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7 tips for maintaining bright hair color

rainbows in my home

three best spots for beachcombing in Cleveland

hair dye diaries – green to fiery orange!

remaindered books?! // Book Outlet review

abandoned trailer park 2019

wet specimen rose

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    in the garden // july 2023

    by Kaylah Stroup July 26, 2023

    It’s the third summer in the flower garden of my dreams!

    There are so many plants blooming right now. It’s an absolute treat to wander around inside. Every day it seems like something new is exploding with color.

    It’s been too hot most recent days to do much of anything out there which works out just fine for me since it’s mostly on autopilot during the summer. The goal has always been that there are enough plants that there just isn’t room for weeds. While I’m not quite there yet, this year’s garden is worlds different than my first-year garden (which I HATED during the summer because it just felt unmanageable!)

    This year my flower bed is an absolute delight.

    I just wanted to share some recent flower bed pictures. That’s all. xo

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    Check out this post from June of 2021 to see little peek at how far it’s come!

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  • remaindered books?! // Book Outlet review

    by Kaylah Stroup July 25, 2023

    See all those books up there? Know how much I paid for them? Forty bucks including shipping!! They’re not used either! Forty bucks at the bookstore is getting me two books, maybe not even two if they’re hardcovers! But I was able to grab EIGHT of them for forty dollars. I love reading and I…

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  • dump digging!

    by Kaylah Stroup July 24, 2023

    Last week my dad text me this… Although I feel like we’ve already got pretty much anything cool out of the dump, of course the answer is yes! I grabbed my stuff and headed over to play in the trash! Check out our previous dump-digging experiences here. We started the short hike to the property…

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  • favorite books of 2023 so far!

    by Kaylah Stroup July 12, 2023

    I have been straight murdering books this year. I’ve read forty-one books so far which is bonkers for me. This is more than the last ten years combined! It feels so good to be back at it. I definitely plan on doing an end-of-the-year list of everything I’ve read, as well as my top ten…

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  • a new brick walkway through my garden

    by Kaylah Stroup June 19, 2023

    We added a brick walkway through my garden. I AM OBSESSED. drone garden view June 2021 Back in 2021, I added the first of many gardens to our yard. It all started with this handmade arbor that I wanted to grow clematis on and from there the idea of a massive circle shaped bed was…

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Finally biked the abandoned PA turnpike again over Finally biked the abandoned PA turnpike again over the weekend. 🚲✨ My first time was just shy of ten years ago. I had been on a bike maybe twice at that point so it wasn’t an easy ride for me. This visit was SO much more fun. We biked, picnicked outside a tunnel and had a grand ole time. Highly recommend making a visit if you’re anywhere nearby!! 

Ps My husband made a whole video about it which you can find over on his channel - climbing the fence. I’ll throw a link in my stories too! 🖤
happy first official day of spooky season!!! 🎃🖤🦇💀
10/10 recommend growing on an arch so you can walk 10/10 recommend growing on an arch so you can walk under your plants. It’s so magical. 😍 

Both my loofahs and beans were off to such a slow start this spring that I felt like it was a lost cause. I just needed to be a bit more patient because look at these babies!!!!
I finished laying the floor in here this week but I finished laying the floor in here this week but wanted to share this picture (and those other ones too!!!) before I do a floor reveal (💁🏼‍♀️) just to celebrate how far it’s come.

Renovations take so much SO much time, money, effort, knowledge, passion, etc etc etc so you’re dang right I’m proud. 

With the floor done, my last big hurdle is hanging a whole bunch of custom trim in here. I can’t believe it’s almost done! 😊

paint color is Secluded Woods, wallpaper by @xwallcolors 🖤

#stroupmansion
Maurice has risen! ✨🖤💀🏚️ (Also if you Maurice has risen! ✨🖤💀🏚️ (Also if you need more Halloween content - there’s a full decorate with me video over on the website where you’d post full length videos. 😉😉😉)
pumpkin tunnel update ✨🎃 it’s looking so go pumpkin tunnel update ✨🎃 it’s looking so good! I walk through it approximately 900 times a day. 💁🏼‍♀️
ready to fight anyone who doesn’t think pollen p ready to fight anyone who doesn’t think pollen pants are precious! 🐝👊🏻✨
Ohhhh just a tiny bit of half bath progress. 😉 Ohhhh just a tiny bit of half bath progress. 😉 Absolutely tickled pink with this wallpaper from @xwallcolors (gifted) It’s so beautiful. The texture is just 🤤🫠🖤! I shared with them my dimensions and they sent me nine perfectly sized panels making my job of installation 900000x easier. 

Ps if you prefer longer form video of just didn’t get a good enough look at how incredibly ridiculous my bathroom is looking so far - YouTube, baby! I’m back!!!

#stroupmansion
an accurate representation how quickly it feels th an accurate representation how quickly it feels the last THREE years have gone. ✨ Three years ago, Jeff and I became the official owners (and caregivers! ❤️🏚️) to this big spooky place. Best decision ever. 

Here’s to many many more! 🥂
just a little now vs then (then being 2020 when we just a little now vs then (then being 2020 when we bought!) I still plan to refinish these floors some day but to be honest, I really enjoy how they look currently. ☺️

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