Saturday Suggestions: Inspirations for Your Weekend

 

Today is a full day in our world. Ryan has to work the postponed Easter egg hunt at Swiss Village. (It rained last Saturday.) I am going to a bridal shower, and we’re hosting our small group tonight. It should be fun!

                Speaking of fun…here you go! A few links to start your Saturday!

Megan shared about this wallpaper that looks like tile, which makes it great for a backsplash. I’m earmarking this in case we want to use it in our kitchen someday. I love the pattern and the idea of something as “easy” as wallpaper vs. tiling. (I do recognize that wallpaper isn’t actually easy.)

One of the people I follow on Instagram lives in a houseboat, and I think it’s so cool. I love seeing her life in the houseboat…so when I ran across this piece about a family that travels up and down the Mississippi by houseboat each year, I loved reading more! I never thought about what it would be like to have to navigate locks and dams like she writes about, but I still find the whole thing intriguing!

I have always loved rearranging furniture in our home – and even rearranging the purposes of any given room. I’ve not done much of that here at the lake, but I always have ideas marinating in my mind. Anyway, I’ve read a lot of pieces and posts about furniture rearrangement, but I’ve never seen one focused on a KITCHEN!! This was so much fun to read. Our kitchen isn’t large enough for me to apply this, but it sure does open my mind to the possibilities of smaller spaces serving different kinds of purposes!

One of the best things my parents did for me when I was little was to lay a strong foundation in the Word of God. That included taking me to Sunday School every week where I learned the books of the Bible in order, thanks to some catchy songs, and I learned how to look up scriptures in a physical Bible. If you have kids or grandkids in your life, this is a great gift to give them. And I ran across this little tool for teaching the books of the Bible in order – and according to their subject breakdowns! And in truth – might not even be a bad idea for adults!

Somewhere along the way, I discovered Angela Baniff on YouTube, and I enjoy watching her videos. She made one about affordable spring fashion from Walmart, so I thought I’d share that with you today. I really like most of what she features, but I wish some of the midi dresses were longer (or shorter). Midi is a bad length for me.  

We have a Hoosier Cabinet in our house. It used to be my Grandma’s, and then it lived at my parents’ house for many years, and when we bought the lake house, it came here to live. I love the sentimentality of it, but I’m always looking for ways to utilize it more fully. I ran across this post that explains the original purpose of the Hoosier Cabinet, and that helps me have a better idea how to use ours! (I’ve read about them before, but it’s been a while, so this was a good find.)