Owning a home with a fireplace comes with responsibility. Home fires can and do happen. I’m going to share with you 5 quick tips to get you started to making sure your fires stay safe. 1. Open the Damper The Damper must be kept open until fire the is completely extinguished. If you are burning […]
Family Fun – Family Game Night with Young Children
What does it take to have a successful Family Game Night with kiddos 5 and under? Patience. Kidding, well sort of. If you have little ones running or crawling around you you know patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a must. Matt and I both love games but it’s hard to play games with kids […]
12 Bathroom Inspirations and DIY’s
Bathrooms, bathrooms, and more bathrooms. We have officially re-done every bathroom in our home. All 2.5 of them. In the half bath we added a board batten wall treatment, then we did painted the RED master bath a nice soothing color, and then one of my favorites our kids bathroom makeover. From the penny tile to […]
12 Inspirational DIY Christmas Decor Ideas
Tis the season to be Jolly Fa La La La La La La La La. If you think for one second I didn’t have to count all of those La’s you were dead wrong. I counted them more than once while singing the song out loud. And now I’m questioning myself as to if I […]
Glidden Giveaway & Creativity Unleashed No. 145
Hello, welcome! Hopefully you are coming back to join us this week but if you are new here Creativity Unleashed is a place to be inspired by others projects and if you have some of your own share them as well. There never seems to be a shortage of creativity these days so the more […]
12 Thanksgiving Inspirations
12 Bloggers, 12 amazing Thanksgiving inspirations for your home and table to make your Thanksgiving festivities the talk of the family! A DIY Housewives Link-up
How to Take your Halloween Decor to the Next Level
If you haven’t been around The DIY Village very long, you may not know that we have a thing for Halloween. All The Things that is! You can check them out HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE; just to name a few. (See, I wasn’t kidding) When we moved into our current home 5 […]
All Things Creative – Christmas Decor and More
Okay, Okay I know what you are thinking, “Umm Jacque, it’s not even Halloween. What are you doing?” Well, truth be told I’m going rock out this holiday season like no other! No sitting back and wishing and hoping that I had done this or that! The countdown is on and I will not be […]







