So...notice anything different?! That's right, Domestic Imperfection has a whole new look! Isn't it so pretty and calm? I love it.
I've been working behind the scenes for the last two months or so to get the new site up and running. I've had the old design for over four years now and it was definitely time for a change. Technology progresses so quickly and my website wasn't only outdated visually, it was also a mess on the backend. The new site is up to date and mobile responsive, which means …
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My Interview on The Home Hour Podcast
Hi everyone! I wanted to get a quick post out this evening letting y’all know about an interview I recently did.
The Home Hour is a podcast that I know you will love. It’s about DIY, design, and everything home...basically if you enjoy my blog then this podcast is right up your alley.
"Join hosts Graham Smith and Kirsten Dunlap two moms on a mission to help others create elegant, livable, welcoming homes. Real moms, real families, real budgets, real homes. Join them as they interview …
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Home Depot Celebration of Service
Note: This is a sponsored post for The Home Depot Foundation. Every thought, opinion, and experience is 100% my own.
Many of you know that my husband, Adam, is a veteran. Shortly after we married he joined the Army and served for six years. We were stationed at Fort Drum, NY the entire time. He fought in two wars, spending a year in Afghanistan and a year in Iraq. Fortunately he came home to me in one piece and the same as when he left, but not everyone is so lucky. During his enlistment I …
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Behind the Scenes at Better Homes and Gardens
A few months ago I received an e-mail from Better Homes and Gardens asking if I wanted to join their new Live Better Network. I of course was like "heck yes!" (because BHG is amazing), and they were like, "great, are you available to fly to Iowa in August to tour the BHG headquarters?" And then I was bummed, because a flight to Iowa was totally not in the budget. Then they were like "oh no...the cost is on us"...and suddenly I felt like a rock star. Like a bonafide, stay at home mom, blogger …
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Uncommon Goods Giveaway
Let's talk about Christmas gift giving for a second.
I know each family has different ways of handling Christmas gifts. Some buy for every person, some draw names, some just do a White Elephant (or Dirty Santa, or Yankee Swap, or a variety of other names.)
We have done each of those ways. It used to be that we got a gift for each person, and while I appreciate the thought behind that, it's stressful. (I'm talking aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins here). Then we started drawing names, …
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Laundry Room Updates & a $500 Home Depot Giveaway
I do an insane amount of laundry. I have two potty training sons, so I could pretty much wash everything in the house on a daily basis. I wish I was kidding.
The very first project we did in our house (besides painting over all the pink) was to make our laundry room functional and enjoyable to be in. I use the term "enjoyable" loosely...cause, you know, it's still laundry. Adam and I made over the laundry room way before I started a blog, so I've never talked much about it. Here is the before …
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Welcome to the New Domestic Imperfection!
Ta-da! Surprised?
Welcome to Domestic Imperfection 2.0. Brighter, fresher, and more organized. Actually this is like Domestic Imperfection 5.0, but this one was done correctly and will be sticking around. The previous design was done mostly by me, and although it looked alright to y'all it has some serious flaws on my side. But now it all better, thanks to the wonderful Kristi Lineaur of Addicted 2 Decorating.
The new header isn't a complete departure from my old one, …
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Contest Answers & RYOBI Giveaway Winners
Happy Fathers Day everyone! I hope today is awesome and spent celebrating your dad, husband, grandpa, brother...whomever the great men are in your life. Today is also the day we announce the winner of our Massive RYOBI Power Tool Giveaway! Luckily our little Rafflecopter form did the dirty work for us and pulled up our winner in the most random of fashion. Congrats to (drumroll please!)…
Hilarie Sullivan!
Check your inbox asap!
We were so honored that so many of you participated in the ‘Blog …
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Match that Blogger! {A Contest and RYOBI Father’s Day Giveaway}
Today I have something awesome for you...a contest AND a giveaway. Two chances to win $400 worth of RYOBI power tools just in time for Fathers Day. I don't know about you, but I want to make sure my husband and father have all the tools they need to build stuff for me.
The premise of the contest is this - all of us are guilty of repinning things on Pinterest without checking that the pin actually leads to the correct source. And you know how annoying it is when you see an awesome pin, click …
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Answers to Your Most Frequently Asked Questions
Y'all ask a lot of questions. Like, a lot.
I'm not complaining. Really, I'm not. If I didn't like answering questions and helping you with your projects then I wouldn't do what I do. But often the e-mails I get are repetitive and I'm answering the same questions night after night (which is mostly my fault for not including enough information in the original post.) So I thought I would save everyone a little time and add a FAQ's page to the navigation bar on the top of my page. Then I figured …
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In the BlogLight!
