a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
Last year I got a cute outdoor set of furniture, but the gray stain has not held up to the weather. I’ve redone the matching bench and chairs by painting them. But I thought for this project I’d do a DIY mosaic table top with broken dishes. I figured it’d be perfect to thrift some floral China plates for decorating… Read More
I started a fun project yesterday- painting my garage. It was just a boring black, but I thought it’d be fun to paint it in a gradient of color going from white to pink for a bit of a sunset vibe. I love a good ombre moment, so I grabbed some paint I had on hand and spent a few… Read More
At the beginning of summer, I decided that I really wanted to build a playhouse for Don. First of all, there isn’t much for him to do in our yard (besides a sand pit). Also, one thing I really value is encouraging Don on his passions. He loves paleontology and I thought the playhouse could be the hub where we… Read More
If you’re new around here, you might not know that my 5 year old son is obsessed with Halloween. I don’t even know where he got it from. But in the past year he’s started to really gravitate to anything scary related. I like pretty fall decor, so going more true “haunted” is outside my comfort zone. But it makes… Read More
When I was little, my friends and I started a club. We needed a headquarters so we selected my friend’s treehouse. It was pretty beat up so we convinced her dad to help us fix it up. A little deck carpet and screens on the windows and it was good as new! The feeling of hanging out with my friends… Read More
At the beginning of July we started building the playhouse with a few pieces of plywood. And now there’s a whole structure and we’re FINALLY at the fun part- decorating! I better get started because this’ll be a great place for Don to play once it’s complete. I thought it’d be fun to show how the interior currently looks and… Read More
