creative crafting and design.
Recently, I decided to re-paint our family room. It used to be a light beige with red undertones…a nice color, but it didn’t go with the overall feel of the home that I was going for. So, I painted over the beige with a medium gray color. I love it, but there was one problem. [...]
I wanted to let you all know that I have been working feverishly on my Etsy shop! If you’ve never visited before, the Atkinson Drive Etsy shop is a smorgasbord of digital designs. Currently, it’s mostly full of party packs and invitations, but I absolutely love making custom orders, too! Here are a few of [...]
Recycling is a big deal, there’s not much that’s more important than making sure our children have a healthy world to grow up in, and I believe recycling is a huge part of that…so do the wonderful people at Pillsbury. In fact, this week they’re obsessing about recycling! And today you just might find one [...]
Back in December, I shared a mood board with you that I’m hoping you remember (if not, here’s a refresher). My husband got a new office at work, and from the time they started building, I was planning! Lucky for me, my man isn’t picky about decor and realizes that I am the interior decorating [...]
My heart is SO happy with the arrival of warm, Spring weather! I don’t even care that it’s supposed to rain all week…the warm weather is fine with me! This weekend I bought some yellow ranunculus flowers to plant in my wine barrel planter by our mailbox. I LOVE them…ranunculus have long been a favorite [...]
It’s official: the Spring cleaning bug has bitten me! The GORGEOUS weather this weekend has had the family and I outside. This sparked a fire in me to start organizing the garage. Instead of creating a garage mood board, I thought it would be fun to share with you guys some amazing garage inspiration. These [...]
I’m sure you’ve all heard about this crazy Spring/Winter storm Virgil moving through the whole of the Northern United States. We are some of the lucky ones who get to experience it *joy*! I’m starting to think that we’ll be egg hunting in the snow…a first for me. Maybe we’ll be able to make some [...]
Well, hello there! I’m so thrilled your spending time here at Atkinson Drive. Check out these “pin”spiring finds! Most-Loved Atkinson Drive Post Why Eating Fat Doesn’t Make You Fat DIY & Design Wood & Pipe Bookshelves {Blood and Champagne} Straight-Line Quilting {Oh Fransson} Wrapping Paper Storage Rack {Camille Styles} Food & Beverage Swig Sugar Cookies [...]
Some of you might remember from my Baby To-Go Bag tutorial that I have a dear friend who is having a baby. Well, spoiler alert, she already had him. His birth story is pretty crazy, and I won’t go into too many details, but he was born just about a month early, completely unexpectedly. Around [...]
Yesterday was the best weather we’ve had in a long time. It actually got up into the 70′s at one point…which is amazing! The sun wasn’t really out, but it also wasn’t raining as forecasted, so I was happy. That one day of gorgeous weather has me really craving some outdoor time. What better time [...]
I love looking at gorgeous kitchen remodels. One of my favorite styles is a dark kitchen cabinet. I know that white is very in and traditional, but black adds a classy, polished feel to a kitchen. Our kitchen cabinets are dark and I love them. They are a great neutral item to start with when [...]
My faithful Facebook & Twitter followers have already heard about this, but yesterday I had a very terrible paint experience! I’m calling it “The Great Paint Incident of 2013.” You can check out the photo here; but, it wasn’t good. Basically, I dumped half a tub of black metallic paint all over my almost-white carpet. [...]
I absolutely love being a hostess. One of my favorite things about moving into our new home was all of the space we acquired for guests. Little known fact about myself: I used to be a front desk employee at Marriott. The training they gave me was incredible, and I reference it often times when [...]
We moved into our house just over a year ago now, and part of the agreement with the builder, is that they come out at 3 months and 1 year to inspect and fix things. At the one year walk-through, the builder goes through the entire house to find any drywall issues; that means, nail [...]
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