Creating a Meaningful Home: Lolly Jane

Todays guest post for the Creating a Meaningful Home Blog Series is Kelli of Lolly Jane. Welcome Kelli

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Hi SAS readers! Were so excited to be here today with Jenna, we love the idea of this series!! It got me thinking and made me realize how grateful I am for the family that came before me. Im Kelli, one of the twins who runs Lolly Jane! My partner in crime is Kristi but today Ill be writing the post since Im talking about my house. Our DIY/Home Improvement blog is filled with budget friendly ways to spruce up your space!

To me, a meaningful home is like a middle name: its a part of your heritage. My children all carry on middle names of their elders. My baby girl carries on my middle name, Jane, and I hope she thinks about my great-aunt Jane with as many fond memories as I do. My home houses many vintage items handed down to me from family members. Take this mustard yellow buffet, it was my dads grandmothers and it ended up in my parents house. When she remodeled, she passed it down to me since she didnt have room for it. Im so in love with it and use it as my tv stand. I see it daily and am so grateful to own it and hand it down to my kids in the future.

In my craft room, I added storage solutions using my grandparents suitcases. The inside of the yellow one still has an airline t ag inside with my grandmas sweet cursive handwriting. She passed away last year and I love to open the case, smell her house inside and read her handwriting. When we were growing up, she would talk about how nice of handwriting I had and she was proud of my cursive. Im sure she was saying it to be nice but I still smile when she would go on and on about it.

The mason jars in my craft bookcase are also great finds. I live in my childhood home, my parents built a bigger house next door and kept mine as a rental until recently. I was up in the attic when I first moved in and discovered about a hundred of these old mason jars. I only used the matching ones after scrubbing the years of dirt off them. I think of my mom back in h er canning days. She raised 9 children, 13 years apart. Homemade jam and fresh baked bread are a huge part of our childhood. We would often come home to it just out of the ovenmy mom recently told me it was her trick! She said we would sit down and open up about our day, clever!

For this vase filler, I used corks from my grandparents home when I helped clean it out just before my grandmothers passing. I was able to give service to her while she was in the hospice by helping my mom organize their property. My grandpa let me keep some of his neat trinkets which I will always treasure.

Our dining room table was a wedding gift from my in-laws. Although my husband doesnt care how many times I paint it, he said well never replace it.

See that mirror? The original (smaller one) is a gift from Kristi, my twin/blog partner. I added to it to make it larger but love that its from her.

I hope Ive helped you find ways to bring meaning into your home. Come visit us anytime!
XOXO,

What a great post, thank you Kelli for sharing the ways youve created a meaningful home through incorporating treasures from your past! Surrounding yourself with things that were gifts, unplanned finds, or hand-me-downs helps turn a house into a home.

I love the unique style that Kelli and Kristi have! Their blog is one of my favorites to read because its filled with simple, doable, and outside-of-the-box creations. From furniture fixes to DIY creations to kids projects, their home in t he blogosphere is filled with creative goodness. One of their super genius projects was to take an old crib mattress and turn it into a bulletin board

Head on over to Lolly Jane, and give Kelli (and Kristi) a BIG HELLO!

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