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Upright Piano Painting and Glow-Up!

DIY· Home

We have been working on converting our dining room into more of a ~sitting room situation~ for the past couple of months and the first purchase we made was a little upright piano off Facebook marketplace for about $100. The piano was clearly in storage for a while because it was dusty and smelled a bit like mothballs, but all…
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Viral TikTok Recipes: Firecracker Salmon in Rice Paper

Food

Any of y’all who have TikTok know that there will be some pretty incredible recipes that pop up on the fyp frequently. And what do I do when this happens to me? I drool over it for 1 minute, save it to my favorites with the intention of making it soon, and then never looking at it again. So I…
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DIY Built-Ins with IKEA Bookshelves: A 2 Year Update

DIY· Home

These DIY “built-ins” or entertainment center using IKEA Billy Bookcases remains one of my favorite DIY home projects I have done and also one of my most popular here on the blog! If you want the details of how I did this project, you can read the original post here: DIY Faux “Built-Ins” with IKEA Billy Bookcases It’s been almost…
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Crate and Barrel Lounge Petite Sectional Review

Home

Y’all we FINALLY have the sectional of our dreams in our living room! We have been anxiously awaiting our Lounge Petite Sectional to be delivered from Crate and Barrel for almost 6 months now, and it is meant for exactly what it claims it is: lounging. Since we the moment that we bought into our house in mid-2019, we knew…
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8 Books I’ve Read So Far This Year

Books

I have made it my goal to read more this year and I have been relatively successful so far! When I was younger, I used to LOVE to read, but when I went to college, I stopped reading for fun almost all together, and for the past 5 years or so I was only reading about 2-3 books per year….
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Easy Cast Iron Pizza

Food

Happy Friday! In the Sutton household, if we are eating in, Friday nights are ~*~pizza nights~*~! While, sometimes that means we are feeling tired and lazy and we cook up a couple of frozen pizzas, sometimes we order from Pizza Hut, but sometimes we have pizza our favorite way {semi-homemade} cast iron pizza! It’s really not hard to make at all,…
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23 Things you should pack for the galapagos

The Ultimate Packing Guide for Your Galapagos Adventure

Style· Travel

I am currently having a hard time that it was about 3 months ago now that I was packing and leaving for the Galapagos with my mom. If you read my post about our trip, you might remember that we planned this trip for TWO YEARS, but despite all of that planning, there were still some things that I wish…
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How To Care For and Restore Cast Iron Pans

DIY

I LOVE cast iron pans. I see so many people turning to trendy non-stick pans like the Always Pan, or All-Clad Pans for everything lately. I think non-stick pans have a time and place for sure (like fried or scrambled eggs), but for things like meats and sauteed veggies, cast iron pans are the best. Sure they are heavy, but…
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Easy Red Pepper and Gnocchi Soup

Food

It’s been a little bit since we shared a recipe over here, so today I’m sharing an easy dinner soup recipe! This one is super easy and dare I say– healthy-ish?! I always say that there are two types of people in this world: people who hate leftovers, and people who love them. One of our favorite things– especially in…
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My husband wanted a new desk so I bought an antiqu My husband wanted a new desk so I bought an antique desk and tried to give it a mid-century modern vibe as his Christmas gift! 
This was one of my first times refinishing a piece of furniture and so I know my methods aren’t perfect, but I am so proud of how it turned out, and my husband loves his new desk! #furnitureflip #midcenturymodern #officedecor
HE’S A GOOD MAN, SAVANNAH! #christmashaul #christm HE’S A GOOD MAN, SAVANNAH! #christmashaul #christmas #christmasstocking #storytime
My toddler and I started shopping for our communit My toddler and I started shopping for our community blessing box last month when WIC benefits were halted, and now we are going to do it monthly together. I think it opens up good talk about helping others in our community which is always a conversation worth having with our kids ❤️
I also threw in some fiber capsules, some other teas (cold/flu season!!), and some hot cocoa and marshmallows 🎅 #blessingbox #foodpantry
A gift for her to treasure forever ❤️❤️ #christmas A gift for her to treasure forever ❤️❤️ #christmas #homemadechristmas
Honk honk honk merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 #porchgoose #ch Honk honk honk merry Christmas! 🎄🎁 #porchgoose #christmas
Some niche romantasy content 🙂‍↕️ Mostly joking th Some niche romantasy content 🙂‍↕️
Mostly joking though because nothing sounds worse than a planet made of ice 😵‍💫 #romantasy #romantasybooks #bookhumor #romancebooks
A reminder that you don’t need to go buy 100 new C A reminder that you don’t need to go buy 100 new Christmas decor items to achieve a Ralph Lauren Christmas or whatever the Christmas trend of the year is 🎄 #christmasdecor #christmas #holidaydecorating
Theo said “family photos? ✌️🏃‍♂️💨” 📷: @melissalewi Theo said “family photos? ✌️🏃‍♂️💨”
📷: @melissalewisphoto ❤️
I wish this was an exaggeration of how I react spe I wish this was an exaggeration of how I react specifically when someone tells me they are about to start a court of mist and fury #acotar #romantasy #bookhumor
Honest trial of the @kristinesshair gloss in the s Honest trial of the @kristinesshair gloss in the shade Bittersweet! I actually filmed this at the beginning of October and now I can say it has faded really nicely. This hair gloss gave my hair so much shine and toned it just a bit darker and cooler. I love the results! #hairgloss #athomebeauty #diyhair
✨ join my toddler and I while we contribute to our ✨ join my toddler and I while we contribute to our local blessing box! ✨
Note: I did end up donating the formula elsewhere— I didn’t want to leave it outside because extreme temperatures can mess with the integrity of formula!

I took my toddler to the grocery store so we could pick out some shelf stable foods that are also good sources of protein. We made a couple of shelf stable birthday cake kits (everything included to make a cake!) and also donated a bunch of diapers that we no longer had use for! 
I really want to start doing this more often, because it caused my son to ask a lot of good questions and we were able to have a good talk about helping others ❤️
I know this is a very small action to take in ligh I know this is a very small action to take in light of cut SNAP benefits and the government shutdown, but I do think small actions can add up to big ones!
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