Five FREE Ways to

Add Art & Beauty to your home, Now!

I recently shared Five Free things you can do now to create a Gorgeous Room. That post is a great place to start if you are on you are tired of waiting for your house to magically look pretty – and you are ready to make an instant change. There are so many great ideas there, and they are realistic.

Well, the next step, after creating a gorgeous room, is to add the details that really make a space wonderful. You know. The icing on the cake. The cherry on the Sunday.

I am here to tell you that this does not have to cost you  a thing! {Not that buying things you LOVE is a crime! buy away when you are able! But in life, we need choices for all of our seasons.} Below is a list of several artful items that, when displayed in a lovely manner, can give your home that gorgeous, finished, designer feel. All of them – FREE!

 

1. FREE branches from your yard.

Or from the yard of a willing friend. Extra glorious if you can find a branch that is in bloom. A couple favorites of mine:

• Bare branches with sculptural form, like a curly willow in winter
• Budding branches
• Cherry blossom or Dogwood blossom branches {prune your tree + have pretty flowers = win win}
• Branches of magnolia leaves or other glossy leaves
• Force forsythia branches in the winter
• Pussy willow
• Holly branches in the winter
• Any bunch of green grasses or green bush. Perfect when cutting back a pretty weed.

but don’t be limited by those ideas. All of creation is beautiful! Bring it indoors!

Branch Inspiration

{via Lauren Liess, Domino}

{Architectural Digest, via Fieldstone Hill Design}

{via Elle Decor}

2. FREE Printable Art

Printable art is a great addition to your walls! I like this best interspersed between actual paintings, but printable art is a  great starting place if you have zero art to speak of. Also, printable art is best when framed, but that too can wait if necessary.

Here are some great resources for adding FREE Printable art to your space:

• Maps are gorgeous when framed on the wall. Try these FREE maps.
• I ADORE these FREE botanical prints
• Fill your home with FREE and gorgeous Vintage prints. NY Public Library Digital Images
• Keep up with the Free Printables that Bloggers create and offer. Here and Here are some that I have shared. Also, I keep a Pin-board of Printables that are Free or Mostly Free.
• I like these frames.
  Not free. But not pricey, and classy.

optional TIPS FOR PRINTING YOUR ART:

1. Save the file to a flash drive in the best quality storage option

2. Take the file to your local printer, and select the best quality paper available. This will cost just a little bit, and is optional, but it is a small amount that will make a HUGE difference in your “mostly” FREE art.

 

Printable Art Inspiration

{via Inspiration Display}

{via Inspiration Display}

3. FREE: Hang Your Plates

Hang groupings of plates on the wall. Use the pretty ones you own, but just sit in a drawer. FREE!

Plate hanging is so much easier than it used to be, thanks to these babies. So, go to town, and get those gorgeous plates out of your drawers and voila! art!

Plate Hanging Inspiration

{via Nesting Place}

{via Life in Grace}

{via The French Inspired Room}

4. FREE: Hang Your Stuff On The Wall

Do you have other groupings of Stuff? Things, just sitting in a drawer, that would look beautiful if hung on the wall? Antique baskets? old silver platters? straw hats? Select unique and artful collections, and hang them with symmetry. FREE!

I have already written a post about this, so you should hop over there: See THIS HUGE COLLECTION OF IDEAS for things you can hang on your wall. Maybe you already have some of these things clogging up a drawer or closet in your home! Time to make some free art!

Hang-Your-Stuff Inspiration {see tons more pics & ideas here}

A collection of hats + brass clocks = Stuff, hanging on the wall.

{via Country Living, design by Sarah Richardson}

5. Cut Flowers From Your Own Garden

Don’t forget the age old practice of keeping a Flower Cutting Garden, and then filling your home with the flowers… for free! Whenever something is in bloom! Because flowers are the PERFECT art. This Cutting Garden thing is something I have yet to do {I am not exactly in the season of life for heavy gardening. Parenting 3 littles, homeschooling, running 2+ businesses, etc. etc. are keeping me plenty overwhelmed, thank you very much.} But this IS on my dream list! I even have dream plans…. for someday.

