tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89445612352852196512024-02-18T23:46:23.612-08:00thestudioscrapsBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.comBlogger303125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-62894178371391184712019-05-09T00:24:00.002-07:002019-05-09T00:24:21.622-07:00BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-19808903099942696492019-05-03T01:25:00.001-07:002019-05-03T01:25:19.627-07:00BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-49550476561429928372018-06-07T10:34:00.000-07:002019-05-03T01:21:19.388-07:00konco leeBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-30897081490489171942014-11-07T08:05:00.000-08:002015-06-22T18:26:59.424-07:00The cutest countdownsHey there everybody! Happy FRIDAY! Can you believe how fast the time is going? It was JUST August. It’s freaking me out. Did you realize there are less than 50 days till Christmas? Let me repeat…LESS THAN 50 DAYS. Errrrybody freak out! OK, seriously, you won’t see much Christmas decor here till later this month but it’s become a fun tradition for me to share cute Christmas countdown ideas everyBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-25776962343721739672014-11-06T08:57:00.000-08:002015-06-22T18:26:59.475-07:00Fiddle dee dee Yet again…I’m late on the trend train. Like, the train is in the next station late. Per usual for me. I’m not very trendy anyway, and on the rare times when I do get on with one I’m super late and usually on it’s way out. I know you want to be cool like me. :) One trend that I admired and never jumped on till this year was the fiddle leaf one. Funny that a plant can become a trend, right? BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-51080104050638396042014-11-04T08:17:00.000-08:002015-06-22T18:26:59.508-07:00Family room details and sourcesHello there! If you haven't seen all the inspiration at this month’s before and after link up, go check it out here. So many great projects already! I’m back today with a few more photos and details about the family room renovation I shared last week. If you are just joining us on this project the back story is that we took down a wall between my office and our family room to open up the space.BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-41064878709324321302014-11-03T06:49:00.000-08:002015-06-22T18:26:59.561-07:00November before and after!Welcome to NOVEMBER! What? I can’t even believe it. I gotta tell you – I’m SO excited about Christmas and I’m one of those who loves seeing the stuff out in the stores already. But I’m already feeling behind! My Instagram feed is full of holiday projects and decor already. It doesn’t help that everything I’m seeing is beautiful and cute and I want to make every single thing. :) It’s time for BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-36068714679423890822014-10-31T09:14:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.575-07:00October, home tour and projectsHello and happy Halloween! I hope your forecast is better than ours! We’ll be heading out after school to get the kiddo some new long underwear for this evening. It may be a quick trip around the neighborhood tonight! :) Thank you SO much for the love on our family room, not only here but on Instagram and Facebook as well. I truly, truly appreciate when you take the time to comment – it doesn’t BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-60195265538359433722014-10-29T09:20:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.645-07:00Family room reveal!OK. I’m done. I can’t even believe it!! The family room expansion/renovation is DONE. GoodNESS, I worked my butt off on this room! I will go into a bigger background recap later, but long story short is that we wanted to add on to the back of our house, decided against it when we got the quotes (choke) and then decided to knock down a wall instead. That wall was the one between the family room BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-18441593383868812422014-10-27T08:16:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.660-07:00Black and brassWelcome to a new week my friends! Hope you had a lovely weekend! Yesterday I finished up the last DIY project for the family room – I think I keep saying everything is the “last” project and then I realize I have another one. For for real – this is it. We’ve been able to rework most of what was in the room before in the new set up and I’m pretty excited about that. I’ve only made one purchase BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-88079901507608294182014-10-24T08:16:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.714-07:00$10 and under HalloweenHappy Friday to you! Only a week till the end of the month and Halloween, can you believe it? I can’t. We’ve had our Halloween decor up outside for a while but because I’ve been focused so much on DIY projects lately we haven’t gotten to much on the inside. I think the Halloween decor is fun but for the past few years we’ve just had it out for a week or so – any more than that and I start to BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-67691095508266010182014-10-23T08:44:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.727-07:00A window seat in the kitchen!My dream is realized people – or it will be soon. For YEARS I have wanted a window seat in our home. I’ve gotten googly-eyed over beautiful photos, daydreamed about it, really dreamed about it (sad, I know)…the love is deep and true. And we’re finally getting one. Or will be when I build it – but I’ll be able to build it, yay! I could pee my pants with excitement my friends. Pee. my. pants. BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-4613477483056045732014-10-21T07:42:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.780-07:00Fall in IndianaHello all! Thanks for the comments on the new door trim! I’m loving it as always. Yesterday I started one of my last big projects in the room – the new window trim. It’s all installed and now I’m starting the caulking, filling and many coats of paint. :) And I’m EXCITED because our new French door should be in this week – so we will have a completely finished space very very SOON. Goodness, I BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-75031683168770408242014-10-20T08:32:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.794-07:00Black and white and awesome all overHello my friends! