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Kansas City is a fun place to take the family and this post is full of things to do in Kansas City with the entire family.

Things To Do In Kansas City With Your Family

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We just returned from a weekend getaway to Kansas City, Missouri. It has been about thirteen years since we have been there so we were excited to get back and see what the city had to offer. I am always looking for suggestions for what to see, do and eat when we head out-of-town, so I thought this post full of all the things to do in Kansas City would be helpful for others who are heading there.  When we are going on a vacation or visiting a new place, I always ask my Instagram and Facebook audience what we… Read More

Teen girl's bedroom makeover that is packed full of useful tips, sources to shop and an end result that your teen will love for years to come.

Teen Girl’s Bedroom Makeover

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It is finally time to share all the sources and final pictures of Gabrielle’s bedroom! This teen girl’s bedroom makeover took some time, but I didn’t want to rush through it and then have to redo it in a few months because we weren’t totally happy with it.  Gabrielle has been asking for a bedroom makeover for a few months now. We were knee-deep in our last flip house when she started talking about it, so I told her we would start looking into it when we finished the flip house. That was a blessing in disguise because it gave… Read More

Wallpaper For Girls & Tips For Picking The Right One

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Ever since sharing the wallpaper we put up in Gabrielle’s bedroom, I have gotten some questions about wallpaper for girls; including where to buy it, patterns that are good and what it costs.  Gabrielle and I browsed all over the internet and looked for wallpapers in many stores when we decided we were going to give her room a makeover. I wanted to take our time in planning what we were going to do because I wanted to make sure she loved every inch of it when we were done. In the past, I have rushed through makeovers in our… Read More

Beddy's bedding takes the stress out of making the bed. All the bedding pieces come as one unit that you zip to make and unzip to wash. It is genius!

Beddy’s Bedding For Teen Girl’s Bedroom

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When we were thinking about Gabrielle’s bedroom makeover,  I knew the most important thing she needed was a new bed. We have had her old bed since our first house and it was time for her to get something she really liked and had a part in picking out. The bed she picked is amazing, but today, I am talking all about the Beddy’s Bedding we got to go on it.  (Affiliate links are used in this post. You can see my full disclosure HERE.) Since Gabrielle really wanted another day bed with a trundle underneath like she had before (this… Read More

If you are making over a bedroom and don't want to spend a lot of money, this DIY nightstand makeover is a great way to get the look you want for less.

DIY Nightstand Makeover For Teen Girl’s Bedroom

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When we decided to make over Gabrielle’s bedroom, I knew a lot of furniture had to come out of the room and we would need some new pieces instead. I wanted to make conscious decisions about the furniture we chose and only choose things she really needed and would use in the space. This DIY nightstand makeover is one of the projects we did to make her room very functional and yet, exactly the style she wanted. She is thirteen now, so I wanted her to have a lot of say on what we did to her room. She was… Read More

This beginner's guide to How To Wallpaper answers all the newbie questions, goes over supplies needed and the steps it takes to hang wallpaper in your home.

How To Wallpaper – A Beginner’s Guide

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The beginner’s guide to hanging wallpaper. Wallpaper is becoming more and more popular and I wanted to try it somewhere in our house. When I started researching how to hang wallpaper, I didn’t find a place where all of my “newbie” questions were answered. That was a good thing and a bad thing. Bad because we needed some questions answered and good because it meant I needed to write this post to help the next person who is in our shoes and hanging wallpaper for the first time. Our wallpaper adventure started because I wanted to try it and Gabrielle… Read More

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