Creating a home & lifestyle of inspiration
Such an easy and quick idea y’all! When your kiddos (and hubby) come home from school or work after a wet and chilly day, throw together a little Hot Chocolate Bar for them! I have so many 3-tiered trays and love to find uses for them. I thought it would be fun to throw together the hot chocolate powder (they…
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I don’t know about you, but when I think about Sunday mornings, I think about waffles and pancakes, French Toast and Aebelskivers. I had really great recipes for all of those except for waffles. I wanted a TRUE Belgian waffle recipe. I found one and am happy to share it with you this morning. Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4…
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Have you ever moved into a home and asked yourself, “What am I going to do with this little awkward space?” I have had one of those moments in every home we’ve moved into. Unless you have a custom home that you designed, you most likely will encounter this. This one in my bathroom, however, I just knew would be…
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Raise your hand if you do NOT love your entry way? {I’m raising my hand with you.} I had this little alcove that was limiting, awkward and quite frankly, obnoxious when it came to decorating. AND…it wasn’t even functional….See?!!! So, I decided a hall tree was an easy and excellent solution. It would give me little extra storage from…
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Honey Whole Wheat Bread Ingredients 1 c water 1 c milk 1 packet active dry yeast 2 tablespoons honey 2½ cups whole wheat flour 2 c bread or all-purpose flour 1 c rolled oats ½ stick unsalted butter, melted 1 tablespoon salt Instructions Pour water and milk into a microwave-safe bowl; heat 30 to 45 seconds. Pour into the bowl…
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I just ADORE macarons! Not the crispy, pre-packaged kind full of preservatives that you’ll see in a certain home decor store checkout line. I’m talking about fresh, chewy, melt-in-your mouth goodness! And while we are talking about it….let’s have a little lesson of MACARON vs. MACAROON. The confusion between macarons (pronounced mah-kah-ROHN) and macaroons (pronounced mah-kah-ROON) happens all the time….
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