The DIY office renovation before and after photos for our house 3 are below. As mentioned in a few previous posts, I have renovated a few homes in the past. This is the home I call home 3. It is our current home. Various online sources say that an office renovation will cost about $150-$300 …
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Tips for Remodeling a Dollhouse My daughter, Aurora, and I worked together to remodel her dollhouse. It was such a fun activity to do with her. I really enjoyed it and so did she. She told many people in our extended family as well as her friends about how much fun she had doing this …
This is my son’s Modern Soccer and Rocket League-Themed Boys Room. Rocket League is an Xbox game where they play soccer using cars to push the giant ball into the goals. My son asked for a Soccer-Rocket-League-Themed room… so that is what I tried to plan for. Luckily for me, he loved the end design! …
DIY Desk to Vanity Transformation. We used to have a nursery in our room, but now that our son is older, we no longer have the nursery stuff in it. I thought the space would be best filled with a vanity. I’ve never owned a vanity and I have always stood up while getting ready. …
I made this DIY Clear Soccer Lamp for my son’s room. Recently, I designed, painted, and decorated this Soccer-Rocket-League-Themed room for my son. My neighbor was getting rid of 2 tall crystal lamps with stacking balls and I said that I’d love them. I took off the lamp shades that were originally on the lamps …
The last few Christmases my kids and I have tied quilts for our home or donated them to Wrap Ukraine in Quilts charity. This is the blanket we tied last year. Today, our Elf on the Shelf siblings laid out the blanket we are planning on tying for Christmas 2025. We tie a blanket while …
DIY Gauze Ghosts I made these gauze ghosts for our Halloween front door decorations this year. I love the way they turned out. When looked at up close, they seem to be flying even though they are still. I love the character that each ghost has and how they vary in size, shape, eyes, and …
How to Decorate a Mantel Decorating a mantel is very simple if you stick to some general tips. While these rules/tips are not hard and fast, I have found that they make the decorating of my mantel easier and more methodical when I think about them as I decorate. These tips are especially appropriate for …
These Tall Autumn Arrangements were very inexpensive and fun to create. I love fall colors! From harvest colors to the beautiful reds, pinks, oranges, and yellows of changing leaves; the world is such a gorgeous pallet of colors before it changes to the relative contrast of winter. I love the way these arrangements turned out; …
This is How to Remove Stucco Key Stone Decals Two years ago, my husband and I renovated the exterior of our home. I knew that I wanted to lime wash the brick, paint the doors, and get copper gutters and lighting, however, I had no idea what to do with the gables. I went back …
This is How to Fix Wooden Shutters When the Tilt Rods Come Loose. If you have plantation shutters and some of the shutters are loose and/or the staples have fallen out of them or the louver tilt rod, this is an easy, quick, and inexpensive way to fix them. We have wooden plantation shutters on …