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Stenciled living room - wallpaper alternative, Light French Gray, how to stencil, white walls, gray couches, colorful rug, big fiddle leaf fig tree, wooden accent table, hanging plants, ektorp ikea

Stenciled living room - wallpaper alternative, Light French Gray, how to stencil, white walls, gray couches, colorful rug, big fiddle leaf fig tree, wooden accent table, hanging plants, ektorp ikea

Master bedroom

bedroom dark accent wall- kendal charcoal

Master bathroom

Girl’s room

boys shared room with peacock green board and batten wall and bunkbeds

Boy’s room

Sage playroom with tropical jungle mural and chalkboard wall with movie projector and wall

Cheap home movie theater - favorite movie projector

Playroom

Back lanai

world market capiz pendant light

Lighting

Hardware

Big picture window in kitchen with bistro set

Making the most of small living spaces

Guest house

kitchen organization ideas - drawer dividers — Kitchen organization

Organization

Hi! I’m Kate.

Hi! I’m Kate — child of God, wife, mother to three, creative type, who thinks too much. I blog to inspire and help with all things decorating, organizing, budgeting, family and faith. I keep things real and am not afraid to show you my mess and shortcomings.

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As we are headed into a season of buy! buy! buy!,

As we are headed into a season of buy! buy! buy!, I’d like to offer a word of encouragement.

My number one tip to living a frugal, happy lifestyle is to stop thinking about what other people think, throw out any desire of impressing others and let go of the fascination with name brands yesterday.

If we are in a spending freeze and friends ask us out to dinner, why couldn’t I just tell them we’d take a rain check because we’re saving at the moment? Or they can come over to grill hot dogs! I don’t have to make up a see-through excuse.

If our friends go on a fancy vacation or remodel their kitchen, why should we be jealous? Why should we try to one-up them? We are not on the same path. It’s like comparing apples and oranges. Maybe they saved a year for it. Maybe they’re in debt for it. But it shouldn’t matter! We are each on our own financial journey and need to be content with what we have now. Do not covet. Nothing good will come from it.

INSTEAD:
• You do you. Don’t you worry about what your friends are doing or have.

• Live within your means. Don’t borrow from next month or even next week.

• The grass is not greener. Stop obsessing about the next thing you “need” to make you happy. The exhilaration of that new thing will fade, just as it did with the last one.

• Be content and grateful for what you have. How many people are praying right now to have what you have? You probably used to pray for them yourself.

• Take care of what you have. You bet I’m changing the oil and taking care of my old minivan! It’s paid off and we’re saving so we can hopefully pay cash for our next car.

• If you can live frugally when you are younger you will reap HUGE benefits when you are older.

I put the link in my bio to over allllll my 100+ money-saving ideas. I also share in the series how we got out of $18,000 of credit card debt and how we afforded our dream home!

I saw all your pretty fall decor and wanted to do

I saw all your pretty fall decor and wanted to do it too! 😆 I always get sick of season decor before it’s time to take it down so I guess this means Christmas decor is coming in November! Also, in stories I said I wasn’t gonna put any pumpkins out, but here we are. Do you have pumpkins out yet? Or do you skip fall decor?

I have an updated tour of Clara’s sweet room up

I have an updated tour of Clara’s sweet room up on the blog this week, along with a gift guide for 8-year-old boys. I have to say, I think it’s my favorite gift guide yet! 😉 What is/was your favorite part of your child’s room or your room growing up? I love adding layers through the years so that the room feels perfectly theirs.

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PLANNER

I’m so excited to share my Ultimate Organize House Planner with you! It’s a 20-page printable with organizing checklists for each room, a 30-day calendar with one area to tackle at a time, and ideas to keep the clutter at bay.

Lightroom Preset

This Magazine Interior Preset is perfect for interior shots, family photos, bloggers, photographers and instagrammers. The filter brightens, sharpens, and adjusts saturation for a timeless, classic magazine look. This filter is available for mobile and desktop!

Thought Life Challenge

I’ve created a 30-day Thought Life Challenge, one exercise a day — first working to identify negativity and weed it out, and secondly to find joy through gratitude. Included: challenge calendar, daily devotional and verse, thought and gratitude journal.

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