My Husband’s Closet ~ A Surprise Organizational Project

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And a happy chilly Wednesday to you all. In today’s post, I wanted to share what happened to my husband’s closet about a week ago….

So I was sitting at my desk (home office) and I heard a loud sound. I thought it was the dogs so I didn’t think much about it. My husband came home went to his closet and saw this!

The giant rack that he had around the entire wall had come crashing down!

It was a giant mess! Now we have lived in this home for about 7 years and my husband has not purged! You read that correctly he has not gotten rid of any clothes since we moved in! Needless, to say that I was not surprised by this at all. The weight became simply too much!

He closed the door and did not want to look at it for a few days. Lol, I understood and just left it alone. During those days he did email a friend who has a company called Better Way Murphy Beds and Meridian Closets to get his input on what our options were. One of the assistants at the company sent us a closet design and we had a plan!!! 

My husband then got to work on patching the holes and painting the walls. 


They came the same day and finished the installation within a few hours. It looks so nice now!

I love the double row. I really want this for my closet. I think it’s a great way to use your space wisely. 


His closet space looks so much better and the space has been utilized properly. Now we just need to get him all moved it. That’s right… my husband has had this closet for almost a week and still does not have his stuff in! He won’t let me do it because he knows I will purge everything! He has way too many t-shirts. I mean there are probably well over 200 of them. He doesn’t believe it but I do. 

Now I am hoping to have some changes done to mine but we will see. I will keep you guys posted!


Thanks for reading!!



(photos via Mrs. Shockley & Pinterest)


September Favorites ~ 2020

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Good Morning Everyone,

The first week of October is upon us! It’s going to be chilly this week in Indy. My birthday is today. I really didn’t plan anything this year. Covid really sucked the fun out of everything. I will share some of my birthday items later. Now on to my favorites for the month of September! 

If you follow me on Instagram you may have already seen some of these items. 

Most of you know how much I love Poshmark and could not resist purchasing these. They are so comfy and extremely chic!

I also picked up this Talbots leopard tote.

Next have been my faux flower arrangments. These have brightened my home and changed the look completely. 

Fourth has been my pearl and velvet headbands. These are so fun to wear and look great on anyone!

Here is a second one if you are interested! 

The fifth has been my fabric shaver! Okay, let me rephrase that, it’s my husband’s! He actually purchased it and try to convince me to use it but I thought it would be “bogus”. Turns out it wasn’t. It’s a great product and got rid of all of those lint balls on my pink coat! Yay! 

Sixth is has been my new blue and white embroidered face mask from the Enchanted Home. Now I will say these are a bit expensive but I love the fact that I have a beautiful mask to wear. It’s not fun wearing these but they are necessary for the time being and why not have a beautiful one? I have had multiple people stop me about it. 

The seventh has been these oh so chic and so comfy studded heels from Macy’s. I have been wearing these over and over. They are so pretty and so elegant. I do enjoy them. 

My eighth favorite has been this beautiful find from Homegoods. I love a delicate and elegant notecard. I still use these for my thank you’s! I think a handwritten note says, “I am making time for you” and we need to do that more nowadays. I found some similar ones here if you are interested. Also, I had to share these beautiful teapot favor boxes from Michaels. I am seriously thinking about ordering a set just because! 

Ninth on the list, and my list has never been this long, are my velvet pumpkins from Amazon. These have been such a popular decor item this season. I know some of you have ordered these. I hope you love them as much as I do!

Tenth on my list was my pumpkin bread that I picked up at Starbucks. I was craving this for 2 weeks in the month of September so I decided to stop by and pick up a slice. It was well worth it. Now I have been craving oatmeal. I have a local Schwan man who stops by our house ever two weeks and I decided to try their steel-cut oatmeal with red quinoa. Oh my gosh!!! You guys it was soo yummy! It has brown sugar and honey in it and it was so creamy! I am going to enjoy eating it this week.


