Some of my Instagram friends have been joking with me about how I keep painting and repainting things in this space and they’re right! “Didn’t you just stencil that?” they said. Yes, I did. I have painted every surface in this area at least twice, some four! We’re going to take a look at how… Read More All my living room “mistakes”
I wanted a way to hide the big black box! The new TVs with frames and digital art are cool, but expensive and I wanted an option that worked without having the TV on all the time. So I decided to make a frame with art canvas panels that open like binary doors. And you… Read More DIY hidden TV art frame
Do you have ledges in your house you have no idea what to do with like me? Well I have an idea for you today! I have been staring at this ledge for years without a clue what to put there. Or leave it blank. Shelves? Fill it in? Finally I decided to throw a… Read More Snake plant basket ledge
Lots of pillow talk this week. Not that kind of pillow talk — get your mind out of the gutter! Actual pillows. Earlier this week I shared my affordable boho pillow round up (they’re only about $15 each!), but I wanted one larger pillow that would stand out and bring out the fun colors in… Read More DIY rug pillow
I have been considering painting these living room walls black for some time. One day I finally just did it! It’s a BIG change, a dramatic change — and I love it! The contrast and depth are just what this space needed. On the other side of this black wall is the kitchen. I don’t… Read More I painted my living room wall black!
Want to know how to save hundreds on wallpaper? Try a stencil! I did two huge walls for $40! I’ll show you how I did it step by step and teach you the application differences between sponges, brushes and rollers. The first two years of living in this house were about seeing how it functions… Read More Living room stencil instead of wallpaper
Our many blank walls have been driving me nuts. I had some white IKEA frames from our last house so I thought I’d get creative and fill up some of these empty spaces! I’m artistic in the way of being creative, but not in the way of skilled painting or drawing. So I’ve come up with… Read More Easy DIY art ideas
Slowly and sale by sale, I’m chipping away at all the blank walls in our house. I finished this area this weekend and thought I’d give you a little tour. I’ve been eyeballing our house to figure out the best place to hang a “curtain” of plants. I settled on this window and hung them… Read More Blank wall turned plant wall
One of my biggest joys in this move has been decorating the guest house! My in-laws and I did quizzes through Skype to find their style, and fortunately for me it was easy because they like bright, white and simple. Perfect! Me too! I would say the style of the guest house is reigned-in coastal… Read More Guest house tour: Furnished for $2,900
My beige living room was driving me crazy, but I put off completing this room for budgetary reasons. We had too many other projects on the list when we moved into this house, but now I’ve figured out how to do it for under $700. Below is what my living room looked like to start with.… Read More Gallery wall behind TV in living room
I don’t love ceiling fans, but my reality is that I live in Florida and they really do help battle the heat. The house we just moved into has a plethora of them. Like eight or nine of them. “Is the house really that big to need all those fans?” you ask. No. No, it… Read More Ceiling fans I don’t hate
I had a blank wall in our last house that stumped me for four years. It was one big, vast white wall calling for something, I just didn’t know what! Our new house also has several giant empty spaces that I’m not sure what to do with, but this time I’m coming in prepared. I’ve… Read More Big blank wall design solutions