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DIY Faux Stained Glass


While renovating our laundry room, we made an exciting discovery! By vaulting the ceiling, we’d be able to restore the transom window between the kitchen and laundry room. The glass had been replaced with wood since it used to look into an insulation filled ceiling. 

Luckily, we found the glass in a shed! So, now it was just a matter of cleaning up the glass. The more I thought about the window though, the more I became convinced that doing a faux stained glass to the transom would look beautiful.  [Read more…]

DIY Renter Friendly Wallpaper Panel

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A few months ago, I framed a chinoiserie wallpaper mural in my living room. It was a really fun project, but I got the question- how would I do this if I was a renter and I wanted to take the panel with me when I left?! I thought and thought about it and came up with a solution, so I thought I’d share it!

This’ll work nicely if you’re scared of the commitment of wallpaper or are moving in the foreseeable feature and want to move the wallpaper panel with you.

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DIY TV Gallery Wall

I’m just going to say it- my TV wall was a bore. Which is fine- the main attraction is definitely the TV! But as the rest of my living room has slowly come together, this sad wall felt neglected and bare.

One thing I think is interesting is how TV walls have changed with time. Remember back in the day when there’d be a big box TV and all of the VHS’s would be on display on shelves. Maybe huge speakers? Or when TV’s were hidden in an armoire? Right now, the trend is to make the TV disappear and I am here for it!

p.s. I feel old saying “here for it.” Lol! I used to work with high school kids when I did displays for a furniture company. I would ask them “what do the kids say now a days?” And then they’d try to keep me up to date- I loved it!

Anyway! TV walls! I decided that the remedy to my boring wall was to create a gallery wall around the TV. That way there’ll be a spot for the eye to look besides the TV. Some decoration when none existed.

Also, my TV is the Samsung Frame. It has a setting where when it’s “off” it looks like it has art on it. I have a white frame for it (the company manufactured a few colors). It’s the prettiest TV of all time and I’m sure most people have heard of it. But if not, there’s the 411! [Read more…]

The Best Affordable Etsy Artists

Last month I talked about how to create a gallery wall on a budget. One of my suggestions is to go on Etsy and buy “printable” art. What that means is you pay for the file, it is electronically sent to you, and you print and frame it. From my experience, that’s the least expensive way to find cute, unique art. And it’s super fast too since you don’t have to wait around for a physical product to be shipped.

This morning I got this email-

Hi Ashley,
I read your blog every day and love it! You’re such an inspiration. I’d love to shop for some cute art prints like you have on your gallery wall on Etsy, but I don’t know where to begin. Etsy feels so overwhelming to me. Can you offer any tips or advice?
 
Thanks for your help. Dawn
 
I thought that was such a great question! So I figured that I’d do a round up of my favorite and the best affordable Etsy artists in case anyone else is in the market for some cute art that isn’t too expensive (less than $10 a piece). Let’s get started!

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3 Creative Ways to Update a Table


This weekend I took my son to do some vintage shopping at a market close to our house. I usually leave him at home and go with my sister, but he was so fun to shop with and well behaved, I think this’ll become a tradition for this market! I let him pick out one item (he got a dinosaur book) and I got a table for $35! [Read more…]

How to Wallpaper Cabinets

I’ve done a bunch of updates on my dark kitchen and they have made a world of difference! This has been a DIY space that I’ve tried to do on a tight budget and I’ve been thrilled with the results so far. But the insides of my cabinets have remained untouched. I thought that wallpaper would add some pattern and lighten them up.

Here’s the kitchen from when we first moved in-

Then, after a bunch of updates, here’s how it currently is looking-

But, I still wasn’t happy with the insides of the cabinets.

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The Cutest Outdoor Umbrellas

This winter felt like the longest ever. In January and February when I was done with the cold weather, I started dreaming of all the ways I was going to make our backyard a happy place to hang out. Step one- an umbrella. I started the hunt and here are my favorites- [Read more…]

One Room Challenge- DIY Rainbow Floor

It’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge! The good news is that the floors are DONE! The bad news is that we had to tear out an entire wall. It’s definitely 1 step forward, 2 steps backyard around here. 

I’ll tell this story at the bottom of the post. Until then, let’s start with the fun part, the floors. I’m obsessed with rainbows right  now and thought this would be a fun place to add them.

Catch up on all of the laundry room renovation posts here-

week 1 / week 2 / week 3 / week 4 / week 5 / week 6
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