Your Home Story

Nursery design can be so fun and cute!! But a baby’s room also needs to be super functional. So we did a deep dive into the essentials, ways to add your design touches, and some inspirational nurseries and pieces that work well. Plus, learn how to make a nursery that’s perfect for baby but still fits within your home, and learn who you’re really designing your nursery for!

Resources and inspirations:

1. Suzannah’s nursery
2. Suzannah’s nursery pinboard
3. Suzannah’s ultimate glider/rocking chair
4. Suzannah’s affordable rocking chair research blog post and how she likes hers
5. Baby clothing divider tags
6. Blue light-free nighlight
7. Some great inspiration nurseries we talked about:
   1. @carpendaughter’s playful nursery
   2. @pricelanding’s elegant, muted nursery (and a recent update here)
   3. DIY Playbook’s larger space with great nursery to grow into
   4. Cassie Bustamante’s wallpapered nursery closet and simple built-in shelves

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

• @suzannahstanley
• @biggerthanthethreeofus
• @yourhomestorypodcast

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

A collection of similar items grouped together can make a beautiful statement, sometimes even more than one large piece! But you can end up with a cluttered or incomplete look. We’re sharing some important tips and our favorite ways to decorate with collections this week!

Links we mentioned:

1. Painted picture mats by Allie from @theadoredadobe
2. Suzannah’s grid gallery wall of pencil drawings (in the finished room here)
3. A peek at the vintage bells in Ashley’s house.
4. The wood bowl collection that Ashley hung up in her bedroom.
5. The antler wall in Ashley’s entryway.
6. Good article from Veranda: 12 Tips for decorating with collections
7. Collection of mirrors at the stair landing by Audrey from @blackhouseonthecorner
8. Vintage portrait gallery
9. Mounting a collection on a wall: grouping of cool mounted plants
10. Kelly Elko - Finial collection and trophy collection
11. Wall shelving created for a vintage camera collection
12. Cary Ray’s pottery all on one shelf and Carol Estes’s pottery collection storage as a feature
13. Elsie from A Beautiful Mess rainbow glassware collection

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

• @suzannahstanley
• @biggerthanthethreeofus
• @yourhomestorypodcast

And you can join our Facebook group here to connect with other listeners and ask questions!

Changes to windows and doors can make a huge effect to make a home look more custom or updated. Some of these changes you can do yourself... others could be a huge nightmare, mess, time suck, or worse! Ashley and Suzannah talk through their experiences and when to hire or DIY on both window and door projects.

Projects we talked about:

1. Ashley's kitchen window project (enlarging)
2. Ashley's dilemma enlarging or updating glass in exterior doors
3. Suzannah's DIY door/trim update
4. See how Ashley at The Gold Hive added a door to the backyard from her master bedroom

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

• Suzannah is @suzannahstanley
• Ashley is @biggerthanthethreeofus
• The podcast is @yourhomestorypodcast

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

We all want that organized drop zone, that beautiful mudroom, or a built-in bench with coat hangers for all our family members, but sometimes, that’s just not an option. Today, we are chatting about how to create a drop zone for fall and winter gear that’s actually attainable for most. Whether you implement a new system for your gloves and hats (which we will give you a few options for) or learn how to corral what you have in a new way, you’ll walk away from this episode ready to tackle the space you have with a fresh set of eyes!

Inspirations that we talked about:

1. We love this DIY cubby built-in. It’s a very custom, but doable DIY for most and uses the GARAGE!
2. Suzannah’s Instagram post about shoes in the house
3. Using the garage as a mudroom again, this wire system could be put up and utilized in just one weekend!
4. If you don’t have a space to create closed storage for your drop zone, consider storing all your necessities in plain site! We love this moody entryway filled with a bench and hooks - the perfect starting point for a great drop zone!
5. Baskets can be great go-to’s for hiding those pieces that you don’t necessarily want to display. Check out this more minimal drop zone that is still full of storage!
6. IKEA’s shoe storage cabinets are great for shoes but think outside of the box with them as well! We love how Charlotte used an Ikea shoe cabinet for mittens and hats!
7. If you have at traditional coat closet in your entryway, don’t forget about the vertical door space for storage. Hats and mittens can be stored on the door, not only is a great way to store them but you can let them dry out there too!
8. Amazon has lots of affordable over the door storage options.

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

• @suzannahstanley
• @biggerthanthethreeofus
• @yourhomestorypodcast

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].

Most half bathrooms or powder baths are not too exciting or pretty to look at right away. But they’re often used by guests or you, all the time, so might as well express your style in them! They can have function issues, too, like small sinks and no cabinets. Plus, updating a powder bathroom is a GREAT way to dip your toes into DIY projects or just do a quick, easy, fun update to a space you use a lot!

Ashley and Suzannah have experience redoing several bathrooms and half-baths and share some great budget-friendly and custom-look project ideas!

Projects and resources we mentioned:

1. Easy half bathroom update: Suzannah’s faux chair rail look
2. Suzannah’s faux wallpaper project and how it looked when she painted over it
3. Suzannah’s 90’s home $391 powder bath total makeover (and video about that lightening-fast bathroom project)
4. Suzannah’s palm leaf removable wallpaper and chair rail project
5. Ashley’s modern powder bath vanity round-up

Plus, we talk through the elements you can change in a powder bath to update it, from most to least intense/expensive: cabinet/vanity, flooring, backsplash/wall, lighting, mirror, paint, and decor. Here’s Ashley’s cute DIY vanity light tutorial and the kit by Grand Brass.

You can find us on our blogs or connect with each of us on Instagram:

• Suzannah is @suzannahstanley
• Ashley is @biggerthanthethreeofus
• The podcast is @yourhomestorypodcast

We’d love to hear your questions and thoughts! Join our Facebook group here and email us at [email protected].