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DIY pineapple pillows from Target placemats

No-Sew Pineapple Pillows

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*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps to fund this blog. Thanks! I love changing the throw pillows on my living room's sofa. The room is the first room when entering my family's home. I like to decorate the space frequently throughout the year to reflect the seasons! Since I'm a busy and thrifty mom, I like to make my pillows as quickly and as inexpensively as possible. I've found one of the best ways to make a pillow with next to no sewing is to stuff double-sided placemats. By stuffing a placemat, I Continue reading...

I like to keep my home's living room light, bright and colorful for the fall to combat the shorter days!

Decorating a Brown Living Room or Sofa

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My living room features a brown sofa. I find that the color of the sofa is quite versatile - I'm always changing its look simply by changing out its throw pillows. This is a recent photo of my sofa, with some of my DIY throw pillows. How to Decorate a Brown Sofa or Brown Living Room It turns out that a photo of my sofa was shared in a roundup on Shutterfly on 75 Enchanting Brown Living Room Ideas. I really love many of the rooms featured there, so I thought I'd share a few of them here. This is the photo of my sofa that was shared on Shutterfly  in its brown living room feature Continue reading...

summer bucket list

Summer Bucket List

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Happy Wednesday! Today I am joining a bunch of bunch of bloggers in sharing our summer bucket lists! So this is my "bucket list" for this summer! Enjoy our family vacation to Disney. Our family will be traveling to Walt Disney World this summer, and we are really looking forward to it! I've been making plans and reservations for our trip, and am hoping this vacation will truly be a special one for us! Make the most out of this summer with my husband and daughters. This is the first summer that my daughters will be home all summer and won't be going to any summer camp! Continue reading...

DIY mason jar teacher appreciation bouquet gift

Mason Jar Bouquet & Teacher Appreciation Gift

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*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, Mom Home Guide earns a small commission that will help fund this blog. Thanks! Last week, my daughter had her last flute lesson of the year. My daughter has been taking flute lessons for five years. With her teacher's guidance, my daughter has grown from an elementary school student who wasn't sure she liked playing the flute to an accomplished musician. This year she even won a spot to play for a day with a regional student orchestra. I'm so proud of her! For a Christmas gift, I had gifted her Continue reading...

What I have been up to this month (June) -- two birthdays and a room refresh project for a teenager

Currently {June}

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Once a month, my blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, and I share what we each have been "Currently" been up to in our lives. Today's Currently post is a way to share details about our lives beyond our usual DIY, recipe, fashion and craft posts. Birthday Girls This week my twin daughters celebrated their 14th birthday! I can't believe that they are 14 already! Their birthday fell on a school morning. So, just after 6 a.m. I got up and picked them up donuts, a Strawberry Banana smoothie and iced coffee for their birthday Continue reading...

summer patio refresh - 12 months of goals

Summer Patio Refresh — 12 Months of Goals {June}

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This post was sponsored in part by Amara, which provided me with the bedding for my master bedroom in exchange for my honest review. It's also partially sponsored by Aquscape, which provided me with my patio pond for review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Happy Friday! Once a month my blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, and I get together to each share a personal goal for the month. Each month, we like to take time off from our usual DIY and craft projects and set a smaller, more achievable goal that we can complete each month. Since I'm looking forward to enjoying the Continue reading...

diy white washed patio pots

White-Washed Patio Pots

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I received Americana Decor Chalky Finish paint in exchange for my review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps me to run this blog - thanks! I am so happy that gardening season is here! Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom and I are both sharing new posts for our summer gardening series! I'm showing how I white-washed inexpensive plastic pots for my backyard patio, and Carrie is sharing her newly decorated front porch for summer. Read on to the bottom of this post to see Carrie's fun Continue reading...

oak kitchen cabinets painted white with General Finishes Antique White milk paint

White Painted Oak Kitchen Cabinets Reveal

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This post was sponsored in part by General Finishes , which provided me with the General Finishes Milk Paint, primer and top coat for my kitchen project. Thanks! This post contains Amazon affiliate links. A few weeks ago I started painting my oak kitchen cabinets white. I am about halfway through my project now, and I am loving the look of my white painted oak cabinets! (By the way, my husband surprised me the other day with that huge bouquet of flowers you see above -- isn't he sweet?) The below photo shows what my kitchen looked like before I started my project. I am glad Continue reading...

This month I've been working on my kitchen and catching up on books and magazines

Currently — April (Kitchen Update and Reading List)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links.   Happy Monday, everyone! Today my friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, and I are sharing our “Currently” posts. In our “Currently” posts, we share a little bit about what’s going on in our lives. Lately, I have been getting back into reading books and magazines. I read a lot of news and blogs online, but haven't been reading much print lately, so I've been eager to leaf through some books and magazines Sometimes, I just want to just enjoy some off-screen reading time. I'm currently reading Yellow Owl Workshop’s "Yellow Owl Continue reading...

My April goal is to learn how to use my new Silhouette Cameo 3 -- but I still have to complete my kitchen and garden goals!

