At the request of a friend last week, I pulled back out my sewing machine and set about making fabric masks with a filter pocket, to donate to healthcare workers with no alternatives available and provide to others looking for a mask to complement their social distancing and hand washing routines. **NOTE: While the CDC…
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Affordable Dining Tables: The Look-for-Less
If you’re new to the Look-for-Less series, we pull together our favorite affordable alternatives to really expensive showroom pieces so you can shop the look while saving big! Today’s round up: Affordable Dining Tables! We’re seeking out gorgeous heavy wood tables that are sure to garner compliments at your next dinner party – but at…
Our 100 Year Old East Dallas Home
This blog was rebranded over a year ago to “Life on Beacon” and I realized I’ve still never shared the inspiration behind the name – our Junius Heights bungalow. I have a crazy love of historic homes, so when an airplane bungalow in one of my favorite historic neighborhoods came on the market, I dropped…
The Top 5 Houses for Playhouse Makeovers
Playhouse makeovers or playhouse hacks are all the rage right now. We had planned on buying E a play kitchen for her “big girl room” for Christmas, but as soon as I came across this playhouse makeover when browsing Pinterest, I knew we had to incorporate one into her room too. I mean, look at…
The Best Bourbons to Give as a Gift
It’s a question I get all the time for friends – I have a friend that’s into bourbon. What is the best bourbon to give as a gift? Most of the lists you’ll find online fit one of two bills. Either (A) they’re mediocre, common bourbons that everyone has heard of or (B) they’re rare…
Inspiration for a Small Bathroom
The total square footage for our historic carriage house rebuild is small – just over 500 square feet – and every door had to count. As we were designing the property, we knew we wanted a full bath but otherwise wanted the footprint to be as small as possible. We want the decor of the…
Repurposing a Piano into a Home Bar
This post contains affiliate links. This does not increase the cost of items to you. For years, the focal point of our formal dining room was a huge bar cart where my husband and I displayed some of our favorite bourbons and whiskeys from our travels and collecting adventures. As we transformed our formal living…
25 Ways to Style Spanx Leather Leggings
The fall weather is officially here, which means my mom uniform has changed from shorts and tanks to skinny jeans and leggings. I purchased my faux-leather Spanx leggings in last year’s Nordstrom Anniversary Sale. They’re the comfiest thing ever – to the point where I’m considering investing in this camo or this moto pair –…
THE Affordable Source for Toddler Play Clothes
Raise your hand if you hate buying clothes your toddler is just going to spill watermelon down, cover in sidewalk chalk, and rub in dirt and grass? Me. I came across the ultimate source for affordable, cute, well-made toddler play clothes. Wait for it…. Walmart. Note: This post isn’t sponsored. I purchased all of these…
Stunning Chandeliers for Less than $500
Does anyone else just swoon over the Restoration Hardware catalog when they get it in the mail? I certainly do! We have a few pieces in our house that we bought at a HUGE discount at a Warehouse Sale – otherwise, I’m always on the lookout for high quality pieces at a reasonable price. Today’s…
The Best Nursery Options
When we first started looking for a crib for E’s room, I immediately hopped on some of my favorite furniture sites to start shopping, knowing that was a risky move. Inevitably I’d fall in love with nursery furniture that was way outside of our price range – and I did. It was the perfect iron…
Everything You Need to Know to Master Decorated Sugar Cookies
If there’s one skill I swore I’d master after having kids, it’s a good sugar cookie. None of those fluffy slice and bake kinds. The moist, thin cookies in precise shapes with beautiful icing decorations. Now, I’ve never been much of an artist. I can’t draw, paint, or skillfully write in cursive. In other words,…