I swear, nothing flips the brain into holiday mode faster than the first Christmas window lights going up in the neighborhood. You can smell cold air, someone’s burning cinnamon candles somewhere, and boom—twinkle lights in a window just hit different. The first year I really decorated my windows, I went way too hard. Layers on...
43 Inspiring Rustic Christmas Table Settings
I still remember the first time I decorated a rustic Christmas table with nothing but pinecones I found on a walk, a few fir branches, and some candles that were barely tall enough to stay lit. It wasn’t perfect, but everyone kept asking how I made the table look so “intentional.” I laughed because half...
43 Awesome Outdoor Halloween Party Ideas
Every October, I get this irresistible urge to drag out my storage bins full of fake cobwebs, flickering candles, and plastic skulls. There’s something so magical about transforming an ordinary backyard into a spooky little world of its own. I still remember my first outdoor Halloween party — it was chaos. The fog machine short-circuited,...
51 Hilarious Skeleton Halloween Decor Ideas
Every October, I promise myself I’ll tone down the decorations… and then I catch myself zip-tying a skeleton to my mailbox. It’s just impossible to resist! Skeletons are the backbone (literally) of Halloween décor — spooky, silly, or even classy depending on how you style them. I’ve tried it all over the years: life-size ones...
60 Fantastic And Scary Halloween Food Ideas
Every October, my kitchen turns into a mad scientist’s lab — except instead of bubbling potions, it’s full of pumpkin guts, frosting eyes, and way too many pretzel sticks pretending to be bones. I’ve tried everything from elegant Halloween charcuterie boards to chaotic “eyeball spaghetti” dinners that made my kids laugh so hard they couldn’t...
70 Cool Halloween Pumpkin Painting Ideas
Every October I promise myself I’ll keep pumpkin projects simple, and then… I drag home five gourds, three paint sets, and a roll of painter’s tape the size of my forearm, but that’s fine because painted pumpkins are the fastest way to get big Halloween vibes without carving mess, and with a little primer, a...
40 Rain Barrel Ideas For Your Garden
Rain water is a precious resource: you can use it for watering your garden and make it more sustainable. Barrels are great to collect that rain water to decide what to do with it later, and we’ve prepared a whole bunch of cool rain water barrels that really won’t spoil your outdoor space but will...
44 Practical Garden Storage Ideas
Storage is an important point when you are designing various spaces of your home, especially if the family is large. But outdoor spaces shouldn’t be neglected, too, and storage should be organized well there, too, to avoid cluttering those spaces. Today’s roundup is dedicated to the easiest solutions for garden and outdoor storage in case...
How To Use Tall Planters In Your Garden: 47 Ideas
If creating raised garden beds seems a burden to you, if you don’t feel like planting in the ground and looking for edging, container gardening might be a good idea. Besides the plants you choose, the container itself also matters as it can spoil or improve the look of the space, and if you ask...









