happy friday lovelies!  i spent most of last weekend making over our last-on-the-to-do-list back porch, and i’m to share with you the before and after’s!  with some serious thriftiness and diy projects, i was able to do the entire makeover for under $300.  there are lots of little projects that i’ll be sharing with you over the next few weeks, but here is the big picture of our back porch makeover:

before

after

before

after

this table, fan, tic tac toe game and vase were all thrifted, for under $20!

so, this is pretty much where you’ll find me this weekend! do you have any plans for the weekend?

wrap up: {back porch} {before and after makeovers} {deck} {diy} {living} {makever} {outdoor} {thrift}

happy monday everyone!  how was your weekend?  mine was a rather low key, but very nice.  some of you know that my hubba is in law enforcement school, and he worked for the first time saturday and sunday!  it’s kinda uncharted territory for both of us, but so far so good.  i spent most of the weekend working on something new that i’ll hopefully share with you soon (hehe!).  what did you do this weekend?

you might have noticed, i’ve added a new weekly tip over there in the left column! do you see it?  i’ve been giving going home to roost quite a bit of thought lately, and really want to focus on some new things that i’ve always been passionate about.  one of those things, is living a simpler life. and, living a simpler life to me, means living more sustainably.  so, every week, you’ll find a new green living tip right over there in the column.  they are only meant to be a friendly reminder of the small things we can do that really can make a difference.  and hopefully as the weeks go on, i’ll be able to give you some new ideas you maybe haven’t thought about!  this week’s is easy- who doesn’t love to do a little thrifting?

“that which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do; not that the nature of the thing itself has changed, but that our power to do is increased.” – ralph waldo emerson

wrap up: {eco friendly} {green} {living} {simpler} {sustainability} {tip}