a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
In January I started redoing my bathroom. Now, four months later- it’s done! My goal was to take the same floor print, but upgrade it in every way I could dream up. I had issues like a leaky roof, an exposed pipe, peeling flooring, and a gap from a small vanity. All those issues are fixed and the room is so cute! Ready to see the pastel bathroom reveal?!
I love going to the antique store and finding beautiful old frames. Or art with intricate frames. They used to be made so well and you just can’t buy anything new that touches it! But sometimes, the frames are damaged. I thought I’d try my hand at picture frame repair and show you how to do the same!
My bathroom renovation is coming together! This week we are adding storage with a tall cabinet that’s actually meant for the kitchen. But storage is storage so I’ll be doing an Ikea Sektion hack. We’ll build a base, have a scallop detail, add a pediment on top, put on pretty hardware, and attach a carved onlay. It’s going to be pretty! Let’s get started!
This is the corner that we’ll be working on. The tile is only partially done because we didn’t want to fully tile behind the cabinet. I had wallpaper up, but decided it was too dark so I took it down. So here’s where we are starting.
Here is the cabinet in the space without any alternations (and the blue protective plastic still on it).
Note, I was not a fan of the wallpaper I selected. It was too dark for me, so I started my week by removing it.
I have an awkward spot in my backyard. It’s shady so things won’t grow well, there’s a lot of random concrete, and I haven’t known what to do with it. Since renovating my bathroom, we took out the old clawfoot tub. So I figured it could stay outside! And I could decorate it to make it cute. Here’s some outdoor tub ideas!
I’ve been working on my bathroom and one thing it’s missing- is a door. To save space and to help showcase a focal point, I thought I’d use double doors. This post will be on how to DIY French doors for an interior space. I won’t be making my own, but repurposing old sidelights I found from an architectural salvage store. This would also work with bi-fold doors.
We’ve been working on our bathroom renovation for a few months now. I decided that for the clawfoot tub, I’d like to add an alcove and really make that part of the room look special. I thought I’d share how to create a bathtub nook in case you like this look and would like to recreate it too.
I’m redoing my bathroom. For the vanity, I’m using the Ikea Hermes vanity. It’s plain, but has good bones. I thought I could dress it up with scallops at the bottom, trimmed out drawers, new knobs, paint, and carved flower onlays. So today, I’m showing you my Ikea bathroom vanity hack in case you want to try this out too.
A few months ago, I came up with the DIY of how to turn board games to books. It’s been popular because it solves the problem that board games are ugly to look at and hard to store. I mostly use linen book boxes for the base of this project, but they’re expensive and only come in a few sizes. Here’s how to make book cloth to use cardboard book boxes to hold games.
I’ve been redoing my bathroom and it’s time to lay tile on the floor. I don’t want to install just any tile, I want something special! So I choose a gorgeous floral mosaic in a really pretty pattern. It’s been custom made for my space over 4 weeks and now it’s been shipped and ready to put into the room. Ready to learn how to install mosaic tile?!
For years I’ve really wanted to learn stained glass. I was reading a book on it when I found a class in my area and signed up immediately! It felt like a sign that it was the time to learn. I loved the class and decided to invest in supplies and some patterns. I thought I’d give you tips on getting started as a beginner stained glass artist if you’re interested too.