How about you? Do you have a little plot where you could plant a cutting garden? Dream with me:

Cutting Garden Inspiration

{via Gardeners, Plant a cutting garden}

 

{via Victoria Elizabeth Barnes}

{via Inspiration Garden and Flowers}

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These are just a few ideas for ways to add beauty and art into your home. The fun part is that you can do these now. Today!And, now you have some very free tools, and hopefully the inspiration and motivation.

Free yourself of things you don’t need {head back to this post for the details on editing your space}, and add in other {free} decorative touches, and you will breathe more easily – and smile more often –  in your beautiful, peaceful and orderly space!

 

 

 

 

 

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I am so excited for my client Jackie, who has superb taste and is such a sweetheart! Her home – a 400 sq. ft. studio apartment in the Upper East side of NYC – has recently been featured on both Houzz and Apartment Therapy.

Below is a little sneak peak of the amazing space, but be sure to cheer her on over at Apartment Therapy and Houzz. Tons of pin-worthy ideas in these gorgeous tours. Also, you can check her out at her blog, York Avenue.

Here is a taste of this lovely lady and her LOVELY style:

{via Apartment Therapy, photography by Liana Hayles}

Much more over at Houzz and Apartment Therapy. So gorgeous, Jackie!!!

 
 
 
 

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Stuff I love. // #livewithbeauty

 Sharing some of my faves with you today:

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this gorgeous Master Bedroom //

I am head over heels for this Master Bedroom makeover…. especially the part about the Secret Garden. {PS Huge Secret Garden fan over here. I read it until the binding broke when I was a wee girl. And fun fact: my favorite role that I ever sang was Lily in the Secret Garden. Stunning, stunning music}. You really have got to click over and see the brilliance of Lauren. Her vision just screams talent, and her restraint vs. bold strokes style makes me grin huge-like. And, besides getting schooled in design brilliance when you click on over… if you scroll to the bottom Lauren’s post, you will also get to see some cuteness that – I promise – will make you smile.

{via Pure Style Home}

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this design tip//

So I am linking to Lauren twice in a row.  Can you blame me? This post walks you, step by step, through Lauren’s process for hanging a GORG gallery wall. This is worthy reading, my design obsessed lovelies!

{via Pure Style Home}

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this Beauty with a capital B //

This. Read this.

{via Logan Wolfram}

 

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this amazing cake from a  friend //

Those of you who hang with me on Instagram saw that I got a much needed Va-ca. Well, while I was in paradise, I also got to visit a wonderful friend… Ruth, who just happens to bake a mean hummingbird cake. We had a wonderful evening in their home, enjoying dinner and our kiddos swimming and laughing. I still need to share on Instagram a fun video of our kids belting Frozen tunes… be looking for that goodie.

{via Living Well Spending Less}

You will want to check out her recipe. Because it was delicious {not on my diet, but WORTH the nibble}!! But also, have a ball perusing her rocking blog. Ruth is filled with no-nonsense goodness.

 

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this in-progress office //

When I grow up, I want to have a settee in my office. Or, maybe just… an office. Anywho. I LOVE this office my friend Nester is creating. So peaceful. The perfect girly escape – just a stone’s throw from her back door. Literally. You will want to hop over to see all the other lovely ideas in this evolving space. A bed… and a settee! Honestly, girl, how do you get any work done?? #Iwouldbenapping

{via Nesting Place}

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this DIY worth doing //

I am IN LOVE with this paper-mache gold bowl project. It is SUPER EASY and inexpensive, for SUPER GORGEOUS results. Even though…. you all know that I hate DIY-ing. So, if any of my friends are reading this, I want you to make me this  for my birthday. M’kay?? And Genius Jen, these bowls are GORGEOUS! I think one or two would be just darling on my library bookshelves, no?

{via Balancing Beauty and Bedlam}

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Have a great weekend, friends! Happy Weekend Browsing!

