The holidays are such a wonderful time of year and an opportunity to get creative with entertaining, cooking and decorating. Mostly, I love to make things simple and today’s lesson on how to make pine cone garland will be just that. An easy, quick, not to mention very inexpensive craft you can do to decorate…
Happy fall! Like many of you this is also my favorite season for so many reasons. The crisp air and cozy sweaters to ward them off. The pumpkin spiced everything and warm holiday seasons ahead. I feel like I haven’t created much of anything lately, but got a chance to put together this DIY Fall…
Continuing on with my home office makeover, one major project I had to tackle were the windows, particularly how to cover them. We inherited blue metal blinds from the previous owner, which I’ve since taken down, but have yet to identify affordable shades or other nice, normal blinds of this decade. But in the mean…
A long, long time ago I made over a chair I found on the curb. Big surprise, I’m collecting items from the neighbors garbage again 🙂 It was a great chair, and one of the first pieces I ever used a patterned fabric on. I tend to be a solid fabric kind of girl, but…
When we moved into our house four years ago, we inherited 9 rose bushes the backyard. The previous owner told us it was to deter any burglars with the thorny stalks – whaa? I hope there are no burglars! And although they are beautiful, they do take some work. I finally figured out how to…
Recently in our small master bathroom makeover we installed a roll out sheet vinyl floor. Many of you asked about the floor from my Instagram picture of it and I’m here to show you how easy it is to install a sheet vinyl floor, and what a great solution it can be for your home….
Thanks for all of the positive feedback on my new partnership with Goodwill Industries! We look forward to showing you how to turn items from their stores into treasures for your home and today is our first project. One item you can finds lots of at Goodwill is picture frames in many sizes and they…
There are so many projects I’d love to do in my house. It’s like I have too many ideas and not enough time to make them happen. Recently I showed you the master bedroom makeover plans and today’s project is the first for the space. I’m going to show you the DIY stenciled curtains that…
I am a member of the Collective Bias® Social Fabric® Community. This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper amplification for Collective Bias and its advertiser. Hello friends. Hope you had a great Easter weekend and you got lots of treats. The one item I always wish for in my basket is…
Shopping the craft stores for your next project is always fun. They have so many different things you can use to be creative at home. Have you ever tried silver or gold foil? Also called silver leaf, it’s an easy and dynamic way to bring some shine and texture to your next makeover. I’ve seen…
Lately I have an itch to paint a wall or build something. I can’t describe it, sometimes, you just have to go with it right? But it takes me forever to decide what to do, so while I think about what my next big project is going to be I want to show you how…
If you are coming over from Apartment Therapy, welcome! My 114 year old house is glad to see you. Since you’ve probably read about my laminate cabinet makeover, feel free to read about all of my other projects in the gallery here. Find out more about my old house here. Today we have another update…