by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Nov 23, 2018 | Christmas, Decor, Gift Ideas, Gifts
Happy Black Friday! Even though stores have been advertising “Black Friday” since basically October 1st, I refuse to shop for Christmas until the real Black Friday. While I’ll be doing mostly toy shopping for my kids and niece/nephews, I can’t...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Nov 8, 2018 | Design, New House, Office, One Room Challenge
It’s the best type of day – One Room Challenge Week 6, aka, REVEAL DAY!! This is our third time participating in the ORC. It’s also the most work we’ve done by far in just 6 weeks. I didn’t even do a week 5 update post because...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 27, 2018 | Design, Dining Room, DIY, New House
A few weeks ago I shared our plans for our dining room renovation! The biggest change (by far) is saying adios to the hospital-chic beige paint and hello to beautiful dark green walls!! If you don’t remember, here’s how it looked before… I chose a...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 24, 2018 | Office, One Room Challenge
Welcome back for week four of the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda from Calling it Home!!! It’s been such a busy week around here. I think week 4 is always the most stressful, but also probably the most productive. It’s hard to believe that in just two...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 17, 2018 | Design, Office, One Room Challenge
Welcome back for week three of the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda from Calling it Home. I can’t believe we’re halfway through the 6 week challenge already. And, we are definitely not halfway done with the work. If you missed it, here’s the...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 16, 2018 | Design, Dining Room, New House
Finally sharing a long overdue post about our modern dining room makeover design plan! I’m not going to lie, we’re a lot farther along than this post would indicate. As in, we’re almost done. But, half the fun is suspense, right?!? We moved into our...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 10, 2018 | New House, Office, One Room Challenge
Welcome back for week two of the One Room Challenge hosted by Linda from Calling it Home. I posted last week about our plans for a Modern Office renovation. Thank you for all the kind comments and messages! It really provides such an extra boost having everyone...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 10, 2018 | Design, New House, Office
As we continue with our modern office renovation for the One Room Challenge, I’ve spent a ton of time surfing the internet for the best affordable online modern wallpaper sources. Today, I’m sharing some of my favorites! Okay, so I’ve written about...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Oct 3, 2018 | New House, Office
Ahhh so excited to announce that we are participating in the One Room Challenge again!! This will be our third time taking part in the One Room Challenge and first time at the new house! If you missed our previous completed rooms (shared boys’ bedroom and...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Aug 14, 2018 | New House
Sunday seems like the perfect day to welcome you into our new home! So, grab a cup of coffee, lower your expectations, and come on in!! WELCOME to our new home. We moved from our 100+ year old home in the city with character and people I love and miss next to us to...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Aug 14, 2018 | Crafts, Making Joy
I got my craft on this week for the first time in quite awhile. I could think of nothing better to make than an easy and inexpensive DIY flower crown for my Evie girl. It’s been a minute since I DIYd anything. And, I have to say, it felt pretty good 🙂...
by Sarah @ Making Joy and Pretty Things | Aug 10, 2018 | Master Bath Reno
First, I want to thank everyone who commented, emailed, messaged me, texted, whatever about the bathroom reveal! AND about me blogging again in general. To those of you that did, thank you. Seriously. It means so much to me. If you don’t remember, I revealed...
