Updated: July 2, 2023 For one of my design classes, our assignment was to design a light for under $10. At first, I thought, how am I ever going to do this for under $10.00? So I put my creative thinking cap on, searched images on Google, brainstormed with a buddy, and came up with…
In my most recent house flip, my powder room was not only ugly, lol, it was dated. It screamed make me over. I was on a time crunch and I didn’t want to spend too much money so I kept my budget to be under $1,000 and I made it! In my humble opinion, powder…
Five years ago, I bought another fixer upper again, I know, lol. It was a 7 level townhouse, yikes! It was in a really great location, AND the price was the lowest price ever, for a townhouse in this sought after neighborhood. It was perfect for my strategy of buying the lowest price properties in…
It’s the One Room Challenge! And I’m back!!!For those of you that are new to the One Room Challenge, its a bi-annual design challenge where designers from around the world completely transform one room in a mere eight weeks! This is my 7th time participating and I’m stoked!!! I think I’m better organized this time…
Approximately 5 years ago, I bought a fixer upper. I needed to find somewhere quickly to live within a certain school district for my two teenagers and myself. I looked at renting and almost found something when my brother found two townhouses for sale in a complex across from one of the schools. I had…
I try to repurpose furniture whenever so I can save money to put towards other purchases that I can’t DIY, AND its the right thing to do for our environment. So when I was styling this bedroom in my townhouse that I was selling, I wanted to make this a girls room. The other bedroom…
Welcome back to Week 7 of the One Room Challenge! I have been sharing the past few weeks all the ups and downs of doing a kitchen & dining room renovation with supplier and labor shortages. Its been quite a ride but I’m blasting through. I’m tackling my kitchen & dining room doing a MAJOR…
Welcome back to Week 2 of the One Room Challenge! Last week I shared how I’m tackling my kitchen & dining room doing a MAJOR renovation to get my townhouse ready to sell. I know, a bad time to sell, a house, but it is what it is. Read all about my story for Week…
I am so excited to be participating in the Fall ‘22 ORC. If you’re not familiar with the One Room Challenge (ORC) it is a bi-annual design event where participants, Designers & DIYers like me, from all over the world, share the process of transforming one room over the course of 8 weeks. This is…
Curb appeal for your home is the FIRST impression that people make when they pull up to your house. Walk across the street right now and take a really good impartial look at your house. What does your curb appeal say? Is it contemporary and update to date? Or tired and dated? Your patio set…
Updated: January 31, 2022 I was driving along the street to pick up son #1 (the oldest) when I came across this AMAZING street find. This beautiful WOOD not laminate, but WOOD coffee table was on its side just begging for me to pick it up. Of course I obliged rolling it (can you roll…
I’m all about making my curb appeal of my house look amazing. Whether it being a fresh new door color, or something simple like updating planter urns, your curb appeal gives the expectation of how the rest of your house looks. It makes that first impression, and of course, we always want to make a…