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I have been focusing heavily lately on making the best of what I have and creating the life I that want with what I currently have instead of constantly thinking about the things that I don’t have. Don’t get me wrong, I still aspire to have the things I’ve always dreamt of having but I’m also being more intentional about appreciating the now.
My dream home is a Farm House style home. I just love the décor, the layout and the entire feel of these style homes. Unfortunately, right now my husband are not looking to buy a new home until we figure out what we are going to do with the house that we currently own. We have been going back and forth about whether we will continue to rent it out our ultimately sell it so until we figure our next steps we will stay in the 4 bedroom house we’re renting. Now its no mystery that this home is NOT my dream house but I recently decided that that doesn’t mean we can’t make it into a space we love in the meantime.
I’m determined to go room by room and redecorate this space into something that truly feels like us. I’m starting to spend more and more time in the kitchen so the first room to get the Young LifestyEL revamp was…you guessed it… our kitchen!
I wanted to give the kitchen a little “facelift” but since we are renting I couldn’t make any permanent or major changes. I also wanted to give it Farm House feel without breaking the bank.
Take a look and see what the hubby and I were able to do without spending a ton of money.
This is the before video of the kitchen
Check out the counter covering we used here and the backsplash we used here
We got these three Faux house plants from Target for like $3 each and that add the perfect touch of greenery. We also used some LED lights that we already had that we purchased from Amazon here
If you know me you know I LOVE my coffee
Our backsplash is completely removable as well as the peel and stick counter covering that we used. We wanted to make sure that any changes that we did make could easily be removed when we leave so that the kitchen can return to its original look. We purchased the removable backsplash from Amazon (Tic Tac Tiles), the Peel and Stick counter covering from Target (Con-Tact Creative Covering). I also purchased the glass jars I used for our pasta, coffee, flour and sugar from Amazon (Glass Jars). Click on any of the hyperlinks of these products to check them out.
This little kitchen revamp cost us less that $100.
I still want to get a few things to organized our little pantry area and will share once that part of the kitchen has been finished.
But I’ll be honest I’m a little obsessed with how the kitchen looks and feels now. How do you think we did?
Hey Ya’ll!!!! I am finally getting around to sharing my recent sewing project using the McCalls M8146 pattern for Spring 2021. I absolutely LOVE this top because its so cute and feminine and as you all already know I love a sleeve with drama and baby this pattern does not disappoint.
Hey ya’ll!!!! So if you follow me on Instagram you already know that these past few weeks have been super busy with my client projects and I have not had time to post a blog or sew a personal project.
I finally got around to doing a quick DIY project this past weekend using Vogue Patter V1723 and let me tell you… I AM OBSESSED with how cute it turned out.
The pattern was super easy to use and very beginner friendly (if you are just learning how to sew). I absolutely LOVE the silhouette of the dress. I love how flowy and comfortable it is. My favorite features are the tie neck collar (insert heart eye emoji here lol ) and the fact that this dress has pockets; I love a dress with pockets.
If you are just learning how to sew or just love to sew like I do, this pattern is the perfect DIY project. Check out the final product!
I was so excited to use the MimiG fabric. I tried to get theses fabrics from melenatedfabrics.com but the teal color of this print was sold out so I was excited when I found it in stock on fabric.com
I know what you’re thinking “She hasn’t written a blog post since before Covid REALLY hit!”, and you know what…You are 100 % right! I’ll be honest, this year I intended to write a LOT more post but the adjustment to full time entrepreneur & homeschool teacher coupled with the already demanding roles of wife and boy mom had a sista BUSY!
But I’m here now, at the end of December trying to convince ya’ll that 2021 will be different and that I will do better (I will I will). However, since it is the end of the year and I’m not going to bore you all with a play by play of all the months where I didn’t post an entry, I decided I would just end the year on something light.
This year because of that girl “Rona” my family really got creative on ways to make the best of our time at home. I converted a space in our home to a full studio which I run 90% of my company out of, we turned our guest room into a play room for the boys and literally any area of our home will act as my photo studio.
I wanted really bad to do family Holiday photos this year; its actually something I’ve wanted to do since my husband and I got married in 2018. Since we weren’t going to venture out to a professional photography studio in the midst of Covid I decided on a DIY Holiday Family photoshoot and I must say…I think it turned out great!
The entire photoshoot was a huge success aside from Noble (my toddler) getting rowdy after picture #3 and making it impossible to get a photo where everyone was looking at the camera AND smiling lol. The DIY part of our photoshoot I was most proud of was all of the custom clothing pieces I made my family. I made my husband a vest, my boys turtle neck shirts and myself a dress.
YOUNG lifesty-EL 