Can you believe it's only 2 days until Christmas? This year we have really tried to stay on a budget when it comes to buying Christmas gifts. I decided to use my DIY skills and make quite a few of the gifts for people — I think people really like getting something they know you put your heart into. I put together a few ideas of 10 easy last minute DIY projects you can pull off before the big day. ... VIEW POST
10 Easy DIY Christmas Gifts
Restoration Redoux’s Top 15 Posts of All Time
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a fun one! Topher had to work late, the unnamed child had plans, and I was sick ... so I just hung out watching movies all by my lonesome. Pretty exciting stuff. I watched The Other Woman and Maleficent -- both were pretty good. I was hoping to finish up on some new projects yesterday, but I pretty much just stayed in a NyQuil induced coma instead. Pretty sure those are going to be my plans for today too. The other day I posted my Top 10 ... VIEW POST
Restoration Redoux Christmas Home Tour
The countdown to Christmas is on my friends! I have done a couple of Christmas tours showing you different areas of the house. I thought today I would put it all together for you, so you didn't have to go searching all over the place. Let's start off with my mantel. I made my new feather boa wreath, and hung it at the top of my mirror-turned-temporary-chalkboard that I wrote about here. I used my deer (that were part of my center pieces last year) to flank the mantel. This year, my ... VIEW POST
Home For the Holidays Christmas Tour
Happy Monday everyone!!! We had a great weekend at our place. Friday night we hosted a small holiday party that we have every year. We got to see an old family friend of ours that we rarely get to see, but I will share more about that with you later this week. Saturday night, Topher had his Christmas party for work where we had a lovely dinner and then took a bus tour to go look at Christmas lights. During the day Saturday and Sunday, I stenciled the walls in my laundry room. I am almost ... VIEW POST
Restoration Redoux’s Best Projects of 2013
Where did 2013 go? It seemed to have passed by in a flash! It's been a crazy busy year with lots of new things: I was a contributor at some amazing blogs (The Girl Creative, The Everyday Home and Simply Designing), I could hardly keep up with my furniture orders (which was great) and I ventured into new territory like working on campaigns with a lot of different companies. On the home front, the unnamed child learned to drive (and I had suffered several anxiety attacks), we went on our ... VIEW POST
Polka-Dot Reindeer
Happy Monday everyone! Are you all scurrying around like I am, running to the grocery store, wrapping presents and cleaning your house too? I thought so. We were snowed in all weekend. So I got a couple of extra Christmas projects finished, made some homemade soup, and watched Holiday Inn, White Christmas, and R.I.P.D. The last one wasn't a Christmas movie, but Topher got to choose one, and I never pass up a chance to watch Ryan Reynolds. We are going with my parents and my cousin ... VIEW POST
Amazon Best of Beauty
Hello friends! Sorry I've been MIA, but I've been getting ready for Christmas! No, I haven't lost my mind. I am part of a big campaign with a brand I'm super excited about, and it's for their Christmas campaign! I can't get into details about it yet, but I will let you know as soon as I'm allowed. Since my mom's house has better lighting, we decked her house out like a winter wonderland. The brand was sending so many boxes filled with greenery, wreaths, ornaments and lights. Everyday ... VIEW POST