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  • How to Easily Create a Garden Bed

    When we bought our house, one of the first things I did was imagine where I could plant spring bulbs. For two years I’ve passed over this simple landscape task and I was eager to get to work at the new house!

    How to Easily Create a Garden Bed
  • Closet Makeover in Our New House

    Our main closet got a makeover and it’s so much better! I replaced the wire shelves with melamine, wallpapered the ceiling, changed the lights and the outlets and it’s such a great improvement!

    Closet Makeover in Our New House
  • How to Reupholster an Ottoman

    I gave this $15 thrift store ottoman a makeover with some fabric I had on hand. See how I was able to reupholster this piece and give it a whole new look!

    How to Reupholster an Ottoman
  • Ikea Rast Dresser Mid Century Makeover

    I gave a plain Ikea Rast dresser a makeover using flexible trim, chic acrylic feet, new hardware and a coat of paint. Now it’s a show stopper for our front foyer!

    Ikea Rast Dresser Mid Century Makeover
  • Painted Holiday Wreath

    I made this flocked wreath so you would have a step by step tutorial for the one I made while crafting with Phyllis. I love the sweet painted houses and colorful dyed bottle brush trees!

    Painted Holiday Wreath

Spider Covered Halloween Mantel

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October 22, 2020

This year…. I wanted another quick and easy way to decorate for Halloween so we unleashed a pack of spiders. I happened to have a bunch of these in my stash, but they’re readily available at craft stores and big box stores.

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Dollar Store Basket Makeover

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October 19, 2020

Woven Rope Dollar Store Basket Update I don’t do these projects nearly enough, but Dollar store crafts are some of my favorites! Wandering the aisles… looking for quirky materials that I can DIY into something different… I LOVE that sort of challenge! Today I’m updating a basic dollar store plastic basket using rope, spray paint, […]

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Smoky Halloween Graveyard

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October 14, 2020

spooky halloween graveyard

It doesn’t get much more epic than a 12-foot Halloween skeleton and a 6 foot animated gravedigger! When Oliver and I built our backyard playhouse, we could never have imagined it surround by a giant skeleton and smoky gravestones.

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Painted Furniture Makeover

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October 7, 2020

painted mid century pattern on a desk

This painted desk held up great… until a painting project of Eleanor’s got away from her. A few drips turned into a haphazard finger paint situation that did not look cute. The desk works great and she didn’t want to get rid of it, but it felt a little messy so I decided to give it a second paint makeover.

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Colorful Painted Fall Wreath

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October 5, 2020

These faux leaves were typical fall colors so I painted them to be much more colorful. I love how a little craft paint made this basic wreath into fun autumn rainbow.

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Lover of color, wrangler of chaos, thrifter of all the things.

Hi, I'm Charlotte! I'm fixing up our 100 year old house and artfully hoarding armchairs in the garage. I love color. I love flea markets. I love a little mess. My days are spent writing, painting, sanding, laughing and negotiating with our 5 kids. You can read more about us here
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How to Easily Create a Garden Bed

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Closet Makeover in Our New House

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How to Reupholster an Ottoman

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Charlotte Martin Smith
It’s easy to look at the legacy of Martin Luther It’s easy to look at the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and feel a smug reverence for all that he accomplished. The quotes. The memes. The poetic sound bites. And all of these are absolutely deserving of our gratitude and admiration, but the power of Dr. King, in my opinion, was his ability to speak up and to speak out when it was not only frowned upon but downright dangerous to do so. When he was killed, 2/3 of Americans disagreed with him and he still managed to leave the legacy that he did. The FBI deemed him a communist and he still managed to change the course of American history. His daughter reminded us that a 1967 poll showed him to be one of the most hated men in America. His story is not one of fairy tales, it is one of struggle and risk and the confrontation of hard truths. Yes he was fighting for civil rights… but this meant he also spoke about things like poverty and income inequality and workers rights. He recognized the fundamental plague that comes from “chains of discrimination”. Today I encourage you to go and read a transcript of Dr. King’s historic “I Have A Dream” speech. He spoke of police brutality. He spoke of voter rights. He spoke of the need for allies. He said “this is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real promises of democracy.” How unbelievably prophetic. This is not a day to pat ourselves on the back for sharing a quote, this is a day to consider how much discomfort and disdain we are willing to experience in the name of justice and equality. #achsunday
Styling shelves scares the crap out me. I mean not Styling shelves scares the crap out me. I mean not the same way electric eels or Freddy Krueger or chiggers do but still... I find it intimidating. Today I called in the big guns and asked my friend, a professional stylist, for help. I’ll share all his advice in a blog post so let me know what questions you have for him in the comments below. I’ve already noticed one or two things I’d tweek in this photo but thankfully I’m the only one looking at this space... my kids would only notice if those shelves were filled with bubble gum and video games. Note: they are not. #atcharlottesnewhouse #achlivingroom #shelfie #shelfdecor #shelfstyling #shelfdecor #shelfdecoration #shelfies #shelfiegoals
You all know I like a good creeper but sometimes I You all know I like a good creeper but sometimes I’m wrong. I met Clinton on here a little more than a year ago when I got a message that said simply “hello dear”. I sent him a Bambi gif, he sent me an emoji... pretty typical in the world of fake creeper accounts. But Clinton was different. He watched my stories. He introduced himself. He wished my kids happy birthday when I posted. Turns out... he’s not a creeper. He’s just a friendly guy from Dubai sliding into my DMs. 😄 Is it possible he pulled the wool over my eyes and is just  hoping to get some money one day? Maybe... but I choose to believe we’d enjoy a cup of coffee together if we ever met. Swipe to watch.
This wall isn’t even a little bit how I hope it This wall isn’t even a little bit how I hope it will look eventually. But now that we own a house and I can go ham on design projects I find myself a little more deliberate and thoughtful about everything. Most of my projects each day are small items like hanging these sweet pencil drawings. I patched some drywall and unpacked a box of books onto a small shelf in the basement. Not Instagram worthy but part of the gradual process of *moving in*. Swipe for a vision board of this space. I also patched some drywall, hung a few hooks, flushed the fish that died who knows how long ago and replaced the caps on 3 tubes of toothpaste. Glamorous I tell you. Utterly glamorous. #gallerywall #workinprogress #atcharlottesnewhouse #portraitdrawing #achbedroom
I’ve had plenty of thoughts for you these past f I’ve had plenty of thoughts for you these past few days and I’m so appreciative of the honest and candid conversations you’ve had with me as a result. In the last year we’ve navigated racism, police brutality, science denial and now white supremacy and domestic terrorism. Like it or not, our ability to engage with each other and discuss these topics is the only way to sever the broken ties within our country. And the only way to engage and discuss is to... speak. Personal growth and cultural progress cannot happen without tough conversations and vulnerability and uncovering individual biases. I notice mine every day and fight my instinctive urge to turn a blind eye and move on. For many of us it’s *real* easy not to engage. Status quo. But engagement takes practice. It’s a learned skill. Mistakes will be made. Like any new endeavor there will be discomfort and embarrassment and disappointment. Knowing that I’m working to support and understand the experience of all Americans and not just those who look like me is worth every bit of tension. Human rights and social justice and democracy are why I engage regardless of who might disagree.  #achsunday
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