2023 Holiday Gift Guides
2023 Holiday gift guides for everyone on your list from the pet parent to the traveller to that hard to shop for teen!
Easy Way to Make a Full-Looking DIY Mantel Garland
Two holiday seasons ago, our fireplace was brand spanking new and we were in the middle of larger renovations. I set out to create a beautiful Christmas DIY mantel garland and create some beauty among the chaos. I got a lot of questions about how I did it, as I didn’t buy any of the…
Picture Rail Molding and How to Hang Art from It
Every time I show my bedroom, I get a question or two about the art in there, in particular the grid-style gallery wall with chains. How the heck did I hang that? The answer is, that the wall art is on a picture rail molding. I have used picture rail a few times, so I…
The Home Office Nook (Ideas for the Built-in Desk!)
We are about to start a new project wheeeeeeeee!!! Gosh, I’m excited. The last big project we finished was the ensuite bathroom, and it was a doozy so we took a little time off to rest. Well, we didn’t really rest, I did a few projects for my mom (her kitchen refresh, recovering some stools),…
DIY Halloween Decorations using Dollar Store Supplies
The last few years we have been deep into a renovation in the fall and haven’t done much in terms of seasonal decorating. When my kids were little, we were always very into Halloween décor. I decided to try my hand at a few seasonal crafts and it morphed into a whole Harry Potter-themed Halloween…
How to Decorate a Bedroom with High Ceilings
Our bedroom has 10′ tall ceilings and in our last house, we had a valued ceiling and it was probably 14′ high in the middle! Although a high ceiling can feel luxurious, that extra ceiling height can also make it difficult to know how to decorate. I’ll let you know a few tips and tricks…
How to Make a DIY Dollar Store Halloween Wreath
I have been crafting up a storm this holiday season working on some DIY Halloween decorations. I made this super creepy wreath and it turned out awesome! I thought I would put together this quick tutorial on how to make a DIY dollar store Halloween wreath. How I did it, as well as a few…
DIY Ottoman – How to Make an Upholstered Ottoman
A few years ago I made myself an easy upholstered DIY ottoman for a coffee table to fit inside my U-shaped sectional. At the time, I chose a bold blue Ikat fabric (with a tufted top) to tie into a stencilled accent wall I was creating. A few years later, I painted my basement a…
How to Update Your Kitchen Without Painting Cabinets!
My mom has a kitchen that was built in the early 2000s and it is very nice, but it’s about 20 years old now and it’s starting to look a little dated. I had a little tile left over from my bathroom renovation, and I asked her if she would like me to redo her…
DIY Chair Seat Cushion Upholstery (Step-by-Step)
In my mom’s kitchen refresh, I wanted to give her some updated stools but she didn’t want to spend very much on the upgrade. I found some inexpensive stools from Amazon with one problem – they had an upholstered seat that didn’t really go well with the overall design scheme. That is not a…