12 Months of Goals — April Goal {Learn Silhouette Cameo 3}

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links -- if you click on a link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps fund this blog. Thanks!   Every month, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom and I set a small, achievable goal for ourselves. Since I love to update and decorate my home, many of my goals tend to be focused on updating or decorating my house! This month, however, I'm focusing on a crafting goal. For my birthday in January, my husband and daughters got me something I've wanted -- a Silhouette Cameo 3 . A Silhouette is an electronic cutting machine (for paper, vinyl, Continue reading...

chalk painted console table

Chalk Painted Console Table

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps to fund this blog. Thanks! I'm all about updating my home on a budget. Looking back over the years, I've completed quite a few thrifty projects over the years. Today I am sharing one of my favorite past projects -- my living room's chalk-painted console table. The table has become one of my favorite places to decorate in my home the past few years! This past Valentine's Day I decorated the table with some of the heart ornaments my husband  has given me and Continue reading...

12 months of goals -- March. For this month, I hope to get ready to garden this spring and summer. A big part of this goal is to enclose my raised garden beds.

12 Months of Goals — March

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Last year, I set three goals for myself every month, and it helped me to get a lot done! This year, along with my friend Carrie from Curly Crafty Mom,  I've decided to just set one goal each month so I can work on achieving bigger accomplishments. With spring starting next month, I've been thinking about my garden! In March, I'd love to enclose my raised garden beds and plant some peas! Dreaming About Digging in the Dirt I actually have a few gardens. I usually plant annual flowers in my front yard every year. In my southern side garden, I have a mostly perennial garden. In Continue reading...

Currently -- what's going on in my life at Mom Home Guide

Currently (February)

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This post was sponsored in part by Oriental Trading, General Finishes and Commercial Silk, who provided me with free products in exchange for my honest review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, I will receive a small commission that helps to fun this blog. Thanks! Happy Monday, everyone! Today my friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, and I are sharing our “Currently” posts. In our “Currently” posts, we share a little bit about what’s going on in our lives. Valentine's Day is tomorrow! I hope everyone will have a wonderful Continue reading...

General Finishes Antique White milk paint

12 Months of Goals — February (Painting Kitchen Cabinets)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This post was sponsored in part by General Finishes, which provided me with the General Finishes Milk Paint for my upcoming kitchen project. Thanks! Last year, I set three goals for myself every month, and it helped me to get a lot done! This year, I've decided to just set one goal each month so I can work on achieving bigger accomplishments. For February, I'd like to focus on updating my kitchen. My oak kitchen looks almost exactly what it looked like when my husband and I moved in more than 14 years ago. I liked the kitchen at the Continue reading...

January Currently post for Mom Home Guide

Currently (January)

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This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Welcome to the first Currently post on Mom Home Guide for 2017! Once a month, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom and I each share a Currently post. The Currently posts are a way of sharing what's going in our lives beyond our usual crafting and DIY projects! I thought I'd take a new profile photo of myself for the blog. In this photo, I'm wearing a black and white striped long-sleeved top that I got from StyleWe, an online shopping platform that features independent fashion designers. I took the photo in my living room. New Laundry Continue reading...

top 10 posts of 2016 on Mom Home Guide

Top 10 Posts of 2016

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Now that 2017 is almost here, I thought I'd share the top 10 posts of 2016 here on Mom Home Guide. Looking at Mom Home Guide's top 10 posts for 2016, I've realized that I was very busy this year! My friend,  Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, is also sharing her top 10 posts of 2016, so be sure to stop by her blog, too! I created a family computer command center, added new décor to the family room, created an outdoor seating area, chalk-painted a jewelry armoire, painted an accent wall in the master bathroom, created new placemat pillows for my living room and updated my home's mini Continue reading...

December goals

December Goals

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*This post contains Amazon Associate links. If you click on a link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps to run this blog. Thanks! Today I am sharing my monthly goals for December. Every month, I set three monthly goals for myself. These goals are smaller things I hope to achieve or accomplish in the next few weeks. I’ve found that goal setting, or establishing small goals each month, helps me to get things done! My friend Carrie at Curly Craft Mom got me started on this helpful habit of goal setting! The recap of my November goals are at the bottom of Continue reading...

Craft Frenzy Friday October 21

Craft Frenzy Friday (October 21)

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  Welcome to Craft Frenzy Friday!  We are so excited to be partying with y’all! We love to see your crafts, recipes, diy projects, and much more!  We will also be pinning our features every week on our pin board! We hope that you will share your blogs with us and what you have been working on this week! Also, make sure you come back next week to see if your post was featured!  We have 6 new features every week!     We want to thank everyone for joining us and hope that you will follow our hosts! Craft Continue reading...

Currently (October) collage - What I have been up to this month

Currently (October) & Bathroom Stenciled Wall

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*Thanks to Cutting Edge Stencils for sponsoring this review. I received a wall stencil in exchange for my completely honest review. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps fund this blog. Thanks! Every month I join Carrie of Curly Craft Mom in posting a “Currently” post. In these posts, I go beyond my usual decorating, craft and recipe topics and share what I am currently excited about and what’s going on in my life. I’ve seen “Currently” posts by other bloggers, too, and it’s a lot of Continue reading...

My goals for October. Setting small monthly goals really helps me to get things done.

October Goals (Goal Setting)

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*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click an Amazon link and make a purchase, I earn a small commission that helps to fund this blog. Thanks!   Every month, I set three monthly goals for myself. These goals are smaller things I hope to achieve or accomplish in the next few weeks. I’ve found that goal setting, or establishing small goals each month helps me to get things done! My friend Carrie at Curly Craft Mom got me started on this helpful habit of goal setting! The recap of my September goals are at the bottom of this post. These are my October Continue reading...

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