It’s the beginning of October. You know what that means!
Halloween decorations!
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The Office FREE Printable – Schrute Farms
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
We drove by a church a little while back with this on their sign, and it was like they were speaking my language.
Any other fans of The Office out there?? Seriously, reruns conveniently play every day while I’m cooking dinner and while I have seen every single episode about three times through, I still turn it on! I swear, it gets funnier each time.
Anyway, with summer *almost* over, I needed something to take the place of my vintage strawberry art print. I got a little giddy when this idea came to me!
Cheap & Easy Farmhouse Decor – Drop Cloth Curtains
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If you follow me on Instagram @LifeintheBigWoods , you might have seen in my stories that we finally hung curtains up in our living room! By curtains, I mean we hung up drop cloths to make them look like curtains. 😉 They were really cheap and turned out pretty cute!
You probably know that using drop cloths for curtains isn’t a brand new, original idea.  I was showing my husband a picture of what the curtains would look like, and he said, “Wait, you mean drop cloth curtains weren’t your original idea??” He’s so sweet.
In fact, if you go to Google and type in “drop cloth curtains” it says that there are over 23,000,000 results. Ha!
I’ve had the drop cloths stacked in my kitchen for some time, and after begging my husband to help me put up the curtain rods — by help, I mean that he did it all 🙂 — we finally have curtains in our living room!
DIY – Chalk Paint vs. Mineral Paint
Hello friends!
We have this little dresser thing in our living room that I have been dying to paint for years. I bought it at a yard sale awhile back for $25 and it has been that nagging project that I have been dying to start. It is so dark! And it smells. On top of that, the handles didn’t match, so it looked especially funky.  
So I have been seeing a lot of green on Instagram lately – green cabinets, green bookshelves, green tables. And I fell in love. I’ve always wanted to paint our little dresser thing a fun color, but couldn’t find a color that wasn’t too loud (I’m a neutral kinda girl) or that fit with the rest of our decor. When I started seeing all of this green, I knew that it would be perfect! Here is some of my inspiration: Continue reading
DIY How to Make Your Own Tie-Up Curtains
I know what you’re thinking.
“Where did she get those adorable buffalo-check tie-up curtains??”
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DIY – How to Design a Chalkboard Perfectly Every Time AND Free Printable!
Hi there! I found an antique chalkboard at a local antique store and knew I had to get it. Being a teacher, I really love finding old schoolhouse items. Working on growing my collection! 🙂
My inspiration came from my vintage strawberry drawing that I recently found. Isn’t this perfect for summer?
How to Easily Hem Super Long IKEA Curtains
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I had bought these super cheap curtains from IKEA a while back ($25 for two panels!) and finally got around to hanging them up…7 months later. We lived without curtains (or blinds!) on our bedroom windows for 7 months. Good thing we live in the woods. 🙂
If you’ve ever looked at the curtains at IKEA, you probably noticed that they come in two lengths – long (98″) and super long (118″). These lengths are great because most people choose to hang their curtains higher up from the actual window. This helps the windows and room look bigger. I also just think that it makes the room look more sophisticated, but that’s just me. 🙂 Continue reading