a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
I have a beige love seat that’s been sitting in my craft room. We’ve had it at least 5 years and although I love the style of it, the color is so boring! So I bought $6 worth of dye and spent a day dyeing it. Best decision ever! If you want to change the color of a chair, loveseat, or sofa in your house too, here’s a tutorial on how to dye upholstery.
I’m definitely what you’d consider a beginner at stained glass. So I decided to make a really simple project- stained glass plant stakes! I saw some at the Magnolia Silos for $25 each and thought- hey! I can make those for much cheaper. So I thought I’d show how I’m making them here!
The inspiration- $25 stained glass plant stakes from Magnolia
I have a little spot in my yard that’d be perfect for a planter. But the problem is, planters are expensive! So instead of buying a big fancy one, we’re going to thrift a filing cabinet and repurpose it to be a planter- yay for sustainability! Plus I’m going to tile it to make it even fancier. I have a whole tutorial for you on this filing cabinet planter that is such a high impact with a low price.
Want to see another hand painted tile planter? Check out this file cabinet planter.
One of my favorite motifs is the house shape. It just does it for me! So I thought I could make a DIY house shaped mailbox to hold my mail. As a fun detail, I’m going to make it look like my house too!
The inspiration for this project is the house shaped mailbox from the movie Little Women (the 1994 version). I LOVE how Laurie gives Jo the mailbox as a gift for joining her society. It’s so cute! So I thought I’d re-create the idea in my colors.
My current mailbox is absolutely fine, but I want something spectacular, so let’s start building!
I love beautifully bound books that feel amazing to read and look gorgeous on a shelf. But I also love books that only come in paperback versions. I thought I’d take some of the softbound books that I read as a kid and rebind them to majorly upgrade them. I thought I’d take you along and show how to rebind books.
For this project I’m rebinding my favorite books I read as a kid. It was so fun to think about which books I really loved and then buy them again. I’ve been reading them to my son and it’s magical reading them again!
Marbling paper is a centuries old craft where you create a pattern with paint that looks like marble and then dip paper into it to create decorative paper. I’ve been wanting to get into book binding and love when the end papers or book covers are made with marbled paper. So I’m going to show you how to marble paper.
I’ve recently finished renovating my bathroom. One element of the room I’m really proud of is the DIY medicine cabinet! We made it ourselves, but honestly, never finished the inside. So I thought I’d show how to create one. Plus this will give me the motivation to finish up the inside!
Let’s talk about medicine cabinets. For awhile, it seemed like they were out of style. I think they felt old fashioned and usually the store bought ones are pretty ugly. But the reality is that medicine cabinets are the best storage because they are at eye level! Perfect for everyday use items. So I’m making my own so it’s cute and functional.
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.
