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Well, this is the literally the latest I’ve ever shared a home goals list. The year is over a quarter over! But, here I am… Honestly, the reason I’m just not posting this is not because I am just running late, though that does sound like me, doesn’t it? It’s because I wasn’t going to share a list of home goals for this year at all. Not only does everything still feel pretty unpredictable because
Let’s take a little trip down memory lane, shall we? Once upon a time, a girl loved a guy and they got married and bought a house. That guy was great at making all of the girl’s DIY dreams come true for that little house, but he claimed to not have any design vision himself. That was fine, as she had more than enough to keep them both busy. Except when it came to the
I finally have a project update for you on how we did with all of our 2020 home goals! Yes, I know it’s already the end of February, but that’s still almost a month ahead of when I did our 2019 review last year, so…let’s keep things in perspective and say we actually did all of this in 11 months, which is pretty impressive, right…AND, I’m actually ahead of where I was last year, ok?
I already shared our finished office nook on Instagram and today I’m going to give you the behind-the-scenes look at how we took basic (laminate) Ikea cabinets and made them a bit more special. Moody and modern? Trendy? Or just fun. However you want to look at it. There are some great tutorials already out there for painting Ikea cabinets, many of which I read before having the confidence to try this, but most of
Ok, last night, Wyatt and I had our annual FRIENDS holiday date night with takeout and a few hours on the couch enjoying one of our treasured non-kid holiday traditions. (Yes, those still exist in the post-kid world!) Of course, I also had to have my new binge-worthy FRIENDS holiday shirt for the occasion. I mean, isn’t it the perfect shirt for how the holidays seem sometimes after a hard year…especially THIS year? Seriously!! (Grab
This post was written as part of a paid partnership and contains affiliate links. They don’t cost you anything to use–and they help support our blog!) Ok, I know this post may be controversial because I’ve seen so many photos of people’s homes all decorated on social media lately…and no one ever seems to say what I’m thinking, but I’m just going to say it, anyway. Sometimes holiday decor stresses me out a little bit.
As promised, here is my full review of using the stick on tiles for our basement bathroom. I’ve been waiting to see how they held up. It’s now been about 2 months and they are looking great, still! (Easy to clean, too!) We used the FloorPops brand and I have linked them at the end of this post since so many of you asked about this process so scroll down if that’s why you’re here.
The basement bathroom is almost finished and before we finalize everything we’ve been working on, I wanted to share some of the inspiration that led to the design plan for our $200 bathroom upgrade. Yep, we had a very small budget for this room and big goals. Here’s where we were starting from. Goals: Change the dingy brown floor. This one is not our style, not very fun, and not very new or clean. Paint
Melissa has been asking me for some plant stands for a while, but several weeks ago, she finally gave me some more direction and I decided to spend a Saturday working on these. Then it took another month or so for us to get this up on the blog for you all, but this should be a pretty simple tutorial and a fun little project if you want to make your own! Melissa has already
Finishing up the last of our custom laundry room cabinetry posts with instructions for how I did the shelf above the washer and dryer for the fully built in look that Melissa wanted. I’ve already shared how to build your own custom laundry cabinet cart, HERE, and this project is probably even easier than that one, so it’s a great way to make a big change in a small space. A shelf above the washer