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DIY Oversized Candy-Inspired Holiday Ornaments
When we decided to deck out The Jeweled Nest in oversized holiday style, we knew we didn’t want the usual holiday color scheme. We wanted a blend of moody and sweet, bold and whimsical. These oversized, candy-inspired ornaments transformed our yard into a festive wonderland with a colorful twist. If you’re curious about how we…
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A Christmas Cookies & Cocoa Baby Shower
This past weekend, we stepped outside The Jeweled Nest’s usual gothic aesthetic to create something extra special—a traditional Christmas cookies & cocoa-inspired baby shower for my sister and brother-in-law! While our realm is usually more moody elegance and Halloween-inspired designs, this festive event embraced all the warmth and joy of the holiday season. It was…
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Your Kitchen Doesn’t Need a Full Demo to Look This Good
The Vision I love reveal posts – and maybe not for the reason you think. It is exciting to see the final design fully completed, but the real joy for me is looking back to the beginning and seeing how much has changed. Especially for a project like this, where we were pretty remote, and…
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Transforming a Kitchen with Two-Toned Cabinets: A Warm Neutral Makeover
Affiliate Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, we may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. We only recommend products we genuinely love and believe you will too. Sticking up Samples We are finally to the painting part! We hired a company to paint…
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Crafting a Modern Look: Our Experience with Custom-Built Cabinet Doors
Previously on So far, in the kitchen update, we have created a mood board, and the stone fabricators have installed the new countertops. We’re getting close, but work must still be done before we can paint. Let’s take a closer look at the existing cabinet doors and drawer fronts. The rails and stiles on the…
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Granite Can Bring the Drama: Choosing the Right Stone for this Kitchen Transformation
I love when a project includes countertops or some other opportunity for stone. The counters were going to be the first part of this design to actually get installed, because we wanted them safely in place before cabinet painting began. So, we wrote to the stone fabricator we’d worked with on several projects before and…
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Planning to Modernize a Potential-Project Kitchen
When we were looking at this house, Matt turned to me and said “it’s great! Pretty much everything is updated, but the kitchen needs some major love so you’ll have a project”. And the kitchen was a great size, and everything was functional, so it remained a potential-project kitchen for the next year. A year…
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Give Foam Gravestones a Scary Realistic Makeover This Halloween!
Picture this – it’s a dark October night, and a cool autumn breeze rustles through the trees. As you walk down the path, your heart skips a beat as you spot ominous gravestones in your yard, looking like they’ve been guarding souls for centuries. In this post, we’ll show you how to bring your outdoor…
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Unleash the Speed: A Race Car Themed Birthday Party Guide
Introduction Are you ready to rev up the excitement and throw the ultimate race car themed birthday party? Buckle up and hold on tight because in this guide, we are going to take you on a wild ride, full of inspiration and ideas to make your little racer’s special day unforgettable. This page contains affiliate…
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Three Speedy DIYs for a Race car-Themed party
Hey there, DIY enthusiasts and party-planners! We’re revving up to share with you three fast and furious DIY projects that will take your racecar-themed toddler birthday party to the next gear. So, buckle up and get ready to put the pedal to the metal! This page contains affiliate links. When you purchase through these links,…