Named a BHG Top 10 DIY Blog!!

03.03.2014

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Did you hear the MIND-BLOWING news?? Better Homes and Gardens named Dream Green DIY a top 10 DIY blog in their 2014 Blogger Awards! I have been pinching myself (literally!) ever since hearing the news, and can’t quite fathom how my name showed up in a category sporting other blogs like Young House Love and Vintage Revivals. You won’t hear ME demanding a recount, though ::wink, wink:: Be sure to check out the rest of the awardees linked to below, and don’t forget to cast your vote for the top 5 in each category!

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Damask Love + Desert Domicile + Vintage Revivals + With Heart + Young House Love
A Beautiful Mess + (me!!) + Our Humble Abode + Sarah Hearts + Sugar & Cloth

I hate to sound like a broken record, but I can’t let this post conclude without offering a BIG, juicy kiss to BHG for being so supportive and encouraging, and to you guys as well for your nominations and loyalty throughout this journey. I can’t possibly think of a better excuse to celebrate my third year of blogging in a big, big way. Now, if only I could invite all of you over for blogiversary cocktails and crafting…I’m gonna try to make that happen next March.

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

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On today’s to-do list: getting ahead on some wor

On today’s to-do list: getting ahead on some work projects, steam cleaning (I always wait until we have more than a few spots to do before breaking out our portable cleaner, that way it’s worth it 😂🧼), vacuuming the heck out of our guest room (pictured here) since the kitten has filled it with her fluff, watching college football (YAY!🏈), batch cooking, and playing with our fur babes 🙌🏼 Happy Saturday, my friends!!!

Documenting the first 48 hours home with Gladys, o

Documenting the first 48 hours home with Gladys, our new rescue kitten! She’s a 7-week-old lynx point Siamese who we think is actually related to our 1-year-old flame point Siamese who passed away unexpectedly last month during emergency surgery 💔🐈 Gladys was rescued from the same home situation that Joe was in, so chances are good that she shares a blood line with him. Our hearts were broken when we lost Joe, but now it feels bittersweet and maybe meant to be that we get to grow our family with his real sister/cousin/whatever she may be 😌🐾 Our dog Chessie is tolerating her new baby sister well, but Marlo, our 1.5-year-old cat, is taking longer to accept her. Please good vibes that everyone is feeling settled and bonded soon! Welcome home, Gladys—you are a treasure and the perfect balm to heal our hearts 💕💕💕Also, though, please stop biting me so hard 😂

This room is currently taken over by kitten toys a

This room is currently taken over by kitten toys and supplies ☺️🐾🧡 Gladys is home! Lots more details coming tomorrow. I am too tired to document everything right now, lol…Please send good vibes for a good sleep-filled night tonight—for EVERYONE in our family🤞🏼🐕😸🐈‍⬛👩‍❤️‍👨

Whoops…I accidentally pre-trimmed one of my pane

Whoops…I accidentally pre-trimmed one of my panels too short while wallpapering the bathroom, and had been meaning to fix it for months 🤫🫢😆 The solution I came up with was pretty simple: I decided to cover the bad cut with decorative trim! I found a fluted design that covered the bad panel, cut it to size on my saw, attached it to the wall using a brad nailer, and then caulked/painted it to finish 🧡 Now I don’t think you’d ever know that the mistake was there! Will you keep my secret?? Also, I think this is the last lingering video I have of Joe acting as my little project assistant 😭🐈🐾 I miss that boy every single day…

I think we only have about 50% of the pieces you s

I think we only have about 50% of the pieces you see in this photo (the rest were sold on FB Marketplace or were donated to my parents’ house when they moved here in 2019), but I still looooooove this setup from our old house 🧡👌🏼 Who else changes their rooms around at a breakneck pace? I’m pretty sure I’d redesign rooms just as fast even if it wasn’t part of my job 😂 Refreshing my home views makes me happier than pretty much ANYTHING else in life. Can you relate? How often do you change things up at your house?

