DIY: Adding Color to Your Space
Alright, you’ve fallen into the fad of neutral tones and whitewashed textures and your home now feels like a glorified hospital waiting room. Sure, maybe it’s ‘calming’... but maybe it’s just boring. Maybe it’s trending… or maybe it lacks any trace of you-ness.
DIY: Making a Gallery Wall
We all do our best to make our houses feel like homes, but often they can feel more like temporary dwellings for little more than sleep and storage. Often this is because there is nothing of us in them—no character, no personal touch.
DIY: Making a Shelf Display
“Why can’t I make my shelves look like the magazine?” This is the cry of many home decorators trying something new. But don’t sweat it! We’re here to give you a few tips for your DIY shelving endeavor.
DIY: Updating Your Front Porch
Your first impression sets the tone and expectations for the rest of your interaction. It is no different for homes. Your home should be an inviting space, from the front steps to the last post of the fence.
DIY: Updating Your Kitchen
If we are to spend so much time and make so many important memories in this space, then it should be a space we like to spend our lives in. Thus comes the subject of today's post: DIY Kitchen Updates.
DIY: Organizing Your Closet
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘skeletons in the closet.’ It’s meant to be a euphemism for dark secrets but for some of us, the saying might be a bit more…literal. Of course, I don't think any of us have literal skeletons in our closets but the cupboard might very well be too cluttered for us to be able to tell.
DIY: Tuning Up & Refinishing Furniture
This one’s for all the thrifting and ‘use it till the legs fall off’ people out there! You want furniture that will get the job done without the hefty price tags of brand-new designer items, so you turn to thrift stores and garage sales. We understand, and we’re right there with you! But there are easy and cheap ways to give your well-loved furniture a tune-up, and we’re going to share them with you in this post!
DIY: Building Raised or Mounted Planters
Calling all plant parents! We have a project just for you. Is the floor space of your home dominated by the pots containing your sunshine-sucking tenants?
May we introduce: raised and/or mounted planters.
DIY: Updating Your Laundry Room
In the day-to-day, it is easy to allocate the more mundane tasks and unpleasant chores into a certain ‘just get it done’ category in our minds. Taking out the trash, washing the dishes, making the bed: We do these things every day without a second thought, never considering how they might be transformed into enjoyable and edifying activities.
DIY: Building a Fire Pit or Ring
As the weather gets cooler in the autumn months, it’s nice to have a way to still enjoy the outdoors comfortably. That’s why you should think about installing a fire pit or fire ring in your backyard! You can enjoy it with your family or have friends over to make s’mores.
How to Restore Your Historical Window
If you are reading this post, you may be looking for tips on how to repair a historical window. If you have a historical house built more than a century ago, then you no doubt have windows that have seen better days. This may be the reason you
How to Update Your Walls
Redoing your walls can be an extremely enjoyable experience, or it can be an extremely miserable one. Take the time to prepare for each step to keep the issues that may
How to Find and Fix Mold Issues
Renovating a house or even a small apartment takes a lot of extra attention than just painting a bedroom. If you are serious about renovating your space or have noticed an issue with mold, then keep reading for some tips on identifying and
How to Change Your Flooring
When updating your home, some updates take much longer than others, but those updates are often the ones that most drastically change the overall look of your space. Changing the flooring is one of these updates. Choosing flooring that compliments the rest of your space can be a tricky and
How to Update Your Cabinets
Trying to upgrade your house and living spaces often seems like a project that is much too big to ever accomplish. However, taking the steps to make small changes and updates can drastically improve your space and allow you to feel a sense of accomplishment. There are many different things