JANUARY
I started the year off by focusing on making our bonus room functional. First, I made a mood board for our bonus room:
Media Cabinet / Light Fixture / Basketball Artwork / Plaid Wallpaper / Sofa / Plaid Wool Pillow / Black Pillow / Paint Swatch – Inkwell by Sherwin Williams / Convertible Sofa / Leather Pillow / Ivory Pillow / Leather Ottoman / Small Textured Pouf / Artwork / Rug / Desk / Leather Chair / Vintage Court Artwork / Vintage Style Basketball / Scoreboard
And then started making it over.
FEBRUARY
In February I began making over our laundry room/mudroom and built a a spot to hang coats and other things.
I also finally added a light fixture to our master bedroom:
MARCH
When March hit life changed for all of us. My office quickly got taken over for schooling and the desk in our bedroom came in quite handy for my husband and I!
The girls and I did LOTS of art projects and baking. I had fun painting pictures of Teddy (and later Ruby):
And making this fun little Easter cake:
APRIL
In April we finished off our laundry room/mudroom makeover by adding board and batten and wallpaper:
And built a treehouse for Lola’s toys:
MAY
In May as the weather got nicer and we were able to spend more time outdoors we also started bringing the outdoors in with clipped flowers like these Eastern Redbuds:
And I made a DIY “frame” for our TV:
And gave our powder room a quick inexpensive makeover:
JUNE
We finally added a rug to the office in June and the dogs were SO HAPPY!
And we shared several mood boards for a project we were working on (lighter ones and warmer ones) :
Head Dining Chair / Light Fixture / Smaller Pendant / Artwork / Table / Side Chairs
Backless Stools / Stool with Back / Topiary / Sectional / Coffee Table / Rug
Wingback Chair / Throw / Ivory Pillow / Wool Pillow
Head Dining Chair / Chandelier / Artwork / Pendant / Table / Side Chairs
Stool with Back / Backless Stools / Topiary / Sectional / Coffee Table / Rug
Wingback Chair / Buffalo Check Pillow / Dotted Pillow / Printed Design Pillow / Striped Pillow
JULY
In July I made over our entryway coat closet:
And Lillie and I began our dollhouse adventure by making our dollhouse kitchens:
And shared several bedroom mood boards. Here are two of the lighter options:
Nightstand / Lamp / Wood Bowl / Books / Pendant / Bed / Shams / Lumbar Pillow
Throw / Ivory Pillow / Striped Throw / Standing Lamp / Chair / Dresser
Mirror / Olive Tree / Artwork / White Vase / Brown Jug
Nightstand / Lamp / Chandelier / Bed / Floral Pillows / Lumbar Pillow
Ivory Pillow / Green Pillow / Lumbar Pillow / Throw / Chaise / Brown Jug
Dresser / Mirror / Artwork / Books / Topiary
And here is one with some black accents:
Nightstand / Lamp / Books / Lantern / Bed / Euro Shams / Bolster
Dresser / Lamp / Black and White Artwork / Topiary / Charcoal Throw
Black and Ivory Throw / Camel Colored Pillow / Chair / Standing Lamp
AUGUST
In August we worked pretty steadily on our dollhouses. Here you can see the study and we also worked on the bedrooms:
And then I started working on an inexpensive makeover for our bathroom:
SEPTEMBER:
In September I finished making over the powder room:
And finished our main bathroom makeover as well. Both of these were really budget friendly bathroom makeovers!
Then I fixed up our laundry room closet:
And Lillie and I finished our dollhouses:
And I made over my crafting closet in my office:
OCTOBER
In both September and October we shared quite a few different posts with our house decorated for fall. And we also shared a tutorial on making this autumn wreath:
And this Thanksgiving table setting:
and these fall touches in our living room:
NOVEMBER
And now onto November which was our busiest month as far as posting went! We shared 16 blog posts in November. That’s the month we started sharing lots of Christmas decor including quite a few DIY projects like this tassel Christmas tree:
And we made garland from dried orange slices:
Two different types of pom pom garlands:
Along with this DIY oversized wreath:
And this festive tablescape with a DIY candle centerpiece:
And my favorite post of the year our Holiday Housewalk! This was our tenth year participating!
DECEMBER
And now for the final month of this year! We shared lots of posts with detailed shots of each room in our home decorated for the holidays along with some little fun projects too, like making hot chocolate bombs:
And a little gingerbread house:
Some fun wrapping paper options:
And our dollhouses decorated for Christmas:
And that’s it for our year in review! Like pretty much everyone else on the planet I sure am hoping for a better 2021! Happy New Year!
Warmly, Jenni