When my parents moved here in 2019, I immediately

When my parents moved here in 2019, I immediately jumped into action to help them design their Dutch Colonial home 🏡💕🧡 We played it safe to start, but now they’re craving more color and pattern to help make the space feel more unique. We’re still taking it slow with the design, adding really special doses of personality where it feels right, and this month Mom and I set our sights on the alcove wall in her separate dressing room/vanity area 💄💕🫧 I convinced her to paint the once-monotone walls inside the window niche a bold teal color to make it more of an architectural feature (“Restful” from Sherwin-Williams), and then I created a focal point using peel-and-stick “Botanique Bliss” wallpaper from @fancywalls.eu in a custom teal colorway to complement the new paint. Now Mom’s dressing room feels like an EXTRA special place to get ready for the day, and it has already inspired other pattern-rich projects in the rest of their house. Swipe through to see the before/after and lots of details, then head to my stories today for links to the wallpaper. (gifted/ad)

In case you’ve been thinking about going with a

In case you’ve been thinking about going with a dark paint color but have been worried it’ll be “too much”…This is your sign to GO FOR IT!!! 🙌🏼⭐️🎨 Paint color here in our living room: Homburg Gray @sherwinwilliams

Happy Friday! What are your plans for this weekend

Happy Friday! What are your plans for this weekend? I’m thinking a day trip to one of our favorite wineries, some secondhand window shopping, a little bit of at-home plant maintenance, reading more of my current book, and maybe I should FINALLY paint the raw primed folding door that we put up in the kitchen a year ago??? We’ll see! I’d love to hear what you’re getting up to…💕🧡🪴

Just a few of my very favorite things in our home

Just a few of my very favorite things in our home currently 🥰💕⭐️

To be honest, I really struggled to design our tin

To be honest, I really struggled to design our tiny main bedroom. It has taken nearly two whole years to figure out the right size/color furniture, room arrangement, color palette, and complementary wall treatments, but I’m finally feeling more settled. Turns out that the room just needed a few strategic pops of pink to make it all come together…💕💕💕

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Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but I need

Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but I need to fully commit to having a good week this week after having had so many rotten ones back in July. I’m going to keep myself busy, try to one-up my old self on creative projects, and just generally not allow negative thoughts to invade my psyche. If you’ve been looking for a sign that it’s time to get out of your own rut, consider this post your challenge do exactly that. We’ve GOT this 💪🏼🧡⭐️

I recently watched a @magnolianetwork @youtube vid

I recently watched a @magnolianetwork @youtube video detailing three timeless hostess gift ideas, as styled by @amyneunsinger and @katemartindalestylist, and just HAD to recreate it for myself! The concepts are so simple yet elegant, and I love how special they feel—much more so than the typical bottle of hostess gift wine!

I sourced the items for my own versions from local antique stores and boutiques to give them a little personal flair, and can attest to just how simple they were to put together.

🌿 Fresh Herb Bouquet: For this one, place a handful of various cut herb stems into a vintage vase, and you’re done! Fresh herbs are easy for your hostess to repurpose for her own personal dishes later in the week, plus the fragrance of fresh cut herbs just can’t be beat. Think of it like a bouquet of flowers, but more functional.
🥖 Wrapped Herbs And Bread Board: Here’s another herby idea! Wrap an artisan bread loaf, fresh cut herb sprigs, and a new or vintage bread board up with a reusable oversized kitchen towel. If the party is charcuterie- or cheese-related, the bread and herbs can be used right away at the party!
☕️ Vintage Specialty Tea Set: For this hostess gift, I filled a wooden box with crinkle paper and added specialty loose leaf tea packaged in a clear bag knotted with velvet ribbon. The vintage tea cup I also included came from @factoryantiquemall, which makes for a good story to tell our hostess.

More info can be found on dreamgreendiy.com, and make sure you watch the full YouTube video with Amy and Kate to get their original takes on these three hostess gift ideas. Thanks for the festive inspiration, ladies! 🙌🏼🎁💕

We’ve got a new piece of furniture coming for ou

We’ve got a new piece of furniture coming for our sunroom, and I can’t wait to share it with you all! Any guesses what we’re replacing? Hint: it’s definitely NOT that gorgeous velvet sectional 💙🤭🎉

Thank you all so much for your incredible support

Thank you all so much for your incredible support the past few days💔💕I’ve read every single message and comment, and am feeling so loved and seen. We are happily childfree so our pets are our kids. To lose one leaves a giant hole in our hearts, and this is the fifth loss we’ve experienced in the past four years. I can’t help wondering what we’ve done to deserve this kind of fate, BUT I know it means we have that much extra space to adopt more rescue pets into our home and hearts, and that makes it all worth it. Sorry to ramble but I’m just not functioning at 100 percent right now. I’ll be back soon to share home updates!!! Thank you again for all of your love and support 🧡🐾

