a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
I’ve had this blog for 5 years and haven’t once shared ideas for New Year’s decor. I guess by the time Christmas is over, I’m ready to just take it easy. But when an editor for a big magazine asked me if I had anything they could feature, and I had to say no, I realized that I should probably try my hand at some decor for the holiday. So I present you- how to make a New Years banner.
At the beginning of the year, I made a list of projects I wanted to complete this year. I thought it’d be fun to review how those went. You know, what I actually did and what I didn’t get to. Here’s my report Card on my 2020 Projects.
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Whenever I design a space, I start with one item that sparks the ideas for the rest of the space. In most rooms, I usually begin with wallpaper or drapes or a rug. In my newly renovated kitchen, it all began with a sink. To be more precise, a Mint Creme colorful sink!
I was at the thrift store last week right before it closed. The store was empty besides a few employees- it was heaven (this store is usually packed). I grabbed a few things and then decided to walk through the furniture section and spotted the cutest little French Country end table. It was only $15 so I impulsed shopped it. I didn’t give it a full inspection, but later realized that it’s made with wood veneer. I thought I’d share some tips for how to paint veneer furniture.
A few weeks ago, I shared my finished kitchen. It’s been so fun cooking in this pretty space! After the big reveal, I kept getting asked how to paint IKEA cabinets since the pink paint is one of the main attractions in this room. I thought I’d share everything that worked and what didn’t work and what I regret. Let’s get this painting party started!
This is our first Christmas in our house in Florida. We left all of our Christmas in Utah, so we’ve been starting over with our holiday decor. For the stocking, I thought it would be a fun challenge to try and thrift a stocking and to repurpose it. Here’s my DIY thrift store Christmas stockings.
Hello! Last week I finished my kitchen renovation. It was a little over 7 weeks of hard work so it feels so good to be enjoying the finished room! I did some holiday baking yesterday and I was so grateful to have such a pretty space to cook in! Since it is a smaller space, one thing I did to maximize the space visually was with the panel ready dishwasher.
When we started, the kitchen was one small row of cabinets. We added more cabinets (mostly to fit in a dishwasher where there wasn’t one before), but it’s still tiny! The one thing I knew was that stopping the eye at the new dishwasher if I choose a stainless steel or other traditional option, it’d break up the space visually.
So if you have a small kitchen, this is definitely something I suggest!
As we’ve been working on the kitchen for the past two months, I’ve been keeping track of every penny we’ve spent on the renovation. From screws for the studs to paint for the baseboards, everything will be counted for. I love to hear how much real renovations cost so I thought I’d breakdown my kitchen renovation costs.
I wanted to make a cute wreath for my front door. When I was making the pastel Christmas round-up, I saw the cutest berry wreath. And I thought- I could make that! I like making a new wreath each year. Last year was the house village wreath. This year, here’s how to make a diy holly wreath.
Last year I helped my sister redo her kitchen. One of the projects I did in there was to take an IKEA Kallax bookcase and repurpose it to be the base for banquette seating. I did half of the project and her husband did the other of that. Because of that, the IKEA hack bench seat tutorial was good, but I’ve been wanting to add more details. Here’s an updated DIY banquette seating IKEA hack.