And last but totally not least has been this fun and inspiring video below. I have watched it several times already! I am so doing this the next time I find a furniture piece and what to change the color. After seeing her complete this project I believe that I can now be fearless! I hope you watch it!

I hope you guys enjoyed my favorites for this month. I can tell by my new purchases and new Youtube channels that I have recently found that I will have lots of favorites for the month of October. 

Enjoy!
(photos via Mrs. Shockley, video via Youtube)

Weekly Beauty Inspiration ~ LABL Book (2)

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Hello Everyone,

It’s Friday… the last full week of September. I am a little sad. I love September. It’s still warm and it’s a welcome month to autumn. Next week here in Indy, we will have some days where it will only be a high of 50 degrees! I am so excited. I am hoping for some rain but the drop in temperature helps with the plants. 

So on to today’s post. Most of you learned last week that I was going to be sharing little tidbits from the book that I am currently reading called Living a Beautiful Life.  I am in the middle of Chapter 2 which is called “Creating Something Special Out of the Ordinary” and I think the title pretty much speaks for itself. 



















These words from Alexandra stuck out to me and I highlighted them. “Much of enjoying life is in the details- the larger issues have a way of working themselves out. Handling daily tasks well and thoroughly affects how we feel, our happiness, and the overall quality of our lives”. 

“The outside world can seem troublesome, dangerous, uncertain (boy is that so true right now). Frustrated by the difficulty of making a difference, (a lot of us are in this boat right now) we find it hard to grasp how we can effect change and make the world a better place in which to live. One’s home is a personal space of refuge. 

“By creating beauty and order where you live and work you will be controlling the private hours of your life”. 

I found this so interesting that she wrote this in 1986 and how this information is so fitting for right now. 


















I want to close this post with this last suggestion from Alexandra… ” when you feel that the little things in your life are satisfying and speak especially to you, it’s amazing how outside pressures and disappointments loosen their hold. Intimate, necessary details add up to one’s private life. Select them with care because they are your life”.

I hope you all enjoyed today’s inspiring post. To read last week’s see here.

On Monday I will be sharing my September favorites and I have a pretty long list. Also, I am taking Monday off from work and will be going to get a pedicure and I want to look for some vintage earrings. Enjoy your weekend!




(photos via Pinterest)






A Great Example…. Enjoying Quarantine

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Hello Everyone,

It’s the last full week of September. I would have never thought that this would still be going on in September but here we are. I am enjoying working from home and planning for the holiday seasons. 

I recently saw an article about Martha Stewart enjoying quarantine!!!! What!!! It has been rare to hear about someone enjoying quarantine but leave it to our “domestic goddess” to enjoy it. I read the very short article and gleaned a lot from it. 

Not that I have much to complain about. My family and I have been very blessed through this whole ordeal. My husband’s company has stayed busy. I was given the opportunity to work from home and our daughter only goes to school twice a week! Honestly, her having to homeschool three times a week has been a blessing to us!














This has some similarities to the shutdown that we experienced during the beginning of 2019. Being grateful and taking things into an account…. Let me know in the comments section below what “beautiful surprises” did you encounter during this pandemic. 

Have a great Wednesday!



(photos via Pinterest)

















Friday’s Beauties

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Good Morning Everyone,

It was such a nice weekend! I had the windows open letting in all that crisp air. It was so nice, then my husband comes through complaining about how cold it is.

I told him to go back upstairs! Let this house air out!!!! But I did have a good weekend. I took off Friday to go and have breakfast with my husband and he then took me to Homegoods!!! Yay! I didn’t buy much….funny how your husband is ready to spend money and you can’t find anything!!! Not funny God! 

I just got some new laundry baskets. He did hint around to birthday gifts and asked me for more ideas. We did end up at Macys and I got a huge bottle of Donna Karen Cashmere Mist. It is huge but I so love this fragrance. It’s wonderful. 