I have some very sad family news to share…We wer

I have some very sad family news to share…We were forced to say goodbye to our sweet Joe this past Friday. He had emergency surgery due to a urinary blockage and there was, devastatingly, nothing we could do. Our hearts are absolutely shattered and we’re staying quietly at home holding our other girls close 🐕🐈‍⬛💔 I’m going to take the week off from blogging as I process the shock of his passing, but I hope to be back to posting soon. Thank you for all of your love and support during his short life (he was one year and one month old), and please help your own local special needs rescue animals. They have SO MUCH love to give, and I would do it all over again for our Joe if we had the chance. I don’t really know how to do life without his shadow by my side, but we’ll always have his memory with us. Hold your pets close…And please send us all the strength you can 🧡💕

Feeling especially grateful for our cozy, homey ho

Feeling especially grateful for our cozy, homey home this weekend 🤍

When I first move into a new space, I tend to pain

When I first move into a new space, I tend to paint the walls a light neutral color to help my brain process what the ultimate vision should be. A year and a half into living here in our new home, and I figured out what our retro living room needed: darkness! I ultimately decided to paint the entire room the rich moody green paint color that I had used just on the fireplace wall, and now I think everything in the room pops so much more 🙌🏼☺️🪴 The contrast this new dark paint added is incredible to live with every day. I’m so glad that I waited to find the perrrrrfect color. Would you go dark with a room in YOUR house? Comment and let me know. (Paint color: “Homburg Gray” @sherwinwilliams)

#ad | Let’s chat about our pet-friendly Beautifu

#ad | Let’s chat about our pet-friendly Beautifully Responsible® flooring! 😁🐾🧡 Our sunroom and kitchen both were updated to have laminate wood floors before we moved in. We’re sooooo grateful that the previous homeowners took care of this so we didn’t have to because it’s something we would have done anyway. These types of sustainable floors are designed to be both beautiful AND durable, which is a must for our pet-filled family. No amount of cat scratching will harm these resilient floors, and spilled water isn’t an issue, either. I just love that peace of mind 🙌🏼😌🐈 Don’t forget to follow @responsiblefloors and visit BeautifullyResponsible.com to find the sustainable flooring option that’s right for you!

Anybody else’s Monday just MONDAYING?! 😫 TBH

Anybody else’s Monday just MONDAYING?! 😫 TBH I’m already counting down to the weekend. At least I finally got to meet @sophieb_homes in person today at @makewaynesboro clay studio! Nice people are nice ☺️🧡 Hope you have a good one, guys!! (Also, peep my cute new mini plant stand from @getopenspaces @patternbrands 🪴🙌🏼)

This moment happened organically the other day whi

This moment happened organically the other day while I was cozy on the couch with our new vegan faux fur blanket from @lolablankets 😅🐈🧡 I mean…if that’s not proof that this is the softest, most believable faux fur blanket that has ever existed, I don’t know what is!!! Our “Desert Dune” #LolaBlanket is clearly the only cuddling accessory that I need (aside from Joe🐱). Linking the blanket in Stories now, and you can use code DREAMGREEN for 35% off! (gifted)

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On today’s to-do list: getting ahead on some wor

On today’s to-do list: getting ahead on some work projects, steam cleaning (I always wait until we have more than a few spots to do before breaking out our portable cleaner, that way it’s worth it 😂🧼), vacuuming the heck out of our guest room (pictured here) since the kitten has filled it with her fluff, watching college football (YAY!🏈), batch cooking, and playing with our fur babes 🙌🏼 Happy Saturday, my friends!!!

Documenting the first 48 hours home with Gladys, o

Documenting the first 48 hours home with Gladys, our new rescue kitten! She’s a 7-week-old lynx point Siamese who we think is actually related to our 1-year-old flame point Siamese who passed away unexpectedly last month during emergency surgery 💔🐈 Gladys was rescued from the same home situation that Joe was in, so chances are good that she shares a blood line with him. Our hearts were broken when we lost Joe, but now it feels bittersweet and maybe meant to be that we get to grow our family with his real sister/cousin/whatever she may be 😌🐾 Our dog Chessie is tolerating her new baby sister well, but Marlo, our 1.5-year-old cat, is taking longer to accept her. Please good vibes that everyone is feeling settled and bonded soon! Welcome home, Gladys—you are a treasure and the perfect balm to heal our hearts 💕💕💕Also, though, please stop biting me so hard 😂

This room is currently taken over by kitten toys a

This room is currently taken over by kitten toys and supplies ☺️🐾🧡 Gladys is home! Lots more details coming tomorrow. I am too tired to document everything right now, lol…Please send good vibes for a good sleep-filled night tonight—for EVERYONE in our family🤞🏼🐕😸🐈‍⬛👩‍❤️‍👨

