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| By Sherry Petersik | September 21, 2010 | 285 Comments

14 Tips For Saving Money When You Have A Baby

Q: You guys are so good with money I wondered if you’d consider sharing some of the ways you kept from bleeding money once you had Clara. I’ve heard that having a baby and buying all the baby stuff can set you back a few years’ worth of savings and I’m scared! But I’m sure you have figured out a few ways to be frugal without skipping a beat when it comes to providing everything that Clara needs. As you love to say, do tell! – Megan A: The good news is that we actually expected that having a baby (and setting up the house for one) would be a lot pricier than it actually

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Filed Under: Favorites, Saving Money, Shopping & Thrifting

| By Sherry Petersik | September 21, 2010 | 144 Comments

How To Spray Paint A Brass Candlestick

I’m back with an easy thrift store upgrade. John and I snagged this seen-better-days brass candlestick at Goodwill for $1.99 after I convinced him that a bright and modern color would complement the traditional shape for a clean and current result in about five minutes flat. So I spray painted that sucker with some glossy yellow paint (Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch Gloss spray paint in Sun Yellow)… … and ended up with a nice new (and super cheap) accessory in a fun and happy color. Here he is accompanied by his three candle friends. Anyone humming Beauty & The Beast yet? Totally reminds us of Lumiere. Simple? Check. Cheap? Check? Anyone can do it? Check. Plus

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Filed Under: Crafting & Art, Shopping & Thrifting

| By John Petersik | September 20, 2010 | 4,134 Comments

Fab Freebie: I Dream Of Greenie

We’re giving away a sweet “green” prize pack from Green Nest, a local eco-friendly gift shop here in VA. Enter through September 22, 2010.

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 20, 2010 | 118 Comments

Answering Your Questions About Getting A New Roof

Our quick we’re-getting-a-new-roof post on Thursday elicited so many questions that even we were surprised. So we’re back with the info for you along with the before, during, and after pics. Hold on to your hats. It’s about to get exciting. But first, here’s our roof before: You can see when you get up close that it’s one of those flat grid-like grungy twenty year roofs without any sort of dimension or crispness. And did we mention it was on its last legs (as in about to leak at any moment)? And here’s our brandspankingnew roof (pardon the lighting inconsistency, we wish we could control the sun): We were especially proud that we negotiated a

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Filed Under: Home Improvement, Our First House, Saving Money

| By Sherry Petersik | September 17, 2010 | 116 Comments

A Quick Fall Tablescape

I had a little fun tossing together a quick fall-esque table so I thought I’d share. Happily I used things that I already had around the house so it was a nice little free tabletop makeover. All it took was an old runner from Target, a white vase also picked up at Target a while back, a manzanita branch that we’ve had for years, a woven basket from Ikea with a plant in it, woven cups snagged at Sur La Table on clearance, an old Target bowl full of corks, and an old hurricane from Ikea filled with more corks (learn how we whipped that up here). We’re loving how the texture of the woven

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 16, 2010 | 95 Comments

Our House Is Getting A New Roof

Look what’s going on at our house today: We’ve waited a looong time for this. Details and after pics to come next week. Until then picture us blogging to the bang, clang, staple sound over our heads. Is it weird that it’s like music to our ears? For other sounds we’re enjoying lately, check this out.

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Filed Under: Our First House, Videos

| By Sherry Petersik | September 15, 2010 | 54 Comments

An Orange, Brown, and Tan Dining Room Mood Board

Fall is in the air, which is probably what inspired us to toss together this warm and texture-rich dining room mood board: 1. We love this warm, spicy color scheme full of rich chocolate browns, chic oranges, soft olives, and a range of tan and creams tones along with hits of hammered gold. If you’d like to add another hue to the mix, moss or even lime green (like the color of the numbers in the mood board) can also be peppered in with a few accessories. And speaking of green, we’d love to see the walls go a soft khaki olive color (Benjamin Moore’s Dune Grass) like the rectangle of hue behind the number

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| By John Petersik | September 14, 2010 | 35 Comments

How To Turn A Screen Into A Jewelry Organizer

Caitlin scored a window screen for a buck and a nightstand for free (thanks roadside!) and turned the whole thing into a sweet little jewelry stand for herself.

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 14, 2010 | 172 Comments

Our Mini Sunroom Makeover

After giving our floor stencils a full seven days to dry (it’s humid here!) we finally moved all of our furniture back into the sunroom and snapped a few photos of the whole room after our three phase mini makeover (see phase one here, phase two here, and phase three here). First let’s take a look back at what that room looked like when we purchased the house four and a half years ago. Yeah, it had a thin matted rug that smelled like dog. Enticing, we know. So we pulled up the rug (the very first day we moved in) and stained and then later painted the concrete floor. It was definitely a slow

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| By John Petersik | September 13, 2010 | 1,656 Comments

Fab Freebie: Young Horse Love

We’re giving away a custom painting from some very unique artists: ponies. Check out their colorful artwork here and enter to win through September 15th.

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| By Sherry Petersik | September 13, 2010 | 149 Comments

Mmmm, Mood Boards

We created a simple browse-able gallery of all 100+ mood boards we’ve made over the years. Woo hoo!

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| By John Petersik | September 10, 2010 | 55 Comments

A Bright And Happy Kids Room

Clara from The Home in Paradise transformed her daughter’s room for a mere $100 and we love the fresh island spirit she brought into the space.

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Filed Under: Reader Redesigns

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