a home decor blog, making it pretty one space at a time
Something super exciting happened this week! My sister gave me her old fridge! The pink fridge I had (and painted) was super cute, but not very functional- the shelves in the doors were broken (so we couldn’t store anything in them), the light didn’t work, and it was 40 years old and so it wasn’t energy efficient. I figured I… Read More
Remember how last week I took down the wallpaper that was technically fine but I no longer loved anymore last week? Well! It’s time for an update! First of all, there was never baseboards in 1/2 of the room, well we added those in. Crown molding is also going up! But that wall still needed some pattern. I figured, how… Read More
When I first started painting furniture with chalk paint, I had no clue what I was doing. With everything, practice makes perfect! At first, I’d just slap the chalk paint on and thought the resulting brush strokes were inevitable. But I’ve since learned a few key things to do to get a flawless finish. If you want my BEST tips… Read More
I was in the mood to make something today and when I saw this cute wreath, I was totally inspired! Of course, I had to put my own spin on it. Ready to see how to make a pumpkin rainbow wreath?! P.s. one of my fall decorated shelves was rainbow if you’re wanting a more colorful take on Halloween or… Read More
I have a lot of wallpaper in my house- almost in every room! And well, I just love it! Except the wallpaper in my office, I was tired of it and want to try something new (keep reading to see what). Whenever I wallpaper I’m asked how easy it is to remove, so I thought I’d record the process. Well it… Read More
As you may know, I’ve been helping my sister with her kitchen. For the cabinets, she wanted to paint them a custom blue color. Since we’re reusing the original upper cabinets and doing new wood lower cabinets (the bases are from IKEA with Semihandmade doors), that was the perfect solution so I thought I’d share how to paint kitchen cabinets with… Read More
