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5 Favorite Things

5 Favorite Things {Happy Monday} – 9/29/14 Edition

Loving Life

Happy Monday – it’s time for the 3rd edition of 5 Favorite Things! 1. Fun Birthday Traditions Today is my mom’s birthday {Happy Birthday, Mom}! Many years ago, we started a fun little tradition with myself, mom, my two aunts, and Gram. For each birthday, we go out to breakfast together and then to the casino. Each person gives the birthday…
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Inexpensive Dog Costumes for Halloween

Fairy Princess Costume {For Your Dog} & 80+ More Costume Ideas!

DIY & Crafts

This may be the post where you guys start to question my sanity. Or did that happen back when I gilded the shelf edges in my bright purple closet? In a moment of boldness, I teamed up with Jamie Dorobek and her handmade Halloween costume site, Really Awesome Costumes to bring you tons of easy ideas to craft up DIY Halloween…
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Fall Home Tour by A Prudent Life - Click to see the rest of the tour!

Fall Home Tour

House Tour· Space Reveals

I love looking at blogger’s home tours. Today it’s my turn to contribute to all the fall eye candy going around! We always have a few orange pops of color around, but they multiply like friendly gremlins from September to November. I also throw in pretty much anything metallic that I can come up with to brighten each space. For me, the…
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DIY Halloween Hayride Sign

Halloween Hayride {DIY Art}

DIY & Crafts

It’s Expressions Vinyl Ambassador Challenge time again! If you haven’t seen my prior posts, each month Expressions Vinyl picks a theme for several bloggers and challenges us to create something fun. They also throw in a gift card for $100 at their online store – how much fun would that be to win?!? You can find the giveaway at the…
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5 Favorite Things

5 Favorite Things {Happy Monday!}

Loving Life

Monday’s have a bad reputation. They’ve got their own song about being manic and you can even have a “case of the Mondays”. I think we should change that up! After all, isn’t each Monday a fresh start just like January 1st? My part in this Monday revolution will be sharing 5 of my favorite things. All these things make…
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Turn a thrift store candle stick & dollar store materials into a cute Halloween centerpiece in under a minute!

Quick & Cheap Halloween Centerpiece {in ONE minute}

DIY & Crafts

Before we get to my new project, I wanted to give a shout out to Angela from Blue i Style, who is featuring my DIY Luggage Tags as her Five Minute Friday feature today. So sweet of her! I decided I should share a new under 5 minute project in honor of her awesome series! Except really it’s a one…
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Beginner's Guide to Refinishing Furniture

Beginner’s Guide to Furniture Refinishing

DIY & Crafts

Although this post was sponsored by HomeRight and contains affiliate links, all the opinions, ideas, & lessons learned the hard way came from my own sweat and tears. See my full disclosure policy here.  Do you ever decide to do a project, thinking it will be quick & easy, only to find out you have thrown yourself into a huge…
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Welcome!

In 2013, Melissa started Polished Habitat to share her skill of mixing decor & organization to add style & function to everyday life at home.

Her work has been featured in print in Better Homes & Gardens and Room to Create Magazine, and online by HGTV, House Beautiful, Buzzfeed, & more.

In 2018 &  2019, Melissa was named as a Style Maker by Better Homes & Gardens. In 2019, she was also short-listed by the Amara Blog Awards for Interior Styling, International Division.

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Email: Melissa @ PolishedHabitat.com

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