New House
How to Choose the Perfect Paint Color Every Time
I’ve painted a lot of rooms. A LOT. Some of them have turned out awesome….and some have been on the short list for a repaint. Right before quarantine started (yes, all the way back in 2020!) I decided on a whim (with no plan or budget) that I was going to sell all of our…
Basement Family Room Before and After – Final Reveal! (Renovation Series Part 5)
baseIt has been 4 long years in the making of the post I’m sharing today. Over the last few weeks you have went through the journey of our basement renovation and today I am sharing our full basement family room before and after renovation! Bear with me as I use all of the exclamation points…
DIY Built in Desk (Basement Series 4)
For all of you saints who have stuck around while I’ve shared allllllllll the details on our basement – thank you! After the carpet, walls, ceiling, and back grid wall were completed added one more project to complete this space, a DIY built in desk! We’ve always wanted to allocate a space to have a…
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…
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 GET RID OF POPCORN CEILINGS
Sure you can live with a popcorn ceiling, but if it’s driving you crazy this easy, step-by-step guide for how to get rid of popcorn ceilings is for you! For many of us living in the midwest popcorn ceilings are something we’ve inherited with our homes. I know it’s just a ceiling but I hated…
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…
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…
First World Problems: What to do about my living room curtain rods
I moved into our house 2.5 years ago and there has been one thing hanging over my head since day 1: our living room curtains. Our home was the model home for our neighborhood. From what I can gather that meant that it was professionally decorated and that it got some extra features (most of…