Living Spaces
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How to Finish a DIY Basement Ceiling (Basement Series 2)
Knowing we couldn’t save the drywall on our basement ceiling we came up with a plan that we could do ourselves. If you are renovating your basement maybe this finished DIY basement ceiling will work for you too! Now that you’ve seen the before pictures of our basement you’re all caught up on why this…
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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. …
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Judges Paneling Living Room Tour
Even tho the listing photos for this house were terrible (see the proof here) there was one room in them that kept making me revisit it – the living room. The room had judges paneling on the walls…which oddly is something I’ve always loved. We weren’t looking to move into a home or neighborhood like…
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How to hang curtains with hooks
Off the rack curtains often fit the budget, but not the quality or look that many of us are wanting. When you learn these simple tweaks for how to hang curtains with hooks your curtains will instantly look better. Paired with the addition of drapery weights curtains will hang straighter too! Y’all have been…
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COMPLETE GUIDE OF HOME STAGING TIPS
Spring has sprung! (Or at least it’s trying to here in the midwest.) And we know what Spring means – it’s time for houses to go on the market! Last year I wrote a series of home staging tips so you can get the best price for your house. I broke each post down by…
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Halloween Mantle Decor
Even though I shared the Halloween porch decor last week and I’m sharing another post today with our Halloween decorations inside I don’t feel like I really do much with Halloween decorations. However publishing 2 blogs about Halloween decor is making me rethink if that’s actually true, haha. Oh well! Ok, I know that I…
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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…
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Double Curtain Rod Round Up
(Affiliate links included in post.) In my quest to solve my living room curtain debacle I’ve searched high and low for double curtain rods. I’ve been looking for drapery rods in wood, gold, or possibly chrome. Because our living room has paneled walls I didn’t want anything too decorative. I narrowed the search to modern…