It's that Cozy time of year...

Aimee Weaver Designs

I have been a long time card carrying fan of Aimee Weaver Designs. Seriously y'all, every single thing in her shop gives me all the heart eyes. I love how she makes some of her pieces unique with the vintage inspired hardware. 

 

I fell in love with this sign as soon as I saw it. It's the perfect verse to display in my house, since I've got 3 boys that are growing into little men. I want them to be men of courage. 

 

 I was blown away when this thing arrived. It was so much bigger than it looked in the photos, and is super sturdy and well made. Pictures just don't do it justice! 

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My love for signs began when I started following Aimee Weaver's blog a loooong time ago. Every single one she posted had me all googly-eyed.

  

 

 

I love that so many of her signs are scripture or inspirational quotes. I chose this one because we are really working to ground this into our children. Any reminder sitting around the house is a good thing, right? ;)  

 

 

This one has a gray distressed look and I wish my pictures could capture the true beauty of it!

 

They are so unique with her beautiful painting hand and style. These are not mass produced by a machine, but hand painted and put together. That takes a lot of time, folks! And, that barn wood? A. MA. ZING. These signs are solid!

 

I'm sure you will be seeing it make its' rounds about the house. It would match any room décor I have.

 

Please head over and check out Aimee Weaver Designs. Let her know the Chapel Cottage Chicks sent ya!

 

 

 

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Simple DIY Sign

I came across this old church register board and I thought hey, that would look great with my church pew! 

I printed the Hymn on paper, cut it to fit, and that's all there was to it. I'm all about EASY diy projects. 

It's not perfect, but it's different, and I kinda like it. :)

Church Picture

Rarely do I see something on Instagram and think, "Oh, I have to have that!" There are lots of, "Ooooh, that's pretty!" or "If I found that at a yard sale, wouldn't that be awesome?" Now, let's clear up the "have" part...I don't have to "have" anything, but the church theme (being a pastor's home, here), the colors matching my dresser, and the fact that it came from Kirklands so it would be closer to my budget than some fancy online company had me reeeeeealllly wanting this picture. *Yes, I'm fully aware that previous sentence would flunk me out of English grammar class.

 

We were in town with a Kirklands and so I ran in to see if they had them. There was one on the shelf and I picked it up, but there was no price tag. I sat it back down and wandered around the store. Finally, I decided to just ask the cashier and if it was too much, I'd just turn it down. After more than one person looking it up in their data base and finally finding it in their books behind the counter, they found the price and it was even on sale! Saweet!

 

 

 

 

For now, I have it above my dresser. It's a different shape than most pics, so it was a little more challenging to style. And, if you've been around here for awhile, you know it'll move eventually. ;)

 

 

 

 

 

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas!

Ok, so I'll be the first to admit this season is just flying by. I've been quite pathetic at keeping up with everything, blogging included, unfortunately. But not to worry, we're all still alive and well, and a bit of Christmas cheer has been sprinkled around the old parsonage.

  

I'm still loving my old door, and it was fun to dress it up for Christmas.

So that's my little Christmas Home tour. I was craving simplicity this year, and I ended up putting 90% of my decorations right back in storage. I decided to only use my absolute most favorite things, and I'm so glad I did. A few strategically placed pieces can go a long way, and still look festive without filling the entire house with a bunch of meaningless stuff that just ends up in the way. I think in the past I had the mindset that it just wasn't Christmas if every inch of the halls weren't properly decked. But by the time New Year's rolled around, I could not wait to pack all that stuff up, and get back to my simple and neutral decor. After all, the true meaning of the Season isn't found in the decorations anyway. I want to put my focus on the true Reason for the Season, and celebrate Jesus and the wonderful hope that He brought to the world.  I hope you all are having a lovely and blessed Christmas season! 

It's Fall Y'all!

I'm seeing Christmas stuff popping up in all the stores, and I'm just like, wait, what did I miss here, has fall even got here yet??? We're still having 90 degree weather here in the beautiful south. And this girl ain't complaining. Nosiree. I'm loving it. Those cold dreary days when the kiddos get crazy wild with cabin fever will come soon. enough. 

My fall decor is pretty simple, nothing fancy here. I love my neutrals and lately I've had the urge to purge. I'm loving simple styles, and I'd love to lose some of my clutter!

Yeah, this piccy has nothing to do with fall, there's nary so much as a pumpkin in it. 

But Ollie was just so cute... 

Humor me.

If things go like they have for the last 15 years, my notorious black thumb of death will have it's way with the mums and they'll be conked out in no time. But still I try...

I needed a new table out here on the porch so I asked hubby to bring a spool home from work. (And he did, cuz he's sweet like that.) I just love it! I probably love it even more because it was free. Haha! Aren't free things just the best??

So I'll just be sittin' out here enjoying these last warm summer days, sippin' on my sweet tea, and whenever fall decides to actually show up, I'm ready for it. 

Fresh Neutral Mantel

I keep waffling back and forth. For summer, I toss some bright colors here and there in my living room, some fun coral pillows, some turquoise touches... and I love it for a while. But I always start craving my neutrals before too long. I'm excited to get my soft and calming neutrals back for fall. 

Seriously, who doesn't love Magnolia Market. I drool over everything in their online store. I'm trying to figure out a way to just buy one of everything they have without my hubby knowing about it... Ha, not really, but wouldn't it be awesome?! A local furniture store carries the Magnolia Home furniture line, and I just couldn't resist getting one of these Cathedral Windows frames. It was exactly what my mantel needed.

 I also LOVE the vintage inspired corbels from Magnolia Market, but I decided to go a bit cheaper and DIY some for myself. I got a couple of cheap unfinished corbels from Home Depot, gave them a quick chalk paint and distress treatment, and voila - cute little corbels for under 15 bucks. They aren't quite as gorgeous as Joanna's but they'll pass if you use your imagination. And squint a little.... ;) 

Shiplap Bathroom Update

Well. you know how it goes. I started out just repainting the bathroom and before it was over somehow it had gotten a  whole makeover. 

 This before photo was taken about 6 years ago, and nothing had changed in there since then. It was TIME, people.

Bye bye chocolate milk brown, hello clean white shiplap!

Cuz shiplap is my jam. 

I bought 3 cheap outdoor rustic looking lights at Home Depot, and my very handy hubby spliced them all together and made it work. Super cheap way to get the farmhouse style!

The cabinet got a fresh coat of Watery from Sherwin Williams, one of my favorite colors ever. I've used it on so many things.

The before photo of the shelves...

And after. 

So. Much. Brighter!

 Here's the before shot of the potty side...

This space was just too tiny to be so brown. It feels like it doubled in size! One of these days, I'll do something about all the tile, but today is not that day... So for now, it stays.

And this has to be my favorite thing in the whole room.

I had an idea for a beachy sign in my head, so of course, I went to Jenny and Down Grace Lane with my idea, described what I had in mind to her, and she whipped it out like magic. It was exactly what I wanted! She's pretty awesome like that. 

So that's the whole grand tour of my very tiny bathroom. I'm tickled pink with how it all turned out, and I just love how much brighter it is. It feels so fresh and clean!