#WFH Work From Home has become a way of life for many of us during Coronavirus isolation. Not everyone has a private space in their home for a home office, but if you have a basement, you've got potential treasure! In every home I've lived in, the basement was the place that kids honestly ...
21 Things to do at Home During Quarantine
***update - Sill happening...how are you holding up?*** No one could have predicted this wild ride of 2020 nor can we predict when it will be over. Do you wonder what kind of “new normal” we’ll find as we reemerge from our homes of isolation? (Aside from a surplus of man buns and overgrown ...
A Small Bathroom Makeover that Works Hard
When my kids and I first toured our as-is house, I was totally feeling the vibe from layout and potential of the house. But I was in for a surprise when I peeked into the the master bathroom from the bedroom. Not so much the size of it, but the padded forest green toilet seat. No thanks! As I ...
Minimalist Bedroom: A Teen’s DIY Story
My 13-year-old daughter wanted to design her own minimalist bedroom, and she knew exactly what she wanted. She asked for paint - charcoal and white, and a new night table. She invited a couple friends over for a painting slumber party, and arranged to get a new queen sized bed from a neighbor who ...
Real-Life Laundry Rooms That Work
I’ve drooled over laundry rooms on Pinterest that are grand enough to use as a proper guest room. I can almost hear the songbirds chirping outside the sunlit rooms while the cheerful woodland creatures help fold the laundry. If that’s your reality, thank you for sharing your aspiration with the rest ...
Living More Simply At Home
Over the past many years, I’ve talked (a lot) about a wide variety of topics relating to homes, from decorating functional laundry rooms to how to carve a disco pumpkin with power tools. All with the focus of making your home, well…better. This year I’m adding a new focus to what I write about. ...
Christmas Decor for a Mindful Holiday
Initially, my intent for this post was to share Christmas décor ideas from my own home. But the more I thought about it, does it really matter? There are enough over-the-top ideas on Pinterest alone to make even the handiest of holiday-makers feel insecure and deplete bank accounts ...
Painting Stairs: DIY FAQs and Tips
*This post was from 3 houses ago (a.k.a. as "The Lion House"). Because I still get so many questions about this project, I've updated this post.* When we first looked at this home, I was rather turned off by the staircase. It was carpeted in dirty gray Berber carpet which wrapped around the edges, ...
A DIY Repurposed Wine Bar
The kitchen in our as-is project house featured something rather unique - a brick grill and rotisserie. That's kinda cool, if you eat a lot of meat. But, with a vegetarian in the house, and the dilapidated condition of the grill, it wasn't going to cut it. To remove it would cost more money. So we ...
7 Cheap and Easy Fall Decor Ideas for Halloween and Beyond
It’s not the complexity of the seasonal decor, it’s about finding the right balance between time and budget. Sometimes, less is more. Sprinkle a little fall decor around your home for a big festive impact! Keeping it simple also helps transition from fall decor to Christmas bling. There is not ...
A Crafty Halloween with Kelly, Martha and Cricut
Nothing screams Halloween like Martha Stewart, the Queen of Halloween, and creepy crafts. I was invited to a Halloween Bash at Martha's studio to check out the new Cricut machines now available at Michaels. So of course, I brought Crafty Kelly along as my craft correspondent! (If you haven't met her ...
Transition Spaces: Foyers, hallways and stairs, oh my!
We tend to focus more on the big rooms in our home, but what about the transition spaces you travel through to GET to those rooms? Today we celebrate the hard working foyers, stairs and hallways! Our foyer and hallway was not that neutral when we bought this as-is house project... Fixing ...
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