Whoops…I accidentally pre-trimmed one of my pane

Whoops…I accidentally pre-trimmed one of my panels too short while wallpapering the bathroom, and had been meaning to fix it for months 🤫🫢😆 The solution I came up with was pretty simple: I decided to cover the bad cut with decorative trim! I found a fluted design that covered the bad panel, cut it to size on my saw, attached it to the wall using a brad nailer, and then caulked/painted it to finish 🧡 Now I don’t think you’d ever know that the mistake was there! Will you keep my secret?? Also, I think this is the last lingering video I have of Joe acting as my little project assistant 😭🐈🐾 I miss that boy every single day…

I think we only have about 50% of the pieces you s

I think we only have about 50% of the pieces you see in this photo (the rest were sold on FB Marketplace or were donated to my parents’ house when they moved here in 2019), but I still looooooove this setup from our old house 🧡👌🏼 Who else changes their rooms around at a breakneck pace? I’m pretty sure I’d redesign rooms just as fast even if it wasn’t part of my job 😂 Refreshing my home views makes me happier than pretty much ANYTHING else in life. Can you relate? How often do you change things up at your house?

When my parents moved here in 2019, I immediately

When my parents moved here in 2019, I immediately jumped into action to help them design their Dutch Colonial home 🏡💕🧡 We played it safe to start, but now they’re craving more color and pattern to help make the space feel more unique. We’re still taking it slow with the design, adding really special doses of personality where it feels right, and this month Mom and I set our sights on the alcove wall in her separate dressing room/vanity area 💄💕🫧 I convinced her to paint the once-monotone walls inside the window niche a bold teal color to make it more of an architectural feature (“Restful” from Sherwin-Williams), and then I created a focal point using peel-and-stick “Botanique Bliss” wallpaper from @fancywalls.eu in a custom teal colorway to complement the new paint. Now Mom’s dressing room feels like an EXTRA special place to get ready for the day, and it has already inspired other pattern-rich projects in the rest of their house. Swipe through to see the before/after and lots of details, then head to my stories today for links to the wallpaper. (gifted/ad)

In case you’ve been thinking about going with a

In case you’ve been thinking about going with a dark paint color but have been worried it’ll be “too much”…This is your sign to GO FOR IT!!! 🙌🏼⭐️🎨 Paint color here in our living room: Homburg Gray @sherwinwilliams

Happy Friday! What are your plans for this weekend

Happy Friday! What are your plans for this weekend? I’m thinking a day trip to one of our favorite wineries, some secondhand window shopping, a little bit of at-home plant maintenance, reading more of my current book, and maybe I should FINALLY paint the raw primed folding door that we put up in the kitchen a year ago??? We’ll see! I’d love to hear what you’re getting up to…💕🧡🪴

Just a few of my very favorite things in our home

Just a few of my very favorite things in our home currently 🥰💕⭐️

To be honest, I really struggled to design our tin

To be honest, I really struggled to design our tiny main bedroom. It has taken nearly two whole years to figure out the right size/color furniture, room arrangement, color palette, and complementary wall treatments, but I’m finally feeling more settled. Turns out that the room just needed a few strategic pops of pink to make it all come together…💕💕💕

Follow my shop @dreamgreendiy on the @shop.LTK app to shop this post and get my exclusive app-only content!

#liketkit #LTKHome #LTKFindsUnder100 #LTKFindsUnder50
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https://liketk.it/4N8b3

Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but I need

Happy Monday! I don’t know about you, but I need to fully commit to having a good week this week after having had so many rotten ones back in July. I’m going to keep myself busy, try to one-up my old self on creative projects, and just generally not allow negative thoughts to invade my psyche. If you’ve been looking for a sign that it’s time to get out of your own rut, consider this post your challenge do exactly that. We’ve GOT this 💪🏼🧡⭐️

I recently watched a @magnolianetwork @youtube vid

I recently watched a @magnolianetwork @youtube video detailing three timeless hostess gift ideas, as styled by @amyneunsinger and @katemartindalestylist, and just HAD to recreate it for myself! The concepts are so simple yet elegant, and I love how special they feel—much more so than the typical bottle of hostess gift wine!

I sourced the items for my own versions from local antique stores and boutiques to give them a little personal flair, and can attest to just how simple they were to put together.

🌿 Fresh Herb Bouquet: For this one, place a handful of various cut herb stems into a vintage vase, and you’re done! Fresh herbs are easy for your hostess to repurpose for her own personal dishes later in the week, plus the fragrance of fresh cut herbs just can’t be beat. Think of it like a bouquet of flowers, but more functional.
🥖 Wrapped Herbs And Bread Board: Here’s another herby idea! Wrap an artisan bread loaf, fresh cut herb sprigs, and a new or vintage bread board up with a reusable oversized kitchen towel. If the party is charcuterie- or cheese-related, the bread and herbs can be used right away at the party!
☕️ Vintage Specialty Tea Set: For this hostess gift, I filled a wooden box with crinkle paper and added specialty loose leaf tea packaged in a clear bag knotted with velvet ribbon. The vintage tea cup I also included came from @factoryantiquemall, which makes for a good story to tell our hostess.

