House to Home
Beginning Our Basement Renovation (Basement Reno Series 1)
This is going to be a long post guys, so grab a cup of coffee and settle in! When we bought our house we knew that we would be in for a basement renovation. I really like the previous owners of our home. I’m not judging their style, it was just really different than ours. …
HOW TO DO A BATHROOM MAKEOVER ON A BUDGET
I was flipping around on Instagram the other day when I realized I’d written several blog posts about easy ways to update your bathroom. (Are you following me over there? If not click here to start!) So I thought, “I need to put those all together in one easy reference post!”, and that’s why I’m…
Trash to Treasure: Potting Bench Makeover
If you’ve been following me over on Instagram (and if you haven’t, why not?! Click here to join me!) then you’ve seen that I’ve been working to make over my potting bench. When I showed the Summer Yard Tour at the beginning of the summer I didn’t show any close ups of the bench, but…
How to decorate with white walls
This is a funny post for me to write because several years ago, in our old house, I dreamed of having an all white house. (Yes, the whole house.) My husband wasn’t on board (and ultimately I love color too much to make that commitment) but I did have an all white room that I…
Make Your Own Curtain Rods with these DIY Curtain Rod Tutorials
As I’ve been trying to figure out what rods to use for my living room curtains I’ve come across several curtain rod DIY’s on how to make your own rods. (I’m pinning all of my favorite DIY Tutorials here.) There are a fair amount of DIY tutorials on how to make your own curtains rods…
Use Pinterest to Get Rooms You Love
One of my favorite things to look at are different home design pins. So many of the images on Pinterest are more inspirational than real, and honestly, I’m not a hater about that. I like that people are putting their ideas and work out there for the masses to absorb and enjoy. The bad thing…
The one thing you can do today to upgrade your bathroom
We don’t all have money to overhaul our bathrooms, and let’s face it a lot of us inherit less than stellar bathrooms. I was lucky enough with my first house to get two that had been redone. (View both of our homes here.) In my current house they’ve barely been touched since the house was…
HOW TO LAY PEEL AND STICK TILE THAT LOOKS LIKE WOOD
Guys I’m about to fess up to a project that we should have done 2 years ago – peel and stick tile. Read on for how to update your house in as little in one day by learning to install peel and stick tile. When we moved in we had to add carpet to the…
1 Simple Way To Shop That Will Transform Your Decorating
As a young home owner eager to decorate, I was always on the hunt for things to add to the house. I’d pick up knick-knacks and things I liked because they were cute, colorful, or caught my eye. Then I would get home and realize that it looked odd – even tho I liked the…
YOUR BORING HOUSE IS AWESOME (EASY WAYS TO MAKE ANY HOUSE SPECIAL)
After purchasing our first house I found myself lamenting that we hadn’t gone for something with more character. That we had bought a less boring house. Our home was the largest we could afford on our barely-adult salaries. The house had interesting things about it and it certainly ended up being something we loved in…