Just because you’re lacking a green thumb doesn’t mean you can’t fill your home with plants! You might just want to start with more beginner-friendly plants. Some floras require more care than others, so you don’t want to bite off more than you can chew (or water).

It’s possible to kill your houseplants by overwatering, underwatering, not having the proper amount of sunlight, and even changing the temperature in your home. Humidity and proper soil drainage are also things to consider when bri...

As you prepare your home for the holidays, you may be having a difficult time making a key decorating decision: should you use white Christmas lights or multi-colored Christmas lights?

The debate is an old one and people seem to be very passionate about which they prefer. Some have nostalgic childhood memories connected to multi-colored lights, while others strictly use white lights.

While deciding what to do, you may wonder where the idea to decorate a tree with lights even came from. Well,...

for some, Etsy is a blessing...and a curse. The global creative commerce platform is home to handmade items, vintage goods, and craft supplies. From the simple to the simply strange, the global community of online shops is likely to have exactly what you need...and maybe things you didn't know you needed...and maybe things that you really don't actually need but buy anyway (confession: I have made a lot of these types of purchases).

Etsy isn't for everyone, and it is by no means a perfect sit...

Whether or not you actually care to celebrate Valentine's Day, there's one thing you can't deny: at this time of the year, love is in the air. Sometimes it's the romantic variety--bouquets of roses and elegant perfume--and sometimes it's the Galentine variety--ladies kicking back and celebrating their love and friendship for each other over brunch or Netflix binge-watching. Either way, the Beatles said it best: "All you need is love." And for February 14th, love seems to be all that anybody ne...

Because what's better than being 'cozy'? 

If you haven't yet heard of the Danish word hygge (pronounced "hoo-guh), you're about to. Oxford dictionaries defines hygge as "a quality of cosiness and comfortable conviviality that engenders a feeling of contentment or well-being (regarded as a defining characteristic of Danish culture)." Essentially, this cozy contentment is how the Danes survive such notoriously long, cold winters.

This Scandinavian concept of coziness has permeated the United S...

  Some people are born with green thumbs.

Then there are those of us who are lucky to keep fake flowers around for any extended period of time.

My mother is one of the former. Unfortunately, I am one of the latter. (I've even managed to kill a cactus in my time—the poor desert dweller succumbed to a watery grave). Suffice it to say, I am not the person you call to water your plants when you’re on vacation (no, seriously—ask my poor mother’s tomatoes).

Now that the weather is getting cold, al...

One of the hottest DIY crazes around is pallet furniture.

Pallets are cheap—sometimes free—and can often be found at a business near you. Small businesses are a great place to start when looking for pallets to get your projects started. Just walk into a store near you and ask!

Once you have your pallets, the possibilities are endless. Here are a few great projects to get started with as you venture into decorating your home with unique, one-of-a-kind pieces.

Bedframes This is one of the bi...