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How to Make this fun DIY Snoopy Outdoor Christmas Decor

2025-11-08T16:03:11Z

Everything you need to know to make an outdoor Snoopy and his doghouse Christmas cut out including the best materials to use, templates and measurements, and a full step-by-step tutorial.

As much as I love decorating our house for Christmas, I’ve always focused most of my efforts indoors. Which left the outside of our house decidedly unfestive.

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Why I’m still obsessed with flocked Christmas trees

2025-10-12T13:30:43Z

Flocked Christmas trees might seem like a trend but after twelve years of absolutely loving my flocked trees, I don’t know if I’ll ever go back to a traditional green tree.

I first started seeing flocked Christmas trees here and there more than a decade ago and I was instantly smitten. At the time there weren’t a whole lot of flocked tree options and I already had a perfectly good artificial Christmas tree, so I bought flocking powder and flocked my own Christmas tree.

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Our Classic Halloween Front Porch full of Easy Decorating Ideas

2025-09-28T17:48:52Z

Our classic Halloween front porch full of simple Halloween decorating ideas.

This year I had so much fun decorating our front porch for Halloween for the first time ever. Even though I looovvvve decorating for Christmas, I’ve never really done much decorating for other holidays.

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21 Fun Halloween Front Porch Decorating Ideas from Real Homes

2025-08-20T14:33:35Z

These Halloween front porches are packed with all kinds of fun Halloween decorating ideas for front porches of all shapes and sizes.

I haven’t really done much Halloween decorating in the past. I love to go all out for Christmas, but I’ve never made much effort to decorate for other holidays.

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How to Repaint Painted Cabinets with a Gorgeous Paint Finish that Lasts

2025-08-15T15:31:49Z

Everything you need to know repaint kitchen cabinets that have been painted before including how to properly prep your cabinets and how to make sure the paint lasts.

Painting your kitchen cabinets is one of the best ways to completely change the look of your kitchen without spending a lot of money. And since painted cabinets have been incredibly popular for more than a decade now, there’s a good chance you may be painting cabinets that have been painted before.

Maybe you’re repainting your cabinets because the paint finish is getting worn and chipped or maybe you’re just ready for a fresh, new color. Either way, there are certain steps you need to follow to get a beautiful finish that will last for years to come.

Note – If you still love the color of your cabinets but the paint is starting to show a bit of wear, you do not have to repaint them!

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How a Bold Paint Color Totally Transformed our Boring Kitchen

2025-08-15T15:33:40Z

I gave our boring white kitchen a budget-friendly makeover that really shows how a few small updates like fresh paint and new hardware can make a huge difference.

I’m so excited to share this kitchen makeover! If you’ve ever dreamed about painting your neutral cabinets a big, bold color, you’re going to love this makeover.

To be fair, our kitchen really wasn’t bad before. I have had some ugly kitchens before and this kitchen was actually pretty nice. But it was also generic, bland, and very, very white.

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11 Weird Things I’ve Spray Painted that Completely Transformed our Home

2025-06-06T15:41:32Z

Spray paint is kind of an unsung hero of home projects. It isn’t trendy like chalk paint and other furniture paints. Designers don’t talk about their favorite spray paint colors. It isn’t new and exciting.

But there are so many things you can completely transform with a quick coat of spray paint.

The other day I was looking through some of the projects I’ve done over the years and I realized that a lot of my most impactful DIYs started with a simple can of spray paint.
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The Best Wood Sealers to Keep Your Outdoor Furniture Looking Beautiful

2025-05-02T19:28:29Z

Confused about how to best protect your outdoor wood furniture? I’m sharing the most popular outdoor wood sealers, the pros and cons of each, and my picks for the best and easiest to maintain.

I love using wood furniture outdoors on our porches and patio. Whether it’s furniture I’ve bought or something I’ve made myself, wood furniture looks beautiful outdoors.

Wood is actually a great material for outdoor furniture. It’s sturdy, natural, works with all kinds of different design styles, and is often pretty affordable.
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The Best Cedar Sealer: How to Protect Cedar Furniture Outdoors

2025-04-30T15:22:01Z

Learn the best cedar sealer options so you can keep your cedar furniture looking beautiful for years to come.

I recently bought a set of cedar Adirondack chairs to put around our firepit. I love the beautiful wood tone of the chairs and I definitely want them to last as long as possible, so I started researching the best way to protect them.

It turns out finding the best sealer for cedar isn’t nearly as straight forward as I imagined. There are lots of different opinions about the best way to seal cedar. So I got to work and waded into all those different opinions to figure out a sealer that

Can protect cedar furniture from the elements

Enhances the natural color of the cedar rather than covering it up

Keeps cedar from graying

Is easy to apply and maintain year after year

In this post, I’m sharing the most popular options for sealing cedar, the pros and cons of each, the sealer I chose that met all my criteria, and some simple tips for applying it.
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How I stopped being afraid of power tools and started building awesome projects

2025-04-25T18:49:19Z

When I first started sharing projects at Lovely Etc. 14 years ago, I was afraid of power tools. I’d used a drill of course, but that was it. In my mind, power tools seemed like something best left to the professionals.

But as I started trying to fix up my house and make cute decor, I quickly realized the vast majority of projects involved using power tools at some point.

Which left two choices – ask my husband to execute all my DIY ideas or figure out how to safely use power tools myself.
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