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Christmas Decorations: Frames of Joy

November 21, 2013 By Shannah Coe 22 Comments

Decorating for Christmas is something I love and look forward to from about November 1st.  I always wait until the week of Thanksgiving to actually start putting out Christmas decorations but I definitely dream about them long before that.  This year, I wanted to add a few new items to our home and I decided to start with some framed words.  Joy and Noel are two of my favorite “words of the season” so I picked one of those. Joy Frames Cropped_wm…

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Filed Under: Christmas, Crafts, decorating, holidays Tagged With: Christmas, Christmas crafts, Christmas Decorations, Crafts, Decorating, framed letters, joy

Pinworthy Projects Link Party #70

July 5, 2013 By Shannah 17 Comments

Happy Friday everyone! Are you ready to share your latest creation? I hope so because I love seeing new crafts, recipes and do it yourself projects linked each and every week! Before you hit up the link up, be sure to go join the social media link party, Let’s Connect Thursday, that happens here each week!

Now, it is time to party…

Just Us Four My Favorite Finds Atkinson Drive

That’s right, it is time to link up your newest projects and recipes from the last week! …

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Filed Under: Grow Your Blog, Link Party, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, Decorating, DIY Projects, grow your blog, projects, Recipes

Big Girl Rooms: Two Mood Boards

April 2, 2013 By Shannah 9 Comments

Have you ever tried to get a 5 {almost 6} year old to make design decisions?  Take it from me…you’d have an easier time ripping a princess dress from her hands. 

Um, how did she grow up so fast?

For H’s sixth birthday, we decided we would completely redecorate her room as part of her birthday present.  When we moved in, it was pretty hastily thrown together since
a) I was pregnant and also trying to do a nursery
b) she wasn’t really at an age where a big transition made sense.

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Filed Under: decorating, Design Inspiration, Interior Changes, Kids, Our House Tagged With: Big Girl Rooms, Decorating, Design Inspiration, Interior Changes, Mood Boards

St. Patrick’s Day Crafts – Pots of Gold

March 11, 2013 By Shannah 6 Comments

St. Patrick’s Day crafts are always so fun because they are filled with bright greens, rainbows and, of course, gold!

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Filed Under: Crafts, holidays, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: Decorating, gold crafts, pots of gold, rainbow crafts, St. Patrick's Day crafts, St. Patricks Day

Easy Decorating – Split Pea Spring Decor

March 4, 2013 By Shannah 12 Comments

We are in that time of year where it isn’t quite fully Spring {hello…snow predicted in two days!} but I still want to add little touches of Spring into our house to remind me what is near.  Since this is really transitional decor, I want this to be cheap and easy decorating.  And, it really doesn’t get much cheaper or easier than this!

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Filed Under: Crafts, decorating, Easter, holidays, St. Patrick's Day Tagged With: cheap crafts, Crafts, Decorating, easy crafts, Spring, St. Patricks Day

Pinworthy Projects Party – My Pinworthy Picks

February 28, 2013 By Shannah 3 Comments

Ack! You know that feeling when you wake up one morning and realize that you didn’t do something you were supposed to do?  Yeah, I’m there…right now!  It is now Thursday morning at X o’clock and I realized I haven’t done my features yet.  In my defense, it has been a crazy 36 hours in our house (fractured finger for one little, doctor’s appointment with new specialist + bout of coup for the other little).     

Never fear…the wee hours of the morning will serve me well in sharing some of the awesomeness to be found in the 100 links of last week’s party.  So, let’s get started before the sun comes up and I am really behind!

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Filed Under: Features, pinworthy projects Tagged With: cooking, Crafts, Decorating, DIY, Eating, Features, pinworthy projects, Recipes

Pinterest Challenge: Making a New Bed

February 25, 2013 By Shannah 13 Comments

Pinterest does a lot of things…the biggest is providing you with endless amounts of inspiration and ideas through your pins!

Thanks, in part to Pinterest, at our last dinner club, some of the ladies got to talking about upholstering headboards. Two, in particular, really wanted to do it for their rooms but just hadn’t made the time.

So, being the “do-er” that I like to think I am {yes, even that made ME laugh out loud, Mathlete…and others}, I scheduled a headboard day. The week before our “headboard day” came and there were lots of emails and texts.  We all wanted super simple rectangular boards similar to this one
DIYUpholsteredIKEAHeadboard23

Source: iheartorganizing.blogspot.com via Yolonda on Pinterest

 On Saturday morning, Liz texted me to find out if I had really gone and bought the wood. {Sorry Liz…I fibbed just a bit. We were in the car on our way to get the wood but I was afraid you might back out if I told you that!} Mathlete and I hit up Lowes and bought the plywood for our projects and had it cut there. I also picked up a second staple gun and a ton of staples in different sizes.

Liz was given batting duty since neither Nari or I had actually gone and bought batting yet. {Maybe we were all subconsciously thinking the other was going to cancel?}

With all of our supplies purchased, we got to work making our 3 headboards {I will warn you…you will see two different fabrics in the how-to pictures because we were making multiple boards}!

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Filed Under: decorating, DIY, Interior Changes, Our House Tagged With: Decorating, DIY, Guest Room, Interior Changes, Upholstered Head Board

Pinworthy Projects Party #51

February 22, 2013 By Shannah 11 Comments

Sorry I forgot to announce the winner of My Favorite Things last week!  The winner is:
Sara who likes Just Us Four on Twitter as sararowe8!

Sara – Shoot me an email to justusfourpartners {at} gmail {dot} com to claim your prize!
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February is coming to a close.  Crazy how time is moving so fast!  Let’s take a little time out and spend it partying!

Just Us Four
My Favorite Finds
Atkinson Drive

That’s right, it is time to link up your newest projects and recipes from the last week!

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Filed Under: Grow Your Blog, Link Party, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, Decorating, grow your blog, link party, pinworthy projects, Recipes

Inspiration Station: NYC Places

February 18, 2013 By Shannah 1 Comment

During our recent trip to New York City, I was excited to walk around the city and see all the sites. There was some serious design inspiration to be found starting right there with our hotel and continuing in other places around town.

Some pics {warning…most are from my cell phone so not the best quality}

I loved the pattern in the tile floor at The Standard Grill

Giant overhead shower head plus beautiful tile wall

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Filed Under: Design Inspiration Tagged With: Decorating, Design Inspiration

Pinworthy Projects Party #50

February 15, 2013 By Shannah 14 Comments

It is Friday!  Do you know what that means???

Just Us Four
My Favorite Finds
Atkinson Drive

That’s right, it is time to link up your newest projects and recipes from the last week!

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Filed Under: Grow Your Blog, Link Party, pinworthy projects Tagged With: Crafts, Decorating, grow your blog, link party, pinworthy projects, Recipes

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Hi, I'm Shannah! Welcome to My Suburban Kitchen, where you'll find tons of recipe ideas including family friendly dinners, sinfully delicious desserts and even Paleo and Whole30 recipes. I love spending time in our kitchen and also share little glimpses of my life as a wife to one awesome Mathlete and working mom to 2 cute kids! I hope you'll grab a seat at our table and enjoy your time in the kitchen with us.

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