This post is kind of outside my normal comfort zone but after a particularly long weekend of working on our rental property, I felt like I should share my pros and cons to owning rental property for anyone who might be thinking about jumping into the landlord arena. When our family was getting ready to PSC (permanent change of station to all you civilians out there - when the military moves … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Chalk Painted Kitchen Table with Banquette Reveal (Part Two)
August 21, 2017 4 Comments
(Be sure to check out part one of this post to get all the details on why this project made me cry plus all of the "before" photos!) You may remember that we left off with me crying over a table that I spent a silly amount of hours working on and then totally hated... But I realized at that time that I was really loving the color of the pedestal and decided to just throw caution to … [Read more...]
How ReFinishing a Table Made me Cry
August 21, 2017 1 Comment
When we moved into our house a few years ago, we didn't really have a whole lot of furniture. We were young, had lived in houses that were a third the size of this one and had moved to four different states in the previous five years. Needless to say, we've been slowly re-working or replacing pieces that we had basically bought as place holders ever since. This is not the first time that the … [Read more...]
Personalized Family Travel Map on a Budget
August 16, 2017 Leave a Comment
As I've shared with you before, my family loves to travel. (You can read some of my road tripping tips, why we stopped giving traditional Christmas gifts to our kids and how we stay sane while multi-generational traveling to see some of our past trips.) We just adore it so much that we truly enjoy seeing reminders of our experiences on a daily basis. While deciding how to change up a blank wall … [Read more...]
Enhance Your Cruise Ship Dining Experience With These Tips
August 15, 2017 Leave a Comment
Today we have the very first guest post on Down Home Inspiration. I hope you will all help me welcome Kacey! Kacey is a lifestyle blogger for The Drifter Collective, an eclectic lifestyle blog that expresses various forms of style through the influence of culture and the world around us. Kacey graduated with a degree in Communications while working for a lifestyle magazine. She has been … [Read more...]
DIY the Coolest Coasters in Town
August 8, 2017 3 Comments
Eeeek, these DIY coasters are just about the coolest thing around and this is one DIY you don't want to miss out on. In fact, grab your kiddos too...they are going to want to see this! Supplies Needed: White Tiles (usually less than $1 each at hardware store) Permanent Markers 91% Rubbing Alcohol Long Handled Lighter Spray Polyurethane Felt Recently I was drooling … [Read more...]
Make a DIY Lazy Susan
August 2, 2017 2 Comments
You guys, I have been working my tail end off on refinishing a table for the eat in area in our kitchen. What started out as me having an overwhelming feeling of our old table being way too large for the space and stumbling across a Craigslist table that had such good bones I had to have it has resulted in about two months without a table for our family to eat at! (You may remember that our … [Read more...]
