Home Decor diY

It's been awhile since I've gotten down and dirty with a DIY project and I jumped back in big time with this one! It was SO fun! :)  My whole family thinks I'm nuts by the way. Husband came home from a business trip and son came home from school to this happening...they know by now to expect this.  I've talked about the changes I've wanted to make in our son's bathroom for years now. I mentioned in January that THIS was the year we were going to make it happen. My plan was to add a window in the back room first, and then determine if I wanted to take the wall down: But I knew all along I wanted to take it down...I hate it. Loathe. So yesterday I got a wild hair and did just that. Sometimes I'll sit on a project forever until I just bite the bullet and just jump in. I knew I could make some progress on this room and still have it function, so I went for it.  And man, was it fun! And messy! I loved it. :)  I knew there was some electrical in the wall, but ...

Hey all! Hope your weekend was great! We had so much fun -- family stayed with us most of last week through Sunday and it was fun to have a full house.  My plan this morning was to take new photos for this post -- but then we had thunderstorms and it looked like nighttime outside. Too dark for pics! So this post is a combination of photos from recently and over the past couple of years -- if things don't match from photo to photo that's why. (And now of course as I write this the sun is coming out.) 😐 I finished our kitchen renovation a year and a half ago and I get a lot of questions about how things are holding up and how I'm liking changes I made. I wanted to follow up again to let you know specifics on some of the bigger changes I get asked about the most. It's hard to pick a favorite thing in this kitchen...I'm just so pleased with all of it. But extending the island was one of my best decisions for sure. It is SO wonderful to have a larger space...

Hey all! I'm back today with a quick post about a project that's not so quick. ;) As some of you know, I have painted most of the doors in our home in black. I haven't started upstairs yet (I know it's going to look so good!) and I thought I had finished them all on our main level and basement. I keep forgetting about a couple -- one in our powder room and one in the basement laundry room . I'm determined to get those done before I move upstairs. I'm going to try spraying them when the weather gets nicer, but of course this week we have temps in the 20's and snow when the past two months were 60's and 70's. 😡 So...I had to work on it inside. I think this makes SUCH a big difference and it's not a hard project at all, but it does take some time. I've shared how to paint your doors ( interior and exterior here ) and you MUST find out if they are painted with oil or latex paint before you start. Most doors are painted with oil so if you paint w...

Hey all! I'm back to show you some updates I've made in the family room lately! I'm so so stinking happy with them.  You may remember how we knocked down a wall years ago and nearly doubled the size of our family room . We doubled the length of the room but it is more narrow than it used to be because of that. We didn't buy any new furniture when we made over this space and instead made what we had work for the room.  We had two arm chairs in the room -- one in this cozy corner:  And one off to the other side, closer to the sofa:  That corner by the windows used to be where I'd sit and work every day , but I haven't used that space in quite a long time since I finished our office/craft room in the loft. That corner was such a cozy spot but felt so detached from the room. When we had company of course it was empty because no one wanted to sit by themselves. ;)  I knew since we finished the makeover years ago that I wanted to add two matc...

Hey all and welcome to the weekend! I saw this week that Pier 1 is now selling Magnolia Home rugs and pillows, and they are all gorgeous . And very expensive. 😳 Believe me, I'm all for splurges. But the cheapest pillow I found was $70 and most are closer to $100 each. Yowza.  I can't help you with their rugs and pillows but I can help with the Fixer Upper style for a whole lot less! I showed you their  less expensive line of furniture and decor  and where to get it last year.  They also carry a bunch of beautiful accessories at a good price point at these stores:  I found some items I loved there and want to go back to see if they have anything new. You can find the same look for even less if you know where to get it! Hobby Lobby has a new aisle in the store and if you love this style you'll want to check it out.  This cotton wreath is a good size and is $50: BUT this stuff is half off all the time. So you'll pay $25. (They also have the stems at a great p...