with you our playroom/study room mood board that my friend Darlene at Fieldstone Hill Design put together for me. Many times when we decide (I decide) to do a project in our home, I need [...]
15 Dreamy Covered Porches
Covered porches have been a long time favorite of mine and someday, I hope to have one again. Before my husband and I moved in with my parents almost five years ago, we had a beautiful farmers porch that I [...]
Bathroom Refresh with Better Homes and Gardens {makeover}
I was recently invited by Better Homes and Gardens to participate in a bathroom refresh with their products sold exclusively at Walmart. The opportunity and complimentary gift card couldn’t have come at a better time as our guest bathroom was [...]
Our favorite DIY projects + tutorials from March
Adios March, hello April. March was a pretty big month around here for projects although I don’t really feel like I did much. I know, that doesn’t make any sense. I’ve decided to start sharing my favorite DIY projects + [...]
Happy Easter + our Easter Celebration
Our family is pretty low key on holidays. We don’t rush around to different destinations and join in the traffic crazed chaos around our home. We have never engaged in that and probably never will. Many times we host an [...]
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JESSICA BRUNOHi, I'm Jessica and welcome to our blog. We are a crew of four generations all living together under one roof and I just happen to be the ring leader of our little o'l blog. We are multigenerational family ranging in ages from 5 to 85 living, dreaming and DIY "ing" together. If you love Do-It-Yourself projects, room makeovers, project tutorials or just want to hear about the bits of chaos (some good and some not so good) of what it's like having four generations all living under one roof, then follow along, you have come to the right place!
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