This is the first time I got to decorate our new house for fall and Halloween! I always wait until the first of October before I add any Halloween decorations but it was really hard to wait this year.  This year was also the first time I got to decorate with my son and it […]

It’s the beginning of October.  You know what that means! Halloween decorations!

When we first found out we were expecting a little boy, we were living in a subdivision in the city.  I searched and pinned all of the little boy nurseries on Pinterest before deciding on a woodland animals theme.  Jump forward a year, and we now live in a house the woods!  I think its a pretty neat […]

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 […]

Note: This post includes affiliate links.  This simply means that if you click one of those affiliate links, then make a purchase, I may make a small commission from the sale. All thoughts and opinions are my own! 🙂  If you follow me on Instagram @LifeintheBigWoods , you might have seen in my stories that we […]

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 […]

I know what you’re thinking. “Where did she get those adorable buffalo-check tie-up curtains??”

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?

Our master bedroom is one of the first rooms in the new house that we have *mostly* completed.  There’s still the nail holes in the trim that need to be filled otherwise, it’s done! To give you an idea of what we started with, here is a “before” picture.  This is actually the picture posted […]

Note: This post includes affiliate links.  This simply means that if you click one of those affiliate links, then make a purchase, I may make a small commission from the sale. All thoughts and opinions are my own! 🙂  I had bought these super cheap curtains from IKEA a while back ($25 for two panels!) and […]