NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

3 strategies to LOVE your home – right now

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Do you ever feel like you can’t slow down your brain enough to love your home right now? Maybe you aren’t in your forever home. Or maybe you can’t afford the projects you want to complete the most. Or maybe you have young children and you can’t have nice things at all. (Preach.) I’ve always been someone […]

Valentine’s Day decor inspiration – the fireplace mantel

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Looking for some Valentine’s Day decor inspiration for your home? I’ve got your back. Check out this festive fireplace mantel for a gentle reminder to “love more.” Do you know what I truly hope happens every time you read this blog? I hope you feel encouraged to create a home truly feels like a haven to you and your family. […]

A cheater’s guide to drawing your house (with no artistic abilities)

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Try this simple tutorial to create a personalized line drawing of your home. It takes a few everyday supplies and no artistic ability. Promise. Do you doubt your own artistic abilities? You aren’t alone. But sometimes, you have an idea that you just want to execute quickly. (Or in my case, you always have ideas that you […]

Tweaking your home for Valentine’s Day | Happy everything

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Valentine’s Day isn’t anywhere near the top of my holiday love list – Ryan and I are not particularly romantic. Or, you know, at all romantic. But, while I may not be booking fancy dinner reservations or creating elaborate displays of affection, I do like to give my home and family a little love around this […]

Choosing a tile backsplash for the kitchen

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The kitchen keeps begging me for a backsplash. It happens every time I wipe spaghetti sauce off the wall. Or water. Or coffee. Or any of the other things that I’m constantly wiping off the wall. So, really, I’m begging for a backsplash. For my own sanity. It’s just simply more practical for cleanup – especially by the […]

Settling for “better” over “perfect” | a mattress-on-the-floor manifesto

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For six months, Ryan and I have been sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I know. It’s shameful. At first, we convinced ourselves it was temporary. We didn’t bother bringing our old DIY wooden platform bed (built in 2009) upstairs and assembling it again because I wanted something different. We had big plans to build something epic. […]