Yellow Cottage Living

Decorating Roadblocks for Real Moms

I love the thought of living in a beautifully decorated home. I want my house to feel like a ‘warm hug’ for people who walk through the door. Unfortunately, I have a few decorating roadblocks that often hinder me from completing my desired overall look! Maybe you have some of these roadblocks, as well. Children – “This is why we can’t have nice things!” Have you heard a parent say that? I know I think it and say it! Unfortunately, it’s a fairly ...

Real Life

Is It Bedtime, Yet?

As most parents can probably attest, one of the hardest parts of the day is bedtime!!! Good grief! Why is it when I am most exhausted and ready to put on my pajamas and veg with the Netflix controller in my hand, do my children reach deep into their bag of annoying bedtime stalling tricks? ...

Healthy Living

Focus on Health

I like to treat each new year like a blank slate, a new beginning. I like to treat my birthday and the first day of school as opportunities for fresh starts, too, because I need more than one major fresh start per year! The turning of the calendar page provides a great opportunity to reflect ...

Real Life

2017 in the Rearview

Is there anyone else who was glad to bid 2017 farewell? To say 2017 was an odd and difficult year for me personally would be sugar coating the situation a bit. I should preface all of this by admitting that I am naturally a glass half empty kind of person. The trees often block my view of the ...

Home Decor, Home Tour

Big Girls…Share a Room

I’m trying to knock out a few decor projects here and there, except I can’t figure out what happened to all this free time I was supposed to have once the kids went to back to school?!? The girls’ room is so cheery and colorful! I’m usually so monochromatic and ...

Real Life

3 Daily Tasks You Can Easily Do Every Day

Completing 3 daily tasks every day will bring about a sense of simplicity and accomplishment to even the most hectic of days.

Healthy Living

Keeping It Off

About 2 years ago, I was facing the reality of my celebrating my 40th birthday. When did I get this old? In the deep recesses of my mind, I had an unspoken goal of stepping on the ever so honest scale and being back to my wedding day weight by the time I turned 40. Not sure why 40 was such a ...

Real Life

So Long Summer

To say the last two weeks of my life have been quite difficult is an understatement of epic proportions. Why are the last two weeks of summer so rough? I’ve heard lots of moms express this same frustration. It’s like we made it through the first six weeks or seven weeks somewhat ...

Home Decor

White Bookcase Fiasco

Those of you who follow me on FB and IG are probably already aware that we’ve had quite the unfortunate series of event in my effort to acquire 2 matching white bookcases! I mean how hard should that be? Budget always comes into play, so any decorating task at my house seems to be more ...