a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
Have you guys seen the trend where people are taking sad old vases and repainting them? You just add baking soda to any water based paint to get a textured clay look. Or a terra cotta finish. It’s really pretty! So I decided to try it with my own look while replicating an expensive Anthropologie vase. Here’s my DIY baking… Read More
My husband and I have tiled five spaces before and, let me be honest, I just grout and don’t help with anything else. Until now! I’ve been helping a lot on this bathroom and am SO proud with how it’s turning out. I’ve learned a bunch this past week and thought I’d pass on some of my beginner tiling tips…. Read More
If you’ve been wondering why I haven’t updated my blog for the past week, it’s because my Internet has been down. There was a big storm and a tree took out my Internet cable. Turns out, as a blogger, I rely heavily on having wifi! Finally it is back up! So now I can share this fun project- how to… Read More
Last week was spent tearing out our old bathroom. We found exposed brick (fun!) and mold (not so fun). This week we’ve been putting things back together. It’s been a lot of boring behind the scenes stuff like new plumbing and replacing the wiring. You’ve gotta love an old house! So although it hasn’t looked better, it’s massive upgrades. While… Read More
I’ve really loved the look of acrylic floating frames- they’re modern and that brass hardware- swoon! But they’re pretty expensive. I saw one on West Elm, but it was $180. Nope- that’s above my budget. So I thought I could make my own. I’ll be honest, I’ll struggled with this DIY acrylic frame, but I’ll tell you how to avoid… Read More
One of the questions I get all the time is how I clean my paint brushes. Well usually, I just clean a brush that is wet with paint with warm water to get all the paint out. But then I accidentally left a paint out overnight and thought the brush was ruined. So I thought I’d try a bunch of… Read More
