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The Quickest Way to Paint a Ceiling

November 24, 2018 By Lauren

Thanks to HomeRight for providing me with a PaintStick EZ-Twist. This post contains Amazon affiliate links for your shopping convenience. If you click on a product link, it will bring you to an Amazon page where you can purchase the product. Mom Home Guide will earn a small commission if you make a purchase. Thanks! Mom Home Guide is participating in the HomeRight Refresh Your Walls Blogger Challenge. In the challenge, bloggers are sharing how we refreshed a "wall" with HomeRight's PaintStick EZ-Twist. For the contest, you don't actually have to paint a wall. So I decided to paint one of Continue reading...

Friday Five — Organizing and Gardening

May 25, 2018 By Lauren

This post is sponsored in part by Attic Dek, who provided me with Attic Dek flooring in exchange for my review. It's also sponsored in part by Keter, which provided me with the Corner Tool Rack and Raised Garden Kit reviewed in this post. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, it doesn’t cost you anything, but I earn a small commission that helps me to run this blog. Thanks! This post is late today -- I'm squeaking it in under the wire! In today's post, I'm sharing a look at just a few of the things I've been up to this week. Getting Continue reading...

My Dream Luxury Bathroom

June 28, 2017 By Lauren

* This post is sponsored by Maykke.com, an online shop for fine home furnishings and accessories. I recently restyled the bathroom on my home's main floor. Now I'm looking to add luxury and style to my home's other two bathrooms. So, I decided to create a mood board of beautiful items from Maykee.com for a gorgeous luxury master bathroom. I picked a few luxury items that I'd love to see in my home's master bathroom! I recently stenciled a gray accent wall for my home's master bathroom. The wall adds a lot of style to the space. I'd love to get rid of the builder grade Continue reading...

Summer Bucket List

June 21, 2017 By Lauren

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...

12 Months of Goals — February (Painting Kitchen Cabinets)

February 1, 2017 By Lauren

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...

December Goals

December 5, 2016 By Lauren

*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...

October Goals (Goal Setting)

September 30, 2016 By Lauren

*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...

July Goals

July 1, 2016 By Lauren

This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you click on an Amazon link and make a purchase, I will earn a small commission that helps to keep this blog running. Thank you! I can’t believe that July is already here and that summer is in full swing! Now that my kids are home for the summer, it will be both harder and easier to achieve my personal goals for the month. My friend, Carrie at Curly Crafty Mom, got me started on setting small, personal goals each month. Setting these small goals for myself really help to get things done! Accomplishing some of my personal goals will be Continue reading...

Curb Appeal Final Reveal & $110 Gift Card Giveaway

June 21, 2016 By Lauren

*Thanks to Paint-a-Pillow for sponsoring this post. I received a pillow kit, paints and a pillow cover in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed in this post are 100% my own. Welcome to the final week of the Curb Appeal Blog Hop! For the best few weeks, a few blogging friends and I have been working to improve our homes' curb appeal. It's been hard work, but we are all happy to share our final results today! I can't believe how much we have all accomplished. When I started out with my curb appeal project, the garden area to one side of my home's driveway was basically just Continue reading...

Currently (May)

May 16, 2016 By Lauren

*This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My good blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, shares what’s she up to every month in a “Currently” post. Carrie links her post up to a fun linky party run by Becky at Choose Happy. The Currently linky party is a welcoming place for bloggers to share what has been going on in their lives. I've decided to join in the fun with a "Currently" post of my own. In this post, I share tidbits about what's going on in my life. Planning a Teen Birthday Party My twin tweens are about to become teenagers this month! I am hoping Continue reading...

Secrets to Remodeling a Kitchen

April 19, 2016 By Lauren

Hi, everyone! As a co-host of the Craft Frenzy Friday and Motivation Monday linky parties, I choose some of my favorites from those parties each week to feature in a special mid-week post. This week I decided to show two beautiful kitchen ideas for beautifully remodeled kitchens that were shared at the most recent parties! In case you missed it, I recently converted a little-used coat closet just off my home's kitchen into a really handy and organized pantry! I am loving my home’s new and organized pantry! My home's new pantry is so organized and pretty that I have been Continue reading...