 

 

 

 

 

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Why everyone is into Essential Oils:

So, here is a no-nonsense post about why everyone seems to be into Essential Oils, and whether or not this is a good thing… AND is it a thing for YOU, and your family:

 

1. They really do help your wellness

The number one reason people are into Young Living essential oils is that they truly do help your wellness and your life. Oils have been used for centuries to help people medicinally and emotionally, and if you purchase 100% pure, therapeutic grade oils {guaranteed by Young Living, since they oversee the bottling from Seed to Seal}, you can add the purity of God-made plant life to your wellness regimen.

No Nonsense: Essential Oil user are legally not able to claim healing.  These natural oils will help your wellness. Essential Oils work differently for everyone, because everyone’s body chemistry is different. Fortunately, they are powerful but all natural, and they are fun to experiment with.

 

2. They are an ALL NATURAL choice, first-line-of-defense option to help your family

These natural well-being choices that have been around for… well… ever. Why not try natural first – that only makes sense to me! At our home, I reach for my oils FIRST to address any wellness concerns, from daily wellness issues to cleaning our home in a healthy way to aromatherapy and mood solutions. THEN, if I can not find a natural solution, I will turn to other sources for help.

No Nonsense: Essential Oils are the perfect thing to turn to FIRST when you have a wellness concern, because all-natural should always be our first choice. I have found that they don’t replace all manmade solutions, but in our family’s experience, YL EO’s have met our needs without having to head for manmade solutions.

 

3. People are making lovely amounts of money from sharing their oils with others.

There, I said it. Not everyone is mentioning this out loud. Probably out of courtesy, because when you are “selling” something, it turns people off. We are all tired of being “sold to!” Yep, me too. But the truth of the matter is that, people who share Young Living’s amazingness with you also benefit monetarily. I never consider myself to be “selling” anything, because I truly just share how much I love the oils, and then teach YOU how to sign up!! Just as if I were to tell you where my fave restaurant is, and then the restaurant gave me a little affiliate thank-you for the referral.

But that truly does NOT take away from the awesomeness of these Essential Oils! Nor does it take away from their effectiveness. Nor does it take away from how A.MAZ.ING they smell.

I am telling you, there is something very very different about Young Living. And it starts and ends with the AWESOMENESS of the oils.

No Nonsense:

For those who buy the oils:  Let’s just start with the fact that this is not one of those You-need-to-buy-a-minimum kind of things. YL is simply a wholesale membership. That is all. With no obligation to buy. Ever. FINALLY. A company that gets it! I have RUN from memberships in the past because, simply put, they force you to buy amounts that you just don’t need. Why would anyone sign up for that?

And as for those who decide to share the oils with others:  Young Living is THE most generous company. Just for sharing their products with others, they offer you a generous commission. In fact, my commission is making a significant impact on my family. Just being completely transparent and honest here, for YOUR benefit! Here is a realistic, no-nonsense scenario for you: You can easily let your friends borrow your peppermint oil, they see how awesome it works – because – IT DOES!, they order it themselves – signing in using your number, and you make a commission from what they purchase – without any pressure or selling or what-not involved. There you have it. And when there is no pressure, everyone wins. And THAT is a huge reason why everyone is into Essential Oils.

Are YL Essential Oils for Me?

In my opinion, I cannot think of a single person who would not benefit from oils in one of these ways, if not all of them:

1. At the very, very least, they make your home smell awesome, like a spa.

2. They are an ALL NATURAL option for wellness support, so why not try them first before you try chemical laden options? {<- Tweet This}

3. They help you to #livewithbeauty, as they add to your wellness AND have amazing beauty, bath, body and skin care solutions/products.

4. They provide an amazing natural option for cleaning your home – that really does clean your home.

5. Lastly, in my experience, many of the oils do help and help wholly. While I cannot share testimonies here, I can say that I believe in these oils because I have seen with my own eyes what they can do!

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If you appreciate my no nonsense approach, and now you feel informed…

If I have satisfied your curiosity, and you now know that Young Living EO’s are right for you…

 I would be honored if you would sign up for YL Wholesale via my Sponsor Number 1413674! {P.S. There is no future purchase required! I always give GREAT freebies to those who sign up for a wholesale Premium Starter Kit with my number!}

Want to know even more? Click here.

Questions? Fire away!

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{this post is a part of my Living with Beauty: Wellness series,

a series that helps you to add beauty into every corner of your every day life}

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