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Whew, I literally just finished this project up this morning – I mentioned last week that I usually underestimate how long it will take to get a project done and this was one of those for sure. I’ve shown you this trim work before but it always looks so good, I can’t resist sharing it again. It gets me right there, I love it so. And every timeBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-76607942510369113322014-10-17T08:19:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.851-07:00Birthday quiz answersHey all! Happy WEEKEND! I’m back today with the answers to the annual birthday quiz my friend Chris and I do every year. It hurt our brains to come up with somewhat interesting facts about ourselves again, cause we’re boring. :) But we did it! So here are the answers and the winner! Has never learned to play an instrument? I hang my head in shame – it’s me. My mother played piano, my Dad isBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-84197093403886655672014-10-16T07:41:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.864-07:00Fun Ikea findsHey there all! I was hoping to share a big DIY project with you today but the painting is taking for.EVER so it will have to wait till next week. I always way overestimate what I can accomplish in just a couple days time. A couple weeks back I took the Bub on a mini-excursion to Cincinnati for the day. Our plan was to visit Kings Island and then I realized we could also make a stop at Ikea. BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-38206561417002207802014-10-14T08:31:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.917-07:00Showing off Jenna SueOK everybody. Get ready. Sit down, busy the kids, turn off your phone. Cause I’m about to keep you occupied for hours. HOURS people. I am introducing you to my latest blog crush today and if you are like me you’ll be hooked as well. This girl is good. I’ve been reading Jenna Sue’s blog for a while now and I keep going to back to read older posts because I love her style so much. Finding a blog BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-55703124951063967002014-10-13T07:50:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.932-07:00Fall nestingHello everybody! Hope you had a lovely fall weekend! In between some fun I was able to get a few little things done around the house and get a bit of fall decor out as well. I’ve actually been tackling some little projects over the past week or so – including a LOT of cleaning and organizing. Our home has felt like a mess even weeks after the construction in the family room was completed. So BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-39027558155106689992014-10-09T06:22:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:26:59.986-07:00Justa Decor Birthday Quiz! WHOOT! It’s that time again…the best day of the year! It’s the Thrifty Justa Decor Girls’ birthday! ;) If you are totally confused – today is my birthday. And it just turns out that my blogging BFF has the same birthday. Her name is Chris and she blogs at Just a Girl. When we realized we had the same birthday it didn’t come as a surprise to us really. We are so alike about MOST things it’s BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-31731497771828340642014-10-08T08:41:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.000-07:00Fall table ideasHello my friends! I’m EXCITED – first of all because this is my first chance to show off some of the Better Homes and Gardens products (a super cool opportunity I told you about here) but also because I finally did some fall decorating! My mission this month is to show you how to use these pretty products to get your home holiday ready – and I’m focusing on the kitchen table. I’m SO thrilled toBLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-45355374906291287322014-10-07T07:43:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.055-07:00Other than artHey there! Thanks to all for linking up and visiting the party yesterday – so much inspiration! Because I’m getting closer to finishing up the family room I’m at the point where I can start hanging some art again – but I think art is hard, always have. Especially with our high board and batten, only certain configurations look good. But in general I think filling wall space is a difficult BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-76335000996940063102014-10-06T07:06:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.067-07:00October before and after!Hello everybody! How are you on this fine fall day? It’s going to be a good week my friends – it’s my birthday week and today is the monthly before and after link up here on the blog. Both equally awesome. :) As always I picked a few of the beautiful projects shared last month to show you here and then you can take a look at all the new links at the end of this post. September was the month BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-55159478117041962542014-10-03T09:05:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.121-07:00September was a good month Hello my friends! Don’t you love this month? It’s one of my favorites for sure – and that has nothing to do with the fact that my birthday is next week. None at all. I’m reviewing the projects I worked on or shared last month – just in case you missed something! I kicked off the month of September with some of my favorite fall decorating ideas and crafts: Tons of easy ideas for both BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-22948326919472030482014-10-02T07:51:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.137-07:00Dining room updatesHello my friends! It’s a lovely rainy fall day here, and what I think will be the last warm day we have in quite some time. I’m actually excited about that. :) I’m tired of sweating – bring on the crisp air, yoga pants and boots! I finally did something in another part of the house other than the family room…can you believe it? A while back I took the drapes down that used to hang in the BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944561235285219651.post-34597592806617080322014-09-30T08:39:00.000-07:002015-06-22T18:27:00.190-07:00Simple fix: The disposalHello there! Thanks so much for all the love on the finished fireplace, I appreciate it more than you know! We’re so happy with how it turned out and I hope it inspires you someway in your home. As you know, I like to do things myself if I can. I have mixed emotions when I have to call someone to fix something for me – if it’s something stupid and little I’m annoyed. If it’s a biggie I’m BLODOXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14303450959123268250noreply@blogger.com0