THE MODERN HOMEMAKER

Month: May 2015

  • DIY Home [Coffee Table]

    DIY Home [Coffee Table]

    Despite my goal of trying to blog just once a week, I just C O U L D. N O T. W A I T. to post about our “new” coffee table!! I am so thrilled with the result; not to mention the price.  Let me start from the beginning…  We have slowly started furniture…

  • DIY Home [Fireplace] 

    DIY Home [Fireplace] 

    This DIY post has three components. First, we will go over the transformation of our red brick fireplace to white washed fireplace. Second, we will discuss balancing the mantle. Finally, I’ll show you what I did to create an inexpensive temporary anchor piece for the mantle! White Washing Your Fireplace  I absolutely adore original charm.…

  • DIY Home [Main Floor Bath]

    DIY Home [Main Floor Bath]

    Home renovations are slowly coming together, which means the blog posts are too!! The house is not quite finished, and there are a lot of aesthetics to complete, but I figured I’d start sharing now that we’re making some headway.  This post will cover our main floor bath. The house we purchased is a 1930s…

  • If I knew then what I know now…

    In honor of Mother’s Day, I’d like to share a poem. It was written by my late grandmother, herself a mother of ten. She loved writing poetry and left the world with an abundance of wisdom through them. This one in particular is a wonderful reminder to enjoy every part of motherhood- even the hard…

  • Raw & Real

    I know, I know. I promised a post about our house projects next- and those are still on the horizon! While we await the last touches on those projects, I’d like to show some appreciation for my husband. This past week two things happened. First, I went back to work. I technically had a four…