I adore thrift shopping, but I'll admit, it can be a dangerous game. I walk into stores, see something I absolutely love, but totally do not need...or have the room for...and decide I have to have it. Immediately. Luckily, my one saving grace is that I was raised to be a very frugal girl. My mother and father were both depression era babies. Born in the 1920's and 1930's, they grew up smack in the middle of it, and while they were never cheap, they did teach us the value of a dollar. That's usually what saves me from walking out of second hand shops with an armful . My latest case in point, happened last weekend.

Anyone who knows me knows how much I adore summer. Without question, it's my favorite season. I'm a born and bred island girl who lives for hazy, hot and humid days spent on the beach and in the pool. Unfortunately though, in my neck of the woods, summer is very short . It doesn't really warm up around here until mid to late June. And sometimes, Mother Nature starts reminding of us that fall isn't far off sometime in August. Clearly, she doesn't sympathize with me...

I have a pretty large collection of thrifted items...as I'm sure you can imagine. Sometimes, I know exactly what I'm going to do with an item the minute I spot it in the store.  Other times, I have no idea what they'll become. I fall in love at first sight, with a buy now and figure it out later mentality . Then there are times when I think I know what I'm going to do a new treasure, but it doesn't end up that way. At all. Today, I have one such story to share. You may remember this $1.99 print from a few months ago. It was of a famous lab in my town and I was going to mount it to a board and hang it in my newly updated basement . Well, that didn't happen.

Whenever I get bored with my bathroom decor, the first thing I do, is change the shower curtain. It's a quick and inexpensive way to shake things up and bring the room back to life. And without fail, it always works. Except. Except this time, when I hung up that brand new, fabulously floral shower curtain , it fell flat. And I couldn't figure out why.

For me, decorating is an ongoing process. I really enjoy updating my rooms for each season. When I was little, I remember my mom swapping out the bedding and the drapes a few times a year. The house was constantly in motion, with a life of its own. And I loved that. So naturally, I do the same in mine. What's my newest update? Well, it all started with this darling bulletin board I found in the TJ Maxx clearance aisle. The white wooden frame was so sweet, I knew it would look perfect in my family room. Unfortunately, finding something to put on the board, proved challenging. Everything had to be just right. The colors, the composition, the size...oh and price. I mean when you constantly redecorate, budget options are the way to go. But I kept coming up empty...and trust me, I looked for a long time, until I finally gave up and decided to make my own wall decor. Again. Yup. I made my own custom artwork for, well, almost, free. DIY Custom Artwork  I started by heading over to Canva...

Several years ago, I spotted the cutest idea online. Someone had used an old ceiling fan blade as an art palette. Well, as soon as I saw it, the ideas came rushing in. The only problem was, I didn't have any fan blades.

I'm a huge decor junkie. Actually, I'm not even sure if huge is a big enough word to describe it. I absolutely adore decorating and then redecorating my home. Over and over again. And I do it on quite a regular basis.