Ways to make holiday decorating fun and easy! I want to decorate for ALL the holidays. Really I do. But it overwhelms me sometimes. It gets expensive. It feels like a lot of work. Then life just happens. Do you ever feel that way? I decided to make a list of a few things that help me get in the decorating mood, no matter the holiday at hand. It's just a few ideas to take the sting out of a task that is meant to be fun and joyful. Start Small: No need to go all Griswald. If ... continue reading...
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Broken Headboard Bench
Broken Headboard Bench Hit the brakes. As we drove past the Goodwill I could see it out of the corner of my eye. This crazy cool headboard. Knowing me like he does my husband was already turning the car around. Bless him. As I nonchalantly approached my find I was preparing a go price in my mind. The head board was $10, well below my mental budget. Don't you just love that!? After trying to stuff it in my suburban on top of my three children we decided a return trip was ... continue reading...
Hunt & Host Home Tour: Guest Cottage
Garage Turned Guest Cottage Makeover I'm not sure what made us decide to turn the garage into a guest house, but it was one of the best decisions we've made. With both sets of parents living out of town it was really meant to be a place for them to stay when they visit. It turned out to be so much more.This poor little garage was so run down. It had already been converted to half shop half garage with a yucky toilet that long ago stopped working. It was a total gut job. We went to the ... continue reading...
It’s Almost Here: Yay Antique’s Week
It's almost here, It's almost here. I start to get a little giddy when I imagine heading under my favorite little bridge. The sleepy road that gently winds through the trees and leads me to a treasure hunter's paradise. Straight to acres and fields and tents and roadways and miles of glorious stuff just waiting for me. You guys know I hunt alot. At a variety of spots none the less. But cruise through my home and ask me where I got it and chances are the answer is Round Top Antique's Week. There ... continue reading...
Something From Nothing: Free Basket Makeover
See how I created something from nothing with this free basket makeover! A few weeks ago my daughter and I had an afternoon to ourselves. All the boys in our lives were out of town. Sweet girl time. We made our way through a few thrift shops and got one item I was particularly proud of. Proud because my mini me daughter spied the FREE basket that I had completely overlooked! She sifted through the pile of possibility and pulled out a metal frame and a broken basket. I felt certain we ... continue reading...
Hunt & Host Home Tour: Master Bedroom
I have been putting this room off. It is my current decorating project. I just can't get our master bedroom to look the way I want it to. Probably because I don't really know what I want it to look like. That's a problem when decorating :) Therefore, I have decided to show you one part of the master bedroom that I do love and save a big exciting room reveal for whenever I decide to get my decorating act together. I will tell you this room was huge when we bought the house. The ... continue reading...
Wooden Salad Bowl Makeover – DIY Succulent Planter
Not long ago my girl and I had some time to thrift, just the two of us. It was a fun afternoon. I unearthed some wooden salad bowls destined for a makeover! We stopped by one of my regular hot spots where we acquired 5 wooden salad bowls. Two large serving bowls and three little bowls. Along with a load of other items. Here is a shot of our goodies.. https://instagram.com/p/6BGtD-r4Nl/ What to do with these beauties? Well, turn them into a DIY succulent planter, of course! I ... continue reading...
Lessons I Learned This Summer
It was an exceptional summer. A time of many firsts. This whole blogging thing has set me on a new path and new paths tend to do that...send you on a lot of new adventures. It all started back last Fall when I felt God calling me to blog here at Hunt & Host. He provided thoughts, ideas, cheerleaders, prayer partners and funds. Yes funds. Funds to start up this blog and to pay for not one, but TWO blogging conferences. Haven Conference and She Speaks rounded out my summer this ... continue reading...
A Secret Treasure Trove: Burton Texas
A Junker's Paradise in Burton, Texas a must visit stop on your way to Round Top Antiques Week Can you keep a secret? You see, there is a sleepy little town that lays in wait for you to come visit and have the most glorious afternoon. You'll feel miles away from it all, but really it is just a hop, skip and a jump away. There is the most precious store there that I love to peruse. I'm sort of scared to tell you how cute it is because the next thing you know the town will grow and get all ... continue reading...
LOVE
It is our last week of summer and I am here to admit I have nothing for you today. The lack of schedule summer provided has officially gotten the best of me. I was soooo ready for the first day of school to hurry up and get here. And now as we sit just a few days from go I feel like pumping the brakes. Did we spend enough time swimming and being lazy? Did we spend enough time snuggling up and doing nothing? I think we did, but I might want just a little more. I'm not ready for the ... continue reading...
