There were some things in my master bedroom plan that I had planned on doing from the beginning, but needed to wait to save up a little more cash and take the time to search for just the right thing.
Here’s the before. Read more
DIY Stump Table
All summer, our town has seen one storm after another. There has been some tornado action, some microbursts, and some general strong wind. So far everyone has been safe but there are a lot of trees on the ground. Some of them are huge!
A tree down can bring a lot of loss, but it’s also a lot of raw material for affordable furniture. Read more
Rustoleum Tub and Tile Transformations Review
Knowing my bathroom remodel budget was made of pocket lint, I contacted Rustoleum and asked if they would donate some product in exchange for a video, a couple of blog posts, plus some serious social media promotion. They graciously declined and bruised my ego a bit in the process. Read more
How to Choose the Right Area Rug
Let’s talk area rugs for a minute. They won’t take you anywhere you want to go, but they do another kind of magic. They take a bunch of individual items and make them one. When done correctly, you get the feeling that everything in the room is a family. Area rugs are like marriage. Never mind, that’s weird. Read more
How to Hang Curtains Correctly
What I’m about to tell you will give you the power to change your room from ordinary to amazing. Yes, your room.
Your room is not too small. Your ceilings are not too low. There’s not much in a space that can’t be fixed with properly hung curtains. Read more
The Most Common Furniture Placement Mistake
My natural tendency is to put furniture against the wall. It makes sense to have as much open floor space in the middle as possible. It will make the room feel big, right? And if we want to turn cartwheels or have a dance party….there will be plenty of room. Read more
Hush
It’s time to hush your space. The Nester calls it “quieting the room.” It’s essential. You can’t treat a room properly without this step, so don’t fight it. The room will tell us what it wants to be, but we won’t be able to hear it until we shoo all the extra voices out of the room and listen. Read more
How Much is This Going to Cost?
In December, 2011 we bought a house that needed a gut job. Every room needed something and some rooms needed everything. We had a detailed budget and cash set aside for the kitchen and master bathroom project, but the rest of the rooms I planned to nickle and dime out of our monthly budget. Read more
How to Use Power Point to Design a Room
This is so much fun! I made a video to show you how I try out a new design in a room before I break a sweat or spend a dime. I can decide if items work in my space just by trying them virtually without buying anything. If you take a photo of your room straight on, you can drop the items right over your picture so you get all the proportions right. Read more
4 Questions to Define Your Space
Before we can get very far with our space, we need to know exactly what we want it to do for us. Without a clearly defined purpose we won’t know how to arrange the furniture, what furniture should be there, what storage options we need, or even what colors to choose. Read more