More info can be found on dreamgreendiy.com, and make sure you watch the full YouTube video with Amy and Kate to get their original takes on these three hostess gift ideas. Thanks for the festive inspiration, ladies! 🙌🏼🎁💕

We’ve got a new piece of furniture coming for ou

We’ve got a new piece of furniture coming for our sunroom, and I can’t wait to share it with you all! Any guesses what we’re replacing? Hint: it’s definitely NOT that gorgeous velvet sectional 💙🤭🎉

Thank you all so much for your incredible support

Thank you all so much for your incredible support the past few days💔💕I’ve read every single message and comment, and am feeling so loved and seen. We are happily childfree so our pets are our kids. To lose one leaves a giant hole in our hearts, and this is the fifth loss we’ve experienced in the past four years. I can’t help wondering what we’ve done to deserve this kind of fate, BUT I know it means we have that much extra space to adopt more rescue pets into our home and hearts, and that makes it all worth it. Sorry to ramble but I’m just not functioning at 100 percent right now. I’ll be back soon to share home updates!!! Thank you again for all of your love and support 🧡🐾

I have some very sad family news to share…We wer

I have some very sad family news to share…We were forced to say goodbye to our sweet Joe this past Friday. He had emergency surgery due to a urinary blockage and there was, devastatingly, nothing we could do. Our hearts are absolutely shattered and we’re staying quietly at home holding our other girls close 🐕🐈‍⬛💔 I’m going to take the week off from blogging as I process the shock of his passing, but I hope to be back to posting soon. Thank you for all of your love and support during his short life (he was one year and one month old), and please help your own local special needs rescue animals. They have SO MUCH love to give, and I would do it all over again for our Joe if we had the chance. I don’t really know how to do life without his shadow by my side, but we’ll always have his memory with us. Hold your pets close…And please send us all the strength you can 🧡💕

Feeling especially grateful for our cozy, homey ho

Feeling especially grateful for our cozy, homey home this weekend 🤍

When I first move into a new space, I tend to pain

When I first move into a new space, I tend to paint the walls a light neutral color to help my brain process what the ultimate vision should be. A year and a half into living here in our new home, and I figured out what our retro living room needed: darkness! I ultimately decided to paint the entire room the rich moody green paint color that I had used just on the fireplace wall, and now I think everything in the room pops so much more 🙌🏼☺️🪴 The contrast this new dark paint added is incredible to live with every day. I’m so glad that I waited to find the perrrrrfect color. Would you go dark with a room in YOUR house? Comment and let me know. (Paint color: “Homburg Gray” @sherwinwilliams)

#ad | Let’s chat about our pet-friendly Beautifu

#ad | Let’s chat about our pet-friendly Beautifully Responsible® flooring! 😁🐾🧡 Our sunroom and kitchen both were updated to have laminate wood floors before we moved in. We’re sooooo grateful that the previous homeowners took care of this so we didn’t have to because it’s something we would have done anyway. These types of sustainable floors are designed to be both beautiful AND durable, which is a must for our pet-filled family. No amount of cat scratching will harm these resilient floors, and spilled water isn’t an issue, either. I just love that peace of mind 🙌🏼😌🐈 Don’t forget to follow @responsiblefloors and visit BeautifullyResponsible.com to find the sustainable flooring option that’s right for you!

Anybody else’s Monday just MONDAYING?! 😫 TBH

Anybody else’s Monday just MONDAYING?! 😫 TBH I’m already counting down to the weekend. At least I finally got to meet @sophieb_homes in person today at @makewaynesboro clay studio! Nice people are nice ☺️🧡 Hope you have a good one, guys!! (Also, peep my cute new mini plant stand from @getopenspaces @patternbrands 🪴🙌🏼)

This moment happened organically the other day whi

This moment happened organically the other day while I was cozy on the couch with our new vegan faux fur blanket from @lolablankets 😅🐈🧡 I mean…if that’s not proof that this is the softest, most believable faux fur blanket that has ever existed, I don’t know what is!!! Our “Desert Dune” #LolaBlanket is clearly the only cuddling accessory that I need (aside from Joe🐱). Linking the blanket in Stories now, and you can use code DREAMGREEN for 35% off! (gifted)