“I CAN DO all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13
I’ve tried to do the wordy blogger thing…long drawn out stories about how I accomplished something, but that format just doesn’t work for me. My time is valuable and so is yours. I decided that the only way I’d make this work was to simplify my process. My intentions are to post projects, décor and simple design inspiration. If you like anything I post, I’ve tried to make shopping easy by including the links. As an Amazon Affiliate, I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. I get commissions for purchases made through links in my posts.
I recently made some additions to my kitchen to incorporate cool tones and I am loving the new vibe I get with these few items. We have open kitchen shelving, so I am able to display and appreciate these lovely pieces. If you like the looks, take a peak at my Amazon cool tone finds.
I’ve been on a mission lately to try and reduce our usage of plastic for meals on the go. My girls pack their own lunches and I’ve opted to get rid of the plastic food containers and move into stainless steel for storing their food. They love these fun containers and cups that I’ve found on Amazon. If you’re on this mission with me, check out these links and see for yourselves!
I’ve found myself in need of some solid tried and true gifts to give gal pals recently and thought I’d pass these links on to you. Some of my favorites are posted below. Happy shopping!
Life has been quite hectic in the last year! This is my attempt to get back at it and share with you what I’ve been working on and what I’m loving these days…
Every year, I get an itch to change up things at home. I get bored looking at the same stuff day after day. It may be minor, but my latest addition was these darling vintage-looking hobnail glasses. I’m hoping the color maintains after lots of washes because I am digging this shade of turquoise. We have open kitchen shelving, so I get to stare at these beauties all of the time.
Click here to shop this fun glassware.
This year is flying by! Fall is in full swing, but Northern California has unfortunately gone back to full on Summer mode. Weather aside, it’s Halloween at our house. Check out some of my favorite Amazon Halloween finds. These items work great to mix in with the Fall décor I already have out.
We’re new, so new, in fact, I thought I published this post, but I was wrong. Thank goodness I copy and pasted the text to Word! Phew!
We’re the Cantrells. We are a family of 5 and we live in Lodi, CA. We are in the trenches of parenthood, raising our three vibrant daughters. We are so very blessed. They are healthy, fun-loving, smart little ladies that keep us on our toes.
We’ve been in our home since I was pregnant with our now 5 year-old middle daughter. We fell in love with our house, maybe not the holes in the walls where the intercom system was at one point, or the pink Lily motif of the master bath, but we fell in love with the bones. This was our dream home, no doubt, but it needed a whole lot of love.
We’ve spent the past nearly six years pouring our heart and soul into this place, project by project. We are handy people, yes, but not contractors, tilers, painters or craftsmen of any sort. We have the ideas and a lot of the skills to do some of the work, but the vast majority has been brought to fruition due to the hard work of many amazing tradesmen and women.
Why start a blog when we aren’t even the people doing the work? Well, we aren’t doing the big jobs by any means, but we love designing and we love turning our ideas into reality. I, like may others, adore Pinterest. Hours upon hours have been invested into scrolling through pictures on Pinterest and Google. When it came down to it, I wasn’t able to find exactly what I was looking for. We would always end up going our own route and figuring out what we wanted by trial and error. Whether it’s been updating our children’s rooms, crafting a hood cover for our new kitchen, or figuring out a way to fill a blank wall with something new and exciting, we’ve just figured it out on our own. We thought it would be awesome to share some of these projects with others in hopes of inspiring new craft projects, home renovations, or design. If we CAN’t DO it, we’ll find someone who can!
Thanks for checking out our blog and we hope you enjoy!
Sincerely,
Kevin and Kelli Cantrell
CanDoCantrells 