Okay, so I headed back to Walmart last week to take a look at their floral arrangements. I found a few that I really liked and was able to change the look of the floral arrangement in my office. I really like the way it turned out. 
This arrangement was fun to make once I found these peony & pumpkin flower bundles. I am really enjoying this in the kitchen.

I also could not leave Walmart with some real pumpkins. These went on my porch with my faux ones and blue and white planters. 


Lastly, I shared this beautiful and tasty treat on my Instagram account. I have been craving this for weeks and stopped by Starbucks and got a slice. It was so delicious with a cup of hot roasted dandelion tea.

I hope everyone has a great Monday and let me know in the comments section below if you have made any floral arrangements and where you made your purchases. 



(photos via Mrs. Shockley)


Weekly Beauty Inspiration ~ LABL Book

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Hello Everyone!

I am wearing sweaters! Yay, but we will see how long this lasts. Yesterday I stopped at Walmart and picked up a few more faux autumn flowers and some delicious pumpkin bread from Starbucks! I haven’t had any in some years! It’s still delicious. 


















photo credit Rachel Ellen Events 



Okay, it is time for our weekly inspiration from Alexandra Stoddard’s book Living a Beautiful Life. I am really taking my time and trying to savor this book bit by bit. 

I have finished Chapter 1 and I am starting Chapter 2. There were a few more things from Chapter 1 that I wanted to share…

Alexandra said, “I always have fresh flowers at my workspace, even if it’s three daisies in a little vase. And I have a handful of my favorite books near me for inspiration and reference.”















photo credit Julie Hengel 


I am guilty of having books and flowers on my desk or near it. Alexandra said she believes that beauty can be achieved in the smallest, simplest ways, and this beauty enriches your work experience. I couldn’t agree more. Having a beautiful space at my job has helped me through some rough patches when dealing with co-workers. 

One more quote that I wanted to share from the chapter was… “Personal rituals make you a poet- and they can help you feel good about yourself and others. They reinforce the significance of the simple acts we perform repeatedly. While you are fulfilling basic needs, you can make the ordinary quite extraordinary. When you make your everyday rituals- simple things such as bathing, sleeping, and editing- meaningful and attractive, they nourish other areas of your life.” 

photo credit French Country Cottage 
I hope these inspiring quotes give you the desire to bring more beauty in your life. Even if it’s just the simplest things. Bring them in, live with it, and embrace it. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and let me know in the comments section how you are doing on autumn decor and wearing sweaters!

(quotes Alexandra Stoddard)

A Small Autumn Wreath

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Hello Everyone!

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the incoming season of autumn. I know here in Indy we are going to be down into the low 50’s this week! So excited. I actually had the windows open this morning to let in some of that crisp morning air. So wonderful….
I am still in the process of preparing my home for fall. I really didn’t have any autumn decor for the inside of my home. I had those faux pumpkins for my porch but no arrangments nor pumpkins for inside my home. 

I think I noticed it because I am working from home now and I can see what I have and what I don’t. Like I did not have an autumn wreath for my porch. I ended up picking up this wreath and added my own little dried mum stems to it. 

It’s always fun picking out your own “picks” for your decor. This sunflower pick I would have to say was my favorite!

With so many options at Hobby Lobby it was quite easy to put something together and easy. I just laid the flowers where I wanted them and then just wrapped them around the wreath. Pretty easy.

It came out quite lovely and was very easy and fun to do. I would also say that these velvet pumpkins are gorgeous! They are sold out online but check out your local Hobby Lobby. That is where I found mine. I hope you enjoyed this little fun project and add a little autumn decor to your home. 

Here are some of my autumn favorites:

Cream Pumpkin & Magnolia Wreath

Pumpkin Vase Fillers

Pumpkin Napkin Holder

Glass Pumpkin Serving Bowl (on sale for $10!)

Autumn Leaves & Pumpkin Please Wooden Easel
Have a great Wednesday!


(photos via Mrs. Shockley)