Butter & Honey Home Design, LLC

11/14/2022

Winter is coming too fast! While I'm not a snow girl I'm pretty excited for the next few months. We'll be finishing our unfinished basement, complete with a mother-in-law suite!

Step one in our "Winter of Reno(vations)" was to build shelving in the garage to get the basement cleared out. I drew out my idea and my handy husband made it happen! So. Many. (Matching). Bins! So much vertical space!

09/02/2022

Today was a pantry! My friend helped me out with this one, coincidentally her name is also Mallory and she loves organizing 😂 So, the Mallory's were able to get this job finished in 2 hours and the client only spent about $5 in bins!

I think it's important for people to know that getting organized doesn't have to cost a fortune. Sure, the cute bins and baskets make the space aesthetically pleasing, but if you can't afford it don't let it discourage you from moving forward! Most of my baskets are from the Dollar Tree! Do what you can with what you have, or what you can fit into your budget.

09/01/2022

Today I got to help a fellow homeschool mom organize her learning area. No expensive fancy bins, no purging...just some elbow grease and a few hours 💪

07/20/2022

I decided I hadn't sweated my face off in a while so today I did a little garage organization! It took a few hours and cost less than $80 for all the bins.

*Also, I was so excited to get started that I forgot to take my "before" picture until I'd already started clearing the shelves🤦‍♀️

06/11/2022

Today was the day!

Our littlest transitioned from a crib to a big girl bunk bed with her sister. It was bittersweet - our crib has held all of our babies and survived many moves - but it's time for it to hold a new baby now.

This week I stumbled on two sets of almost-new bedding, a yard sale bunk bed, and a new mattress. Even though it was a little sad, it was fun to redecorate the girls room! We still have little more to do...what to do with the interior of the hutch now that we moved the clothes out? But it's ok, I'm always looking for a project 😉

06/01/2022

Ok design fans and friends, I need you! We have a very special wooden hutch that we are refinishing and I can't decide what its final look should be.

Here's the spot in the dining room where it will be going...which do you like better? I'm in love with the yellow next to our green cabinets, but it's a beautiful wood so a light stain would also be gorgeous.

Opinions!

04/10/2022

Let me tell you right now, yes you could.

When people find out we're a homeschool family one of the most common responses is "I could never do that." Now, sometimes it's because they have zero desire to do it, and that's totally ok. Every family is different. But sometimes it's because they really don't think they could do it, though they have the desire, time, means, and ability.

Today I finished my lesson planning for the next 6 weeks and I thought I would share what homeschool looks like to us.

But first, organization. This is a weekly planner I made so I know exactly who is doing what every single day. It takes me an hour or two once a month to plan for the next month's lessons. Because their curriculum is basically open-and-go this is usually the extent of my "planning".

We teach Pre-K, 1st, and 3rd grade here at home. We usually wait until after lunch when the baby goes down for a nap and from start to finish on a normal day it takes us about 2 hours.

We all sit at the dining table and start with a prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance, and a scripture reading. Then we break into their individual assignments. We use The Good and The Beautiful curriculum and mix in some I-ready lessons for computer time. The boys also go to a co-op every Wednesday from 9-2 where they do a science experiment, history lesson, and art project with other homeschooled kids.

They do math, handwriting, and language arts every day with history and science twice a week.

And that's it.

If someone would've told me before I had children that I would be homeschooling...I probably wouldn't have had children! But let me tell you, we absolutely love it. We love the freedom. We love being the ones to encourage them and see them light up when something clicks. We love reading about places AND THEN GOING THERE! We just got home from a 3-week trip across the country, over 5000 miles, and our first stops were Gettysburg and Washington DC. We talked about their ancestors who fought in the civil war and stood in the same place as Abraham Lincoln when he gave the Gettysburg Address.

Irreplaceable moments.

I used to think "I could never do it", but here we are...doing it.

03/18/2022

A couple months ago I had a meeting to help a client pick out paint colors. She had swatches of color on every wall, but wasn't any closer to picking what she wanted for her home.

She'd lost her husband to cancer last summer, and while she loved the blues it just reminded her of that painful time. We sat down together for hours and looked at pictures and paint swatches.

Based on her home location (a ranch) and her decor we decided to go for a bold SW Basil green for her accent walls with Creamy as her all-over color.

I've been so proud of her decisiveness and willingness to trust the process. I've spent hours painting with her now and it has been so fun to see the transformation in her home and in her general outlook.

We've got one more room to paint (the kitchen!) and then we get to do the fun part - decorate!

03/10/2022

There's still snow on the ground but it's all springtime inside! 🌷🐰🥚

03/09/2022

I guess it's official!

03/04/2022

Let me tell you about one of my new favorite purchases!

⬇️ This retractable clothing rack ⬇️
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09ND76W5N?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title

Our laundry and mud rooms are works in progress, but still organized and functional. I love having the cleaning supplies up off the floor, and that clothing rack 😍 it's perfect for hanging snow clothes, swimsuits, and delicate linens. When it's not in use it retracts back for a clean look. Seriously, it has been one of my favorite buys!

03/01/2022

Happy Mardi Gras!
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We moved here to Vernal from Louisiana. Through our time there I fell in love with the Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly the history of the season and, of course, the food!

Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday". They call it this because beginning tomorrow, Ash Wednesday, many Christians begin their period of fasting for Lent, which will last until Easter.

So, today we gather, celebrate, and fill up on all the things we're going to go without with the ultimate purpose of becoming closer to our Savior.

I encourage you to consider participating in Lent this year. Consider fasting from something with the ultimate purpose of becoming a better person. It could be for your health, mental well-being, or even a challenge to conquer.

If your Lent period includes getting organized then, of course, reach out!

Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Mallory

02/11/2022

This is the post I've been the most excited to share!

🎉Our kitchen!🎉

Nothing was more fun than designing our kitchen. I knew as soon as we started that I wanted to do a copper faucet, and we basically based our whole design around that.

We added copper pulls for the cabinets in 5in, 10in, and 12in sizes. Green is my favorite color, and luckily copper goes beautifully with it! We chose Sherwin Williams Geyser Steam for the cabinet color (it's close to the very popular Sea Salt) and upgraded the upper cabinets to glass doors to help display some of our more beautiful dishes.

To show off the copper accents and beautiful cabinet color we kept the backsplash and countertops light (the counters are Oceana quartz). I considered a copper farmhouse sink, but after doing some research I didn't think I was up for the extra maintenance of it so we stuck with our favorite - a 36in white fireclay sink😍

We changed the plans a little by moving the stove from the island to against the wall, giving us a ton of free counter space. It also helped that the builder surprised us with a larger island!

Finally, to help the kitchen not feel so formal we did a woven roller shade for the window and a runner-sized jute rug in front of the sink, accenting our warm-toned LVP flooring.

There's also a glimpse of our cabinet organization and pantry! My tip for pantry organization - think vertically! Shelf risers and stackable baskets are perfect space savers. We also had them add an extra shelf on top to help eliminate wasted space.

If you want to shop the look, I've added links to the products I used in the captions of the individual photos.

Reach out and let me know if I can help you with your decorating or organizing needs and, as always, thank you for your support!

Mallory

02/04/2022

The Gathering Place

Our dining room is probably the most used space in our home. Along with the obvious eating of meals it is used for homeschool, art projects, Lego building, and a multitude of other activities.

My husband built us the dining table and benches a couple years ago and they have been well used and well loved. The table and benches are 7ft long and we placed the set on an 8x10 indoor/outdoor area rug. The rug is super easy to keep clean, but also brings in color and defines the space, separating it from the general open concept living area.

Our chandelier, plant pot, and dough bowl decor are from one of my favorite local stores, The Galleries Vernal Home Decor . I also love our woven roller shades from Select Blinds , which you'll see more of in my future kitchen and living room posts.

And I have a plan for that big empty wall...

My father-in-law began his career as a cabinet builder, and we were given one of the first pieces he ever built. We're going to put some new life into it and place it there in the dining room. I'll be sure to share when we're all done with it!

Please keep me in mind for any of your decorating or organizing needs. I've had several messages with questions and I have loved helping out even from afar!

Mallory

02/02/2022

If you're looking for an absolutely beautiful American flag to add to your home decor now is the perfect time to try to win one at a fraction of the cost! We've known the owners of Carolina Wood Co. for several years and they are really the best and most talented people!

You can check out their website to see all of their beautiful decor!

We are going to raffle off one of our most popular wood American flags! We sell this 36x20 hand carved flag for $325 and our raffle tickets are just $5.

The winner will be announced on our page on Feb 15 at 8:00 PM.

Here is where you can get yours! https://carolina-wood-company.com/products/flag-raffle-1?_pos=1&_sid=b9d418c39&_ss=r

We want you to tag your friends!

01/28/2022

Happy Friday!

I am currently sitting in the Miami airport waiting for our flight back to home and the babies in Utah. My husband surprised me with a cruise to the Bahamas for Christmas and oh. my. goodness was it just what we needed! And how are there still skinny people left on cruise ships anyway? 🤔

I wanted to continue my new home tour with our master bathroom. The theme is similar to the kid's bathroom, with the same cabinet color (Geyser Steam), countertops (Oceana Quartz), floors, hardware (oil rubbed bronze), and paint color but a little more elegant in the tile choices.

We added two shampoo boxes in the shower which turned out gorgeously, and I'm in love with the separate soaking tub and double vanity.

It's light and bright and has been a perfect place to relax!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend, and please let me know if you have any decorating or organizing needs - I'm so happy to help!

Mallory

01/21/2022

I absolutely love how our guest/kid bathroom turned out!

The cabinets match the rest of the cabinets in the house, painted Sherwin Williams Geyser Steam. The countertops are Oceana Quartz with oil rubbed bronze hardware. I wanted more of a subtle beachy feel so I went with light blue/turquoise accents.

Because it's a smaller space we did light and bright paint and tile colors and did minimal decor. How much do you love the hooded towels??😍 I know these days will be gone all too fast!

I also included a photo of the linen closet organization. Along with extra blankets, sheets, and towels it also holds all the medicine and extra toiletries.

Thank you for your continued support and interest! Y'all have a wonderful weekend!

Mallory