A New Furniture Layout

jackiecantblog@gmail.com May 5, 2019 0 Comments
It's Week Four (a very late posting of my Week 4) of the One Room Challenge and I am talking all about Furniture layout. Or How to Move Furniture in a Small House with Small Rooms and nowhere for stuff to go If this is your first time here- Welcome! My name is Jackie and I am a Guest Participant in the One Room Challenge. A six-week interior design challenge hosted by Calling it Home and the...

A Blue and White Spring Holiday Tablescape

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 19, 2019 0 Comments
Blue is My Favorite Color After All Welcome back! Let's take a look at my small dining room decorated for the Spring Easter Holiday. Using Blue and White for the tablescape- a classic color combination. Dining room Spring 2018 Time and time again I have said that Blue is my favorite color. Navy, light, teal, indigo, turquoise, the list goes on and on. I use most of the blues in all of my...

Not Much Happening Over Here for the ORC Week 3

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 18, 2019 8 Comments
There is always that one week where I don't get anything done- this was just that week Thank goodness that the One Room Challenge is SIX weeks long. Whenever I am working on one of these challenges I always seem to have a week where I procrastinate. "Oh, that won't take very long" or "I got time for that later" or "there's no sun today, maybe I can take pictures tomorrow" Now here it is a week...

A New Sofa -Week 2 – ORC

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 10, 2019 15 Comments
One Room Challenge- Week Two Thanks so much for joining me in Week Two of the One Room Challenge. If this is your first time here- Welcome! My name is Jackie, of the Can't Blog. I am a jeans and t-shirt kind of woman- who love Tacos, thrifting, a good DIY/ Craft, my family and my Puppies. Not necessarily in that order. This will be the second time that I am participating as a Guest in the One...

DIY Shibori Inspired Easter Eggs

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 5, 2019 2 Comments
Decorating Easter Eggs Hey there! The ladies and I are decorating Easter eggs this time around for our little Sweet Moda Blog Project link up. The last time we got together to each show how we decorate and craft with plain glass jars. My friend Ashlee of Sweet Southern Oaks showed how to tint glass jars with Modpodge and food coloring. Go see Ashlee's post for a fun and easy craft here- How to...

Spring is here and so is the One Room Challenge!

jackiecantblog@gmail.com April 4, 2019 7 Comments
The One Room Challenge It's pretty important to know yourself, don't you think? One thing that I know for sure is that I do better with deadlines. I have declared 2019 a year of change for me and one of my goals is to work here on my blog a little bit every day. You know that old saying- "Small steps can lead to big results". My hope is that I will get momentum and this little blog of mine will...

8 Ways to Use a Mason Jar

jackiecantblog@gmail.com March 16, 2019 2 Comments
A Plain Clear glass Mason jar. Do you have one? Or 38 like me? Let's look at 8 simple ways you can use one or more in your home decor today! Clear Glass Mason Jar Simple is sometimes Best! The Mason Jar- we all have them and love them too! This time around I am going to share with you 8 simple ways to use a clear glass jar in your home decor. I have used a Ball Mason Jar, but really you could...

From Christmas Cute to Industrial Chic

jackiecantblog@gmail.com March 14, 2019 0 Comments
I love crates and bins and galvanized buckets. I found these cute Christmas galvanized bins on clearance last year. That's right- over a year ago. They have been sitting in my basement all that time waiting for their turn for a makeover. Looking at them I wanted to update them to be able to use all year round. How cute is this guy? Now I could have easily just left the cute Greens and Berries...

1 Crazy Idea and 4 Instagram Friends

jackiecantblog@gmail.com March 1, 2019 6 Comments
As with most things in my life I had this crazy idea... Well, it's not that crazy really. As I have talked about before- I love Instagram! On that little photo app I have met some wonderful and inspiring women that I call friends. Many of which have blogs of their own that they're trying to build. So, I thought why don't I invite a couple of them to join me in a link up of sorts to build each...

Cheap Thrift Store Upcycles

jackiecantblog@gmail.com February 26, 2019 0 Comments
How you too can upcycle your Thrift Store treasures on the cheap! Last month I finished up my $100 Room Challenge- and if you missed it go and check it out HERE. To add extra some decor as part of my room makeover I did a lot of small projects that had been on my to do list for a little bit. After I completed them, I wondered why I waited so long! Let's take a look at a couple of the projects...