If you're here for the first time, then welcome! If you are a regular around here then you may be wondering what the heck the bloglight is all about... allow me to explain. Hometalk is a website where you can share home-related projects, ask home-related (and gardening) questions, and find a ton of inspiration. Hometalk is also very supportive of DIY/decor/home bloggers, and each week they choose a different blogger to feature. And this week it's me!
Miriam (the Director of Community over at …
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Valentines Day “Hey Girl” Features
Is it just me, or was this "Hey Girl" link party a huge success? I never expected so many link ups...almost 200 so far! I've read every single one and I can honestly say that I now know exactly what women want. If y'all would just send your husbands over to read through all these links then they will discover exactly what I did, that women are simple creatures. All we really want are three tiny little things...
1) We want to wear pajamas - baggy, paint covered, mismatched, horrible pajamas - …
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Two Year Blogiversary Giveaway
Yup, today marks the second anniversary of Domestic Imperfection. Two whole years! I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around what this little blog of mine has become. When I started Domestic Imperfection Elijah was a baby and I had a lot of free time on my hands. So I worked on my house and read blogs about working on houses, cause that's what I enjoyed. Then one day I said to myself "Self, the stuff you do is as good as what these internet people do", then I googled "how to start a blog" …
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“Hey Girl” Linky Party
Welcome to the "Hey Girl" link party! I'm excited...not only is this my first time to host a link party, I also get to soak up all y'alls man meme-ing ridiculousness for the better part of a week.
It was so easy for me to hey girl my kids, but I'll admit that I had the hardest time hey girling Adam. Everything I came up was either 1) dumb or 2) completely inappropriate. Fortunately I found my hey girling stride and came up with a couple that I think are pretty darn good. Anyway, …
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The “Stuff Your Stockings” Giveaway
Welcome to the Stuff Your Stockings Giveaway! I am super excited about this... I've teamed up with fourteen other bloggers and some fabulous sponsors to give y'all the chance to win one of TWELVE amazing prize packages to help stuff your stockings this holiday season. That's right, twelve winners! Here is a list of stuff that is up for grabs...
$100 Prize box assortment from The Plaid Barn
Two sets each that include10 rolls of Washi Tape and 25 Gift Tags from Downtown Tape
$50 Gift …
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You Asked…
You asked, we answered! Here is the video Adam and I made last night answering all the questions ya'll asked a few weeks ago. It's not quite as through as I would have liked, but evidently YouTube will only let you upload videos that are 10 minutes or less. I didn't want to make two videos, so I had to cut it down and this is what we ended up with. Also, that fly we keep looking at was a monster sized horsefly and it was really loud...I'm surprised you can't hear it in the video. Anyway, …
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Goose Creek Candle Review and Giveaway
I've always felt that lighting a candle is something your allowed to do AFTER your house is sparkly clean and dinner is in the oven. I feel that you should probably be sporting presentable clothing and your kids have to be wearing pants before its okay to light a candle. Lighting a candle in the midst of chaos is a serious breach of protocol. It's like eating dessert first. It's cheating. Of course this is all in my head and in truth you can be drowning in dishes, laundry, and diapers and still …
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When My Blog Grows Up
Lately I've been thinking a lot about I want my blog to be when it grows up. It's grown a lot recently and I can foresee it becoming an actual full time job in the future. Which, let me say, is amazing. When I started this blog I never ever ever would have believed that it would become what it has. Sharing my projects with y'all is seriously the most perfect dream job and I couldn't be more excited about it...my husband isn't complaining about having a few extra dollars lying around either …
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The Move
I'm sure you're wondering just how the move went, so I'll give you the quick and dirty version, since writing the whole thing out would be really long and not fun to write...or read.
So why did I choose to move? Well, Blogger vs. Wordpress in kinda like renting vs. owning. On Blogger, Google basically owns your content. They can even delete your blog if they choose...and there's pretty much nothing you can do about it. On Wordpress, you pay for a your own domain (no .blogspot.com) and you pay …
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No Spend February Review and A Big Announcement
So as it turns out, months go by FAST. I barely got to scratch the surface of my to-do list before February was over. I guess that means that No Spend February was successful in that I didn't spend any money on craft projects, but it was a total bust in the getting-stuff-done department. It's easy not to spend money when you don't do anything, right? Let's review what I DID do this month.
I revealed my pantry...
and my curtains & rods
...but I completed those in January. The no …
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One Year Blogiversary Giveaway!
Today, ladies and gentlemen, is my one year blogiversary! I told my husband this and he totally didn't understand, he thinks I made it up. I had to set him straight and tell him that in blogland, a blogiversary is a real thing and needs to be recognized.February 12th of last year I started my Domestic Imperfection with this post. I really had no hopes or aspirations, I just started it on a whim halfway expecting it to die because I would lose interest and/or nobody would read it. I'm happy to …
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