April Monthly Goals

April 2, 2016 By Lauren

Happy Saturday, everyone! I can't believe we are into April already! My blogging friend, Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom, has a really fun monthly goals series that she launched this year. Every month she blogs about her goals for the month, and the next month, she revisits the previous month's goals to see how how much she accomplished! I like the idea of setting monthly goals for myself, so I decided to get in on the fun! I think regular goal setting is a good exercise for achieving goals! Here are my April Monthly Goals! 1 - Convert the coat closet in the family room into a pantry. Continue reading...

Not Your Average Thermostat (Lennox iComfort® S30)

September 15, 2015 By Lauren

This is a sponsored post for Lennox through Sverve. All opinions expressed are entirely my own. This summer, I had foot surgery. My surgery means that I haven't been very mobile lately. My foot has healed much since my surgery, but I am still hobbling around! So home technology that can make my life easier grabs my attention! That's why the I am intrigued by the Lennox iComfort® S30, a wireless-enabled touchscreen thermostat. Since my foot surgery, I've had to ask my husband and daughters to do things for me -- even little things like turning down the thermostat when it gets too warm in Continue reading...

Handi-Treads Review

July 30, 2015 By Lauren

Full Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I received item(s) that were either gifted to me in exchange for this post and/or I was compensated for my participation. All opinions are 100% mine. I never used to worry about falling at my home until I slipped on my icy driveway in 2014 and broke my wrist! A metal plate was put in my wrist to repair the damage. Winter 2015 was a LONG cold winter, so I was worried about falling again! When Handi-Treads gave me the chance to try out their non-slip stair treads, I said yes! Handi-Treads, which come in a variety of colors, have a raised-button Continue reading...

My Top Picks (Wednesday Linky Party Features)

January 26, 2015 By Lauren

Happy Monday! How is everything in your neck of the woods? Where I live, everyone is getting ready for lots and lots of SNOW!! We are talking a BLIZZARD here! So, before the storm arrives, I thought I'd take the time to share my favorites from the A Little Bit of Everything linky party, which I co-launched with some of my blogging friends last Wednesday. First up, I love the rainbow-striped wall that Carrie of Curly Crafty Mom painted for her daughter's room. She used a laser level to get the even stripes. BTW, did you know that a laser level actually sticks to the wall? I didn't know that! Continue reading...

Should You Go Solar?

October 8, 2014 By Lauren

What does fall weather make you think of? I think of fall leaves, hayrides, pumpkin picking and fall home decor! But I also think of chilly fall nights and rising home energy bills! It makes me want to put on a pair of fleece PJs and hide under some warm covers! I'd love to find a way to reduce my home's energy bills this fall and upcoming winter. My husband and I have already installed an energy-efficient furnace, an energy-efficient Nest Learning Thermostat and replaced some of our windows with energy efficient ones. We also do little things to conserve energy like turn down the heat Continue reading...

Psychology of Paint Colors for the Home

May 29, 2014 By Lauren

A friend of mine has a red dining room, while I have a yellow kitchen and a green bedroom. Red is a popular color for dining rooms, while yellow is a common kitchen color. I am not sure how popular green is as a bedroom color, but I am sure I'm not the first person to choose the soothing hue for bedroom walls! Do you ever wonder why certain colors get chosen for certain rooms of a home? The Painters of Louisville have the answer! They have a fun infographic that explains the "psychology of color" and why certain colors are good choices for specific rooms. For example, red is a good choice Continue reading...

Dream Kitchen Design with Tarkettwoven

May 19, 2014 By Lauren

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tarkett NA for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. I'd love to replace the flooring in my home's kitchen.The kitchen has the same vinyl flooring that came with the house when we purchased it 11 years ago, and it could use a style update! That's why I am so pleased to be talking about Tarkett flooring today! Tarkett's FiberFloor® sounds like a great product for my home. Made with woven fiberglass, foam and with several strong layers, FiberFloor® luxury vinyl tile looks like it could take the abuse that the Continue reading...

New Living Room Design

March 9, 2014 By Lauren

A new sofa is due to arrive soon for my home’s living room, so I have been working on designing a new living room design scheme for our "new" living room! With the exception of a piano and some toy chests, our living room has never had much in it -- it's always been more of an open play space for the kids! Modern Living Room Design Now that my kids spend more time reading on their Kindles and playing games on their Ipods, I've decided that it's time to take back the living room! I would like to take down the heavy drapes and replace them with something more fun and colorful